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My Experience with Sebamed Children’s Shampoo

Guest Post by Mumtaz Surani Everytime I visit my mom’s place in Karnataka, I’m worried about Zaa’s hair wash. The city has “hard water” (unlike Mumbai), which means it has extra minerals and salts in it. Hence, the texture of the hair gets very rough and dry. Currently, I had visited my mom’s place and…

BabysHealthandWellness

Do we know enough about Influenza?

A couple of weeks ago, I along with a few bloggers were invited to attend an incredibly interesting and informative seminar organised by MAI (Mothers against Influenza) to raise awareness on Influenza. Albeit, I’m from a medical background, I realised that my personal awareness on this topic was lacking. Not that I didn’t know about…

BabysHealthandWellness

Two Healthy Snacks For Toddlers That Can Be Made in Advance and Stored

Often we eat junk and serve junk to our kids because we don’t have the time to prepare something fresh everyday. In fact, that’s the reason most of us gain weight too, because we keep loading ourselves with junk all the time. Here are two simple recipe which you can prepare in advance and store:…

Motherhood

Our Toys: The Only 10 Toys We Have (For 0-15 months)

I never really invested in toys much because I hate clutter. I only purchase those that have multiple functions, or can sharpen her skills, enhance her sensory experience or those which I know would be used for a long time. Without wasting much of your time, let me quickly share our favorite toys from the last…

BooksandToys

Our Favorite Children’s Books: 12-18 months

It’s mesmerizing to see our little ones grow and learn things at a surprising speed everyday. Once they turn a year old, their mental development takes a major leap and they learn a variety of things/skills super quickly. By the time baby Boo was 13 months old, she could bring the exact book I would…

BooksandToys

Our Favorite Children’s Books: 6-12 months

For the first 6 months, Baby Boo would just curiously look at books when we read to her. Maybe occasionally smile, but that was about it. The real fun began when she turned around 7-months old. She started to flip pages, showed interest in knowing what’s on the next page, would bang her hands on…

BooksandToys

Our Favourite Children’s Books: 0-6 months

It’s never too early to read to our little ones. We introduced Baby Boo to books when she was 1.5 months old and since then, books have been an integral part of her daily routine. In fact, we preferred investing in children’s books over toys because children at that age don’t really understand the concept…

Motherhood

Fububox: A Book Subscription For Little Readers- Thoughts and Review

“The simplest way of making sure we raise literate children is to show them that reading is a pleasurable activity. And that means, finding them books that they enjoy, giving them access to those books and letting them read them.” – Neil Gaiman I’ve grown up loving books. My dad was a writer and his…

ChildNutrition

My Child is Lean And I’m Not Worried!

There’s a reason why a child is lean. But first, let me take you through my journey and share my experience. —– “Get her admitted immediately. I’m coming to the hospital in an hour to see her.” My Gynaeceologist told my husband and he, along with my mom quickly arranged for all the said medicines….

Motherhood

5 Products That Will Help You Keep Your Home Clean and Make Your Life Easy!

Unlike always, this time my article doesn’t essentially revolve around children. Rather, it is a topic I never thought I’ll write on. But these 5 items- that I recently discovered and I have a feeling that they’re not so widely used in Indian homes- have come in really handy for me in the last few…