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The nocturnal creature

Pari was born at 6.36pm. Its said that babies born in the evening stay awake at night and sleep during the day initially. It takes around a month or so to get them into the normal human routine. But Pari is yet to reach there. She likes sleeping late and and getting up late, a trait inherited from her parents. Although, both her grandmothers have been followers of the 'early to bed, early to rise' philosophy. Her Aaji, who has been her principal caregiver for last 2.5 yrs, was habituated to going to bed by 10.30pm. But for some reason, Pari is most active between 10pm to midnight, sometimes even beyond that. All attempts to put her to sleep early have failed. Another issue with Aaji is that if she doesn't sleep on her usual time, then she finds it difficult to sleep well the whole night, eventually leading to he increased sugar level. Pari's nocturnalness has became a pain mostly from the time the little one gained independence to move around by herself. Aaji and Mumm...