| PROUD PARENTS: Neelam and Ronit Roy | I can't stop gushing over my baby," says a beaming Ronit Bose Roy, on bringing his wife Neelam and newborn daughter Aador home yesterday.
Although the mother and the baby were supposed to be discharged on Thursday, there was a minor complication due to which they were allowed to go home a day later.
Says Roy, "It's not a major problem. This ailment is common with newborn babies. The doctors had asked us to let the baby undergo photo therapy, which is why we had to keep her under supervision for one more day."
However, Roy has got the photo therapy machine home since it was getting too tedious for the mother and the baby to stay in the hospital for so long. "The doctors said it was alright to go home, so we decided to continue the therapy at my place," he says.
Ask him who the baby looks like and he says, "Everyone in the hospital said that she looks like me. But I think her eyes and her chin have gone on my wife. I think she will eventually look like her when she grows up."
The family has named the baby Aador. Roy says there are chances the name could be mispronounced. Explaining the correct way to pronounce Aador, he says, "You have to be soft on the 'd'. I have a feeling everyone's going to call her 'adore'. In Bengali, the name means affection."
Talking about the choice of the name, Roy says, "We decided to name the child Aditya if it was a boy, and Aador if it was a girl. I have also checked the name with my Guruji and numerologist Sunjay Jumani."
He says it's not customary in their family to have a compulsory naamkaran ceremony. "I have had no time to think about ceremonies now, but once my mom takes over she will decide what is to be done."
So does the baby make the second-time father tear his hair out with her non-stop crying?
"Not at all! In the hospital there were these babies wailing their lungs out, but Aador just makes these snorting sounds if she has to cry. In fact, her crying is quite musical if you hear it closely. However, once in a while she does wail loudly."
Roy says right now Aador and his wife are the only two important people in his life. "I will be with my wife and daughter for the next few days. Work can wait," says the proud papa. |