Three babies were born in three different eras. ERA 2 : Couple of decades ago baby Rahul was born in the Khaire household. There was cheer all around and also bit of nervousness. "My office do not grant any maternity leave beyond the delivery week and I have to join back office soon. I'm so worried," Pratibha, Rahul's mother twiddled her thumbs in worry. "The tension is not letting proper lactation and I'm afraid Rahul will have to be artificially fed." "You can leave the job," Shruti her neighbour, suggested. "Are you nuts? We both don't earn enough to feed the whole family and you're talking about leaving the only job I have. No way. This job is too important for me, for us. I'll have to leave Rahul with my sister-in-law or the neighbor when I'm away." Over days that followed, young Rahul grew up largely neglected. He was left with Pratibha's sister-in-law, whose days went running after her own three children, who were quite a noisy handful. Rahul wasn't her own son, so she didn't care much as well and often skipped his 'oil massages'. Sometimes carelessly, she used some duplicate chemically processed, cheap synthetic oil/powder which did nothing helpful for the baby. Rather it was harming him slowly. His food intake was irregular too. As a result from early on, he started falling sick frequently and was a very weak baby. One day Pratibha arrived home to find her son having high fever. It continued for few days and inspite of him given modern medicines, he wasn't getting well. Getting worried now, one day Pratibha took him for a thorough check up. It was then revealed that the two year old had leukemia and needed urgent chemotherapy treatment. But within days of the treatment, baby Rahul died. His body was just too weak and couldn't tolerate the strong medicines. His death shattered Pratibha, who ultimately became a mad woman in her grief. ERA 3 : Few years back baby Simpi was born in the Ahuja family. Though both husband and wife were busy working individuals, Simpi's grandmother lived along with them. She ensured that baby Simpi wasn't deprived of anything that a baby needs, from the initial stages i.e her mother's milk, regular oil massages etc. Granny was brought up the old traditional way, so she made sure that the young couple adhered to her advises too. She had herself taken pains in ensuring that her own children got all the essential oil massages and proper nutrition as well, when they were young. Thus, even in the slightest hint of neglect by the career minded young parents of Simpi, Granny made sure the baby was not made to suffer. She discovered 'Dadur Lal Tail' one day and immediately looked at the ingredients list on the back side. She was very impressed that even in modern times, there was a baby 'oil' that strictly followed the age-old Ayurveda route and had its ingredients carefully selected - that are essential for the baby and not harmful and all natural! Dabur Lal Tail ensured 2 times faster increase in weight and height of the baby, while strengthening the baby's bones and muscles too ( which is clinically proven and tested ). It also improves sleeping pattern in children and is very safe. Reading all these satisfied Granny a lot, and she took it upon herself to look after the baby. Within the first week itself, she started giving oil massages to the baby religiously, which became a very important part of the day. Whenever the baby's mother had an off-day, she too lovingly followed the ritual that helped her bond with her baby beautifully. Initially Simpi got two massages daily, first one - 30 minutes before bath and in the evening before she went to sleep. Granny increased the massaging to thrice, by the time Simpi started crawling around. Due to such dedicated care, Simpi grew beautiful and a well nourished baby. All thanks to her Granny, who made it a habit to give oil massages for many years ( through all seasons - in summers 2 times/ in winters 3 times ) - till Simpi almost reached school and even continued later on too. Thus even in modern age, Simpi had the benefits of age old 'Traditional Knowledge and Natural Growth', thanks to her loving Granny and of course Dabur Lal Tail. |
DABUR - TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE NATURAL GROWTH
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