Babies invariably present their own sets of challenges even to experienced mothers and fathers. The best you can do is prepare yourself and enjoy the experience. Parent’s guide to managing the new baby.
The phone rang at 5 am on Sunday morning. Sleepily I picked it up thinking it would be an emergency call from the hospital. To my surprise it was my friend Seema from Singapore. “Geeta, I am pregnant! Can you believe it?” she exclaimed loudly. After 10 long years! Naturally she was overjoyed, as it… [ Continue Reading ]
Common signs of teething are drooling, gnawing, biting, and general fussiness and irritability. Your child may feel slightly feverish at times, but no further serious illness should be attributed to teething. He needs more cuddling because of his discomfort, he may wake up more often at night and may want to sleep next to you…. [ Continue Reading ]
I was planning to stop feeding when my son started cutting his teeth. Mainly because I used to have nightmares of running frantically to a doctor to stitch a bitten nipple back into place. Or even resigning myself to a nipple-less existence for the rest of my life. Until it happened. It was not as… [ Continue Reading ]
How to play: Have the children form a circle and let them hold each other’s hands forming an inverted ‘V’. Now let one child start the game by going around all the children in the figure of eight. While this child takes his/her rounds, the others sing-In and out the rusty window (3times)You are the… [ Continue Reading ]
Theme: Sporty Spirit This kind of a theme can be kept in a party that’s held indoors or outdoors. Costume Ask the children to come dressed up as their favourite sportsperson — it could be any sport, from any country. They could put on all the accessories that come with the sport such as stretch… [ Continue Reading ]
Bedwetting is a common problem among children. In certain cases the problem persists even after the child is 10 to 12 years old. The reasons for bedwetting can be attributed to many factors. Hereditary Research has found increasing tendency of this problem among children of parents who faced a similar problem in their childhood. Psychological… [ Continue Reading ]
Reeta is proud to experience motherhood for the first time. She started breastfeeding within an hour after delivery, as she was aware of the emotional bonding between the mother and baby. I was surprised when she came after seven days and asked for some medicines to reduce the milk formation. Her problem was common, “When… [ Continue Reading ]
Theme: Nursery Rhyme A party based on this theme can be easily organised outdoors or indoors. Costume Children can dress up as any character of a nursery rhyme – Miss Muffet, Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, Mary and her lamb. Or you could choose characters from well known Hindi nursery rhymes and lullabies. For instance… [ Continue Reading ]
Theme: Picnic ‘We are all going for a picnic this sunday’! Say this and you are bound to hear all the children exult a loud ‘Yeah’! A picnic party is something that everyone enjoys, especially children. Costume A picnic is enjoyed most in practical play clothes in which children can tumble around, burrow through the… [ Continue Reading ]
Many parents get worried if their child is not speaking by one and a half years and because the neighbour’s kid was speaking at that age. It is important to recall by which time the baby attained the other milestones like sitting, crawling, standing, playing with toys, etc. If all these have been achieved at… [ Continue Reading ]
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