“Why is parenting so stressful these days?” – Chapter 1

I came across a post in a Facebook group yesterday and it made me ponder so much about this generation’s parenting style. It had me thinking about how we are different from our previous generations and why we are so stressed and anxious all the time. I was also wondering how come our parents were…

Our daughter, Ishaana Sivakumar has entered the INDIA BOOK OF RECORDS, 2021!

I still remember the day, I held my little angel in my arms for the very first time. She resembled more like her dad than me and almost everyone in the hospital felt the same. In a few days, she proved I was wrong and she started looking more like me. She has my eyes,…

Quarantine Reading

Hi all! Hope you all are doing great and staying positive during this period. I am sure that many of you must be having quality time with your family and I would really like to know how you all are making use of your time productively. So during this quarantine period, my daughter and I…

Five tools that I use to teach my toddler at home

Keeping a toddler busy at home is no easy task. They need constant engagement in some activity and if you can teach them using a variety of interesting tools, you can see it for yourself that they absorb everything you tell them, like a sponge. I teach my 2.4 year old toddler using different objects…

Toddler diet series – Indian style Beetroot- Moringa leaves soup with expert review

Hello moms and dads! Hope you all are enjoying reading this diet series, written exclusively for your little ones! For those who are reading about this for the first time, I would like to tell you that, this diet series has nutrition rich recipes, that are tried and tested in my home. The recipes that…

Basics of teaching a toddler at home

Toddlers are curious little creatures with an urge to learn something all the time. They love it when they are involved in some kind of activity that helps them grasp and understand things around them. Making them sit in a place and teaching them alphabets, numbers etc are definitely not going to help. They need…

She did this for the first time and I am not very pleased! Toddler tales – Part 1

Little children are very sensitive and they communicate with us through their emotions. I strongly believe toddler tantrums are just their mode of communication and it is parents’ responsibility to decode the underlying information and react accordingly! My daughter is two years now and yes, I am slowly learning to unravel the message she tells…

Healthy whole wheat banana cake – A holiday season special! – With expert review

A healthy treat that will make your Christmas morning amazing! Reviews given by an certified nutrition expert.

Toddler diet series : Spinach – Lentil Soup reviewed by certified nutrition expert, Dr. Frieda Fontaine

A healthy and delicious recipe will be added every week in the toddler diet series and that recipe will be analyzed based on nutritional content by a certified nutrition expert. This series is to help mommies by providing various toddler food options and by keeping them informed of the nutritional content of the food they are feeding to their little ones.

Moon! Earth’s best friend – Book Review

This is a very cool book by Stacy McAnulty and it is illustrated by Stevie Lewis. My little girl, these days are into planets, space and rockets. Her interest towards these things has developed so much that she insists me to read only space books whenever we are in library. This all started when we…