All you need is: 1. Balloons 2. Thread How to play: Blow loads of balloons and keep them ready for the party. Tie a balloon to one leg of a child. The kids have to try and burst the other persons balloon while trying to save theirs as well. The child whose balloon will not… [ Continue Reading ]
Baby Care ยป
Babies invariably present their own sets of challenges even to experienced mothers and fathers. The best you can do is prepare yourself and enjoy the experience. Parent’s guide to managing the new baby.
Thumbsucking: A Comfort Habit
My niece Bhawna mumbled while sleeping and I turned around to give her a good night kiss. I found Bhawna sucking her thumb even in deep slumber. Bhawna is three years old and has not been able to get rid of this habit. It worries her parents a lot. They often wonder if it is… [ Continue Reading ]
Feeding Positions
The other day I went to my sister’s place to see her newborn baby girl. “Oh! She is beautiful Rupa.” I exclaimed as I held the bundle in my arms. I was so engrossed in the baby that it took me sometime to realise my sister was not sounding as excited as I was. Then… [ Continue Reading ]
Paper Dance
All you need is: 1. Old newspaper sheets. 2. A music system and cassettes. How to play: Scatter sheets of newspapers on the floor and ask the children to step on them in pairs. Put on the music and let the children dance for a minute or two on the paper. The team will be… [ Continue Reading ]
Head Control
The newborn cannot control his head at all, and you have to support his head with your hand or elbow while carrying him. By four to six weeks, his control over his head matures gradually till he is three to four months old and can hold his head up by himself. If he is lying… [ Continue Reading ]
Insure Your Child’s Smile: Managing children’s dental health
When your child eats, food passes through the mouth and it meets the germs or bacteria that live in the mouth. These bacteria have sugars and starches found in many foods. If you do not clean your child’s teeth after eating, plaque bacteria use the sugars and starches to produce acid that destroys the hard… [ Continue Reading ]
Production of Milk and How it Reaches the Baby
Milk is produced in the mammary glands present in the breast. This glandular tissue is embedded in fat, giving the breast its round contours and size. The amount of glandular tissue in the breast is similar in amount in all women. Thus, milk production does not depend on the size of the breast. Milk production… [ Continue Reading ]
Is My Milk Enough?
The milk supply increases from about 100 ml on the second day to about 500 ml in the second week and more slowly thereafter. Some mothers get very panicky as to whether the baby is getting enough breast milk. I have known mothers who weighed the baby after every feed or at least every day…. [ Continue Reading ]
Feeding on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway
It was two-and-a-half months since the baby was born. I had not stepped out of home after childbirth. That was not because I was ill or was inept at handling the new-found responsibility of parenting. It was because I could not imagine feeding in public, let alone do it. I often wondered how women managed… [ Continue Reading ]
Duration And Frequency Of Feeding Your Baby
I got a call from Ria. Her baby was not feeding properly, she said. I asked her about her child’s feeding habits. “I feed every two hours,” she said. “And what if she wants food in between,” I asked. Ria had been giving her daughter glucose water whenever she cried in between feeds. No wonder… [ Continue Reading ]