Mom-to-be (30 entries)
I saw the little pink onesie with the quirky auto rickshaw block-print that came in the mail from The Belaku Trust and suddenly, I longed for those newborn days again. Tiny, fidgety arms and legs, warm little bundles and soft cooing noises were all I could remember of those sleep-derived years. Be warned: The simple [...]
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Pregnant and panicky. That’s where I found myself 9 months ago when I first found out that I was going to be a mommy. A thousand worries plagued my mind, from weight gain to labour pains to whether I’d be able to handle a wiggly little newborn. And then came Dwi to the rescue. Founded [...]
The stork is getting closer…… ‘due date’ coming up soon? No one gave me a ‘to pack/must have’ list and you figured right – I love lists, so this one was put together before the baby arrived (Oh! the luxury of time). What follows is a two part list based on information from websites, books [...]
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Chase Away Baby Bottom Blues ‘Cloth nappies only. We won’t subject our baby to diapers 24×7’ we said. Naïve? For sure! This was before bundle of joy arrived and before we knew what we were heading for. Here’s a heads up: 0 – 3 months the mantra is Feed, Burp, Sleep, Pee, Poo. Serious amounts [...]
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Cribs made of “real” wood Hello Mummies Where can one find a good crib, made of real wood – one with wheels and locks (indeed!) readily available locally ? I’ve checked out the local Mothercare and Mom&Me type stores, but everything they have is made of compressed wood, and rather flimsy. Is my only alternative [...]
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Goodbye Belly Woes When I found out five months ago that I was pregnant, the kind words of reassurance, congratulations and advice started pouring in from all my well wishers, but nobody warned me that I would feel and look as awkward as I do right now. This in-between stage, where my mid section has [...]
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Chennai: Tender Loving Care When you’ve come to the point where the ‘romance’ of your pregnancy is waning and you’re pretty sure your husband has started to refer to you as That Fat Bully in his head, you know that the need of the day is a ‘Time Out for Two’ Aura, the spa at [...]
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Pregnancy has a lot of perks –glowing skin, luscious hair, the only time you can be fat and cute at the same time and of course a cuddly, delicious-smelling baby to look forward to at the end of it all! But as life would have it, every up has a down and pregnancy is no [...]
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Parenting Guides: Gifting Wings to Your Acorn Parenthood is not easy. And if anybody says otherwise, they’re lying. Or drunk. Pregnancy comes with a manual; so why not parenting? Wait! It does! Raksha Bharadia’s “Roots and Wings – A Handbook for Parents”, written for hapless parents like me. The older generation seemed to manage just [...]
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Itchy belly no more The baby bump has begun to show, you are post the morning sickness stage and oh the glow is just so fantastic! Then you look south, smile at your still visible toes and catch a glimpse of shiny, wormlike patterns reminiscent of striations on a beach and think – ‘Oh no [...]
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