EXCLUSIVE: Karan Mehra talks about his baby boy, Kavish: The feeling hasn't sunk it yet; I feel he looks like me but Nisha feels he resembles her

The news of Karan Mehra and Nisha Rawal welcoming their little bundle of joy made their fans beam with joy. The gorgeous couple christened their baby as Kavish and alongside also revealed the first click of him and we couldn't stop aww-ing over Jr. Mehra. In a heart to heart conversation with us, Karan who finally is getting used to his son's routine, spoke about the apple of his eye, his life after turning a dad and his growing love for wifey Nisha.

So how is the feeling of welcoming your baby into your world? Ask him this and the newbie father says, "It's different actually. The feeling of knowing that the baby is inside was different and now that it is out, the feeling is even more different. Like now that we are feeding him, cleaning him and all, we are getting to experience a lot. You know incase I go out and suddenly I am like, oh we have a baby at home. The feeling hasn't sunk in yet." He further added, "Actually he did not come directly into my hands. I saw him coming out and he was cleaned and then when he came into my hands I was like, Woah, that's my baby; he's finally into my hands."

While talking about the baby resembling Nisha or him, Karan said that while at times the lil one looks like him, on some other day, he looks like Nisha. "Now I feel Kavish looks more like both of us. He looks more like me when I was young but now Nisha says that he resembles her. His hands, his ears, his toes are just like me. But honestly, at two weeks old, at that kind of phase, all the babies look the same to me," laughs Karan.

Elaborating more on the name chosen, Karan says more than choice it was the need of the hour and it was the situation that they were in and immediately had to give in a name. "It's a derivation of our names. We were trying to amalgamate it since a long time. But we were forced into this situation one day when we were asked a name by the hospital and we had to give a name immediately for the birth certificate. So we decided upon this soon. Well, Kavish means king of poets and it also is another name of Lord Ganesh. We also perceived it in the way of a 'wish', like Karan and Nisha Ka wish is 'Kavish'. I loved all these meanings and immediately decided upon this." So was he intensely advised upon fatherhood by his elders in the family? "Oh No No, I wasn't advised at all,"says Karan. "My parents and I just share our experiences and there is no hard and fast rule where I have to follow the advises. We are let to explore our experience."

Talking about his bond with Nisha, Karan confesses how he has started loving his wife even more especially seeing her go through the entire tenure of pregnancy and creating a new life. However, he also admits that he loves Kavish more now. "The bond has strengthened intensely. Kavish is like our product and now we have a joint responsibility towards our baby. He is our priority now more than anything else. The other day we were laughing how our talks have changed. Earlier we used to talk about so many things but now its majorly about our baby. Earlier, it was like I love you the most, but now the line is shifting to I love you more but I love Kavish the most," giggles Karan. "Well even she feels the same now. We both love Kavish the most. It's indeed a beautiful and different feeling of having a family of your own." So did Karan ever bear or deal with Nisha's mood swings while she was pregnant? "Uh...She was cranky just twice in all the nine months. Probably I was the reason for her being not cranky. I was asked by many who assumed that she must have been cranky during her pregnancy but I am like there's nothing like that and people were shocked." "We went out for movies', I got her whatever she wanted, etc. And we actually watched a lot of movies because when Kavish was inside, he too reacted on the various sounds while watching movies. So we understood what he likes and dislikes." He further said, "I could finally spend time with Nisha at a time when I was expected to be with her. Something that I would have missed out on if I wanted to do a show. That's the time I really wanted to spend with Nisha. We planned our baby's arrival in the best way possible together because raising Kavish is a joint effort."

Talking about his schedule changes, Karan said, "My schedule has changed a lot. We are trying to deal with the new timings since we have to wake up and sleep  according to him only. So now, we are getting a hang of the timings slowly so that we can also sleep and he too is comfortable. We aren't going out anywhere. Friends and visitors come over to see him but we are making sure that we don't go out. Other things have taken a backseat." "And also, I can change his diapers like a pro," laughs Karan. "It was a different experience initially but actually I have done it earlier too for my cousins." The good looking actor played the role of a father to his little Naksh in his former show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai and nailed it. So has his reel life experience helped him on his personal front? "Somewhere being a father to Naksh has helped though it teaches you more when your baby arrives and you get an hands on experience, " says the doting daddy.

While heading towards the end, Karan stated something very important for all those who think that raising a child in no doddle and is primarily the job of the womb-bearer, the mother. "Parenting is a full time job. Many men getaway by saying that they will work in the outer world while the mothers can look after the baby alone. That's not how it is. That's wrong. Every couple needs to pitch in together and that change I have kind of seen in the current gen and is good. But in some still developing places of the country, the mentality of women solely taking care of the family exists and that should be eradicated soon. The work of raising a child should be divided equally as it is both the mother and father's vital responsibility in nurturing their little one."

Well said Karan...

Congratulations to the newbie parents on their adorable new journey of life.