Having a child is one of the most joyous and significant experiences in a woman’s life. While life for us, life was exciting and enjoyable with the new baby, it was also difficult and stressful at the same time. For a few days or weeks after giving birth, often new moms suffer from the baby…
Strong and Emotional men in my life (Emotional Wellness)
“Emotional Men” sounds wired ? Sounds weak? They are often considered weak, while they are emotionally strong and this make them stand out of the crowd. On this World mental health day let’s talk about emotional wellness of men in our life. Being a Mom of 2 boys I can see all the ignored points…
Wellness For Stay At Home MOMs
Stay At Home Moms are often neglected and so is their wellness. Why do I say this? because I am myself a SAHM and I often neglect my own health and wellness and Usually shrug off when my body and body needs rest or attention. Well I did realize it quite late that it’s neither…
Yummy Natural and Cooling Drinks for Summer
We are always thirsty in this scorching summer. In India, the temperatures are as high as 46 degrees in some places. It is essential that we keep ourselves cool internally with the right kind of diet and plenty of fluids. But before you start thinking about the western water melon coolers and kiwi fruit juice,…
Summer Activity Ideas for Children
Summer is a very important period in Children’s life. All the kids wait eagerly for summer break where they are not bound to do any monotonous and repetitive things. They can sleep till a little late and are not supposed to go to school everyday. Now is the time when they can enjoy doing things…
5 parent engagement tips to overcome the summer boredom
The Summer Vacation – sounds fun, right? But for parents, “the summer vacation” doesn’t refer to as a Fun ride, but a fear of Children’s tendency to lose some of their academic progress over summer break. Most of the parents can relate to this. This is a considerable challenge that teachers, parents, and school administrators…
Those 2 Discarded Chairs……..
Trying another Fiction, Theme being “Shades Of love” Love can be expressed in many ways, Isn’t it. Ojasvi often feels blue in absence of Nirja, her daughter. She would be lost in deep thoughts of her teen years when she would spend her leisure time in chitchatting with Dhruv in a small coffee shop near…
Maa….
After Fiction Story, I am trying poem, I used to write small poems or quotes since school days. But, they were all kept closed in a keepsake. Trying to get them some light, fresh air 🙂 We all know there are many benefits of carrying babies, and we all do so as long as we…
What do you do with the Flowers From Bouquets
People usually celebrate Roseday, exchange flowers, bouquets & gifts. And throw them in Dustbin. You can always Celebrate what you want in a sustainable way, like- Buy Flowers but not the plastic packaging around it. I usually buy single Rose, it shows my love for the person as well as Mother Earth so it’s a…
New Mom, New Life, New World
Hospital Bag- Most Important
I was all set for the D-Day after the roller coaster ride of 9 months Even though- I was bit lost with what I needed to get before I got my tummy roll home. Our Indian tradition says- you shouldn’t buy anything before your child is born, superstition yes, possibly also just a way to…
Right time to have a Baby…..
It’s the “Right time, we decided” and soon we were happy to see those 2 lines on HPT kit, Wonderful. I was all set for the New Chapter of Life. Later I realized it is going to be the longest journey of my life. Let me be as brief as I can in penning the details. Being…
Self-Care Habits
We all need Selfcare, even mothers who are busy with their kids most of the time either trying to feed them or cleaning them, and the little free time they get is spent in detecting/searching about the milestones or behavioral changes of children, while completely ignoring their own sleep. Self-care is the individual practice of…
Simple ways to build confidence & self-esteem in kids
Self-confidence originates from ones own accomplishments. As a preschool teacher, I had seen many children become more confident and self-assured as they learned and completed new tasks and goal. And not only because of the praise by parents and family. It’s said- from play to chores, encouraging efforts helps kids gain confidence & acquire skills…
Sustainable menstruation- Small change, Cloth-pads
Sustainable Menstruation refers to the practices where environment friendly alternatives and conventional menstrual products are used. Sustainable living is the practice of reducing our demand on natural resources by making sure that we replace non-sustainable, one time use products with reusable, sustainable products. It started with my first delivery, Post delivery, I had bled for almost…
Varsha (RAIN)
The writer in me gets electrified when there is any activity related to writing in kids’ school. So, the activity is to recite a poem on Rain/Barish, in Hindi. Kavita on Barish to be specific. Wrote this short and simple poem, especially for kids. Aasmaan me Baadal aaye; आसमान में बादल आए; Khushiyon ka uphaar…
HOLI- Colourful or Colourless
Holi is a festival of colours, most of us like to play with colours and enjoy the festival and the spring season. So does Sarala, she is an eight-year-old Hyperactive and mischievous girl loves the festival of colours and is drenched in colours when her mother called her and said “Sarala, come-on get ready, we…
The A2Z of Parenting, D- Descipline
Moving further in A2Z of parenting Fourth Letter and Word is D- Descipline Effective Discipline ‘teaches’ children what is right and helps to make right decision. It is necessary to start disciplining kids in young age. Descipline brings positive changes or positivity in life. This is different from punishment which focuses on what is wrong. The…