DNA Exclusive - 'Would like to document my first-hand motherhood experience, share it with people': Amrita Rao
In an Exclusive interaction with DNA, Amrita Rao shared how much she is enjoying motherhood and praises husband Anmol for being the biggest support.
It's been nearly six months since Amrita Rao and Anmol welcomed their baby boy Veer. The couple has been hands-on as parents and the actor even shared a video of her husband fulfilling daddy duties while enjoying it to the fullest. Now, we had prolonged interaction with Amrita where she spoke at length about her journey as a mother until now. The actor even revealed that she would like to document and share her experience with the whole world.
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It's been six months since you and Anmol welcomed Veer, how has been parenthood journey so far?
It's been full of learning actually, you learn every second as a parent. My husband's decision kind of planned route for me to be a hands-on mom. So, we decided to be hands-on parents. I think it's been extremely hectic but very, very satisfying.
Do you think the tips and suggestions you get during pregnancy are actually practicality once you give birth to the baby and are on your own?
So I watched a lot of YouTube videos to see what other moms had to say. But I guess when you step into it, it's completely a new learning game. I mean, some tips are helpful, and especially because there's been no staff around no caretakers, nobody. It's been just me Anmol, it's been a first-hand learning experience, which I'm going to really cherish in my life. I would like to document my experience and share it with a lot of people. So I'm looking forward to that.
What are the baby duties which you both have distributed among yourselves?
We have neatly divided the duties. I do the night duties like I am awake to feed the baby. We have decided to feed the baby only mom's milk. In the morning, then the duties kind of exchange so Anmol loves to give the baby bath. That's like his thing and that's something he wanted to do from even before Veer was born. He was like 'I would want to give him my baby bath every day'. Yeah, so he gives the baby bath. Massage is something we both kind of exchange hands.
What else? Yeah, Anmol likes to take some prodigy classes for the baby. So that's why he does because this is the time you have to interact with the baby the most. So he does some special classes. I play with the baby, I sing songs. I'm like the entertainer.
It's been just six months but is there anything that Veer did and you were totally surprised?
I remember the first time we took the baby for vaccination. I was more petrified than anybody else. I didn't want to see him getting that shot because I didn't know how the reaction would be. I have heard of babies howling and being in pain after that. So I decided to hide myself a little bit behind Anmol. I didn't see him getting the shot, which was not the best thing because the baby really started crying. He could see all these strange doctors giving him a shot. But then the minute I showed my face to him, he looked at me and he stopped crying. There was such a big relief on his face. This was when he was just, I think, one and a half months maybe. They are so small that you really don't know if they can identify with you, relate to you and recognize you. But that was my mom moment. Actually, I was in shock and everyone else too. I was like 'oh my god, he recognizes me and that's my mother', that was my reaction. So I think that was a moment I will never forget.