...asked my sister A who is in her mid twenties. She is back home for Summer holidays. "Answer me, no??", she nudged raising her voice. "Ssh...!", I drew my index finger across the lips asking her not to wake up the sleeping baby and pulled her towards the adjacent room. She watched me heave a... Continue Reading →
As Ted and I raced to the hospital early that Wednesday morning, we looked forward to coming home in a few days with a bundle of joy and working that bundle into our color-coded synchronized schedules. The lightning bolt came out of the blue. I was not expecting my life to change dramatically. My nanny was set up, my... Continue Reading →
Hola, fellas. I am delighted to introduce the guest of today's STAR RENDEZVOUS - Navya Abraham. She is an adorable mom blogger who shares her everyday experience with baby A in the form of snaps and stories in Instagram (@alitlebitofme). When she is not mommying around her little girl, you will find her organizing fairy-tale... Continue Reading →
Hi fellas, As promised before, I am going to share with you all, the self-care strategy that helped me get over the gruesome parental blues that had been haunting me last week. My rejuvenation plan consists of easy-to-implement, inexpensive ideas that any stay-at-home mom can incorporate into their routine right away. Check it out.. Keep... Continue Reading →
This week has been pretty crazy with my doolally brain feeling more of the downsides of parenthood at an ever alarming rate. My attempts to fight back this Tired Parent Syndrome miserably burnt out, so did my self-motivation $#!+. The mental fatigue wreaked havoc on my day-to-day activities to a larger extent that one fine day, that... Continue Reading →
According to Maria Montessori, the first six years of life is when the child develops his own mental flesh, using which he explores, judges, embraces and fights the world for the rest of his life. And it all gets kickstarted the moment they are born into this world. Right from infancy! ◎ The absorbent mind... Continue Reading →
Last week, a cousin of mine who is also a dear reader of this blog gifted me a book "The Absorbent Mind", written by Maria Montessori. For most of you, this internationally renowned book needs no introduction. Others (like me) who can only relate the author's last name to one of the most popular methods... Continue Reading →
The reason I am composing this all of a sudden is because I met a close friend and her newborn princess yesterday. They are in the pink of health but Dr.H and I sensed subtle traces of Postpartum Blues in the mother which flashed in front of our eyes my very own story that happened... Continue Reading →
The beginning of auspicious Thai maasam is something I look forward to, with indomitable spirit and high hopes. This is baby D's second Pongal. I don't remember celebrating one last year. But the husband says we did. Who knows, may be we really did have had a blast back then, my vacuous mom brain could... Continue Reading →
Merry Motherhood 