Yami Gautam Dhar opens up on son Vedavid: ‘I still don’t believe sometimes that I am a mother’

It is often said that priorities of a mother shift after welcoming a baby. When asked if she experienced this change, Yami answered, “Absolutely. I remember the day I came back home from the hospital and everyone wanted to see the baby. You know, how it is in every family. I just took a moment, sat next to Aditya. I said ‘I don’t know how to explain this, but it feels that my life just before this moment seems like a blur to me’ You’re not just giving birth to a baby, you’re giving birth to your own self. This is no exaggeration. Everything – psychologically, emotionally, physically changes in that one moment.”

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The Article 370 actor also talked about her son’s unique name Vedavid’s meaning and how they decided upon it, as it is a name for Lord Vishnu, and also Lord Shiva. “And the one who knows all the Vedas. There’s a lot of pressure on him! (laughs) I told Aditya ‘over to you now’ Every day I have a new nickname for my son, but the one which has stuck is JD- Junior Dhar! My brother Ojas came up with it while we were watching a film one day during my pregnancy. I liked the name so much. Everyone asked ‘what if it’s a girl?’ I said I will call my baby JD even then,” she shared.

 

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Being a new mom, Yami mentioned that no amount of reading parenting books can prepare you for the arrival of a child as its all about “learning everyday”. She further added, “No one can prepare you enough. The more you’re spending time, the more your baby teaches you. I try not to open the internet on everything there is. There’s God’s best creation called mothers, and thank God for mothers! My mother (Anjali Gautam) is such a hands on mother. I keep saying every day ‘I don’t know what I would do if it was not for my mummy’ You never stop being a parent. I mean, from her perspective, I’m a grown up, I’m a mother now, I’m working and all those things, and yet I’m once again, all over back to mumma!”

Despite being busy with the shoot of his next film currently, the actor ensured to highlight how her husband Aditya is good with the daddy duties. “He is an absolutely hands-on father, a burp expert, and Vedavid loves him. You have to see the moment he spots Aditya! He lights up, feels so shy, and suddenly at the same time he jumps at him even before you know it!It’s like cable work happening at that time. Of course Aditya in the middle of his own shoot. But whenever he’s getting time, he’s coming and, and meeting us. The baby feels the happiness,” said Yami.