When dark clouds gather, the cool breeze is heavy with promise, and there’s the distinct smell of pitachur in the air, you know the monsoons have arrived. There’s something magical in the air, watching the [...]
"But why?" My 7-year-old son asks this question so often that I'm tempted to wipe out the first name on his birth certificate and register these two words instead. His natural curiosity is astounding. The [...]
"It'll be just like passing a watermelon through a hole the size of a golf ball." These were the exact words I was told by a loving, well-meaning family member when I announced my [...]
When I was six months pregnant, carrying my first child, I got a call from an executive from a stem cell bank, requesting a meeting. I had heard the words ‘stem cells’ buzzed around from [...]
The 21st century is a wonderful time to raise babies. Modern medicine has made enough advances to ensure our kids’ have healthy childhoods (bye, bye chickenpox, we won’t miss you). Education has evolved to include [...]
✔ The soles of your feet have permanent lego-shaped imprints from stepping on too many pieces lying around ✔ You hear a baby wailing loudly and instinctively start patting the thin air until you realise [...]
"How will the baby know to latch on? Will my milk be sufficient?" "I’m always hungry. Is my baby going to have weight issues?" "My shoulder hurts, my back is broken, my feet are [...]
The night before his birthday, my son went to bed an hour earlier because he couldn’t wait for his big day to arrive. There was so much to look forward to… birthday wishes, chocolate cake, [...]
When I attended birthday parties as a child, I knew it was time to leave when the hostess started handing out return gifts to take away. It was the perfect punctuation point to sign off [...]
While our mother’s generation has mostly used cloth diapers, those brands leaked, lacked long term absorbency and were mostly ineffective. Which is why we turned to disposable diapers, as they were so convenient. However, as [...]
