A few years ago, my three-year-old son spent a calm hour in the afternoon with his crayons, colouring up a storm on paper. He then showed me his masterpiece, to which I smiled. After a minute [...]
As women, we are socially conditioned to believe we can do it all. Which is why, as mothers, we take on major challenges and push ourselves to our furthest limits. In most homes, women look [...]
My son was a chronic wriggler. He just couldn’t stay still. Holding him and walking was like trying to wrestle a thick, lumpy worm covered in jelly and powered by Duracell. He also hated strollers. [...]
On my sixth-week, post-delivery check-up, my gynaecologist peered at me through her half-rimmed glasses and asked me if I wanted another baby soon. My mouth (literally) opened and shut a few times, as my sleep-deprived [...]
I had big plans to put my son in the same school I went to. Ex-students got preference, so it was an easy decision to make. Or so I thought. My son was a late [...]
There comes a (dreaded) time in every parent’s life, when they hear the words they’ve been waiting for. “School admissions are open.” Suddenly there is a frenzied dash of online applications, standing in long queues, [...]
Mundan - to do it or not to do it for your baby? Are you bogged down by this question? I know many parents who are not keen to shave off their baby's hair [...]
Planning a splash in the swimming pool with your young one? Or initiating your bub into a swimming class? Babies as young as 4-6 months of age can be taken to the swimming pool. [...]
I had a very bad case of acidity during pregnancy, in my first trimester. Before that (and even after delivery), I rarely faced acidity issues. So I wasn't aware of how to overcome it. My [...]
There was a concerned mother who once moaned about her daughter’s lack of appetite at lunchtime. Apparently, the young child wouldn’t eat a bite of food no matter how much the mother pleaded. As [...]
