Motherhood is where love, guilt, exhaustion, memory, and ordinary life keep bumping into each other. These stories are about the parts of being a mother that do not fit neatly into celebration, sacrifice, or advice.
This is a category for personal essays on motherhood without performance, perfection, or the pressure to turn every difficult moment into a lesson.
“No exams? What!!! How will we know the progress of the kid?” “Exams must be there to know what the kids have learnt” “I wouldn’t know how my kid is doing unless there are regular exams. Weekly tests, unit tests, midterms must all be held!” When such opinions were put forth in my daughter’s school […]
Why Do We Need Exams in School? #MicroblogMondays Read More »
While I have lived in Mumbai for most of my formative years, my upbringing has been decidedly North Indian. That was true for the food too. Breakfast was a steady stream of Parathas for years till we complained about the amount of Ghee we were consuming on a daily basis. Our every day food was
The Two States Laddoo – power packed nutrition for your baby Read More »
Being a mother is joyous, wondrous, beautiful… everyone from mainstream media to hallmark cards will tell you this. But, being a mother also tough. There are moments of frustration that everyone has. However, the mothers who have it real tough are those with sick children. For a mother, a short term sickness, where you know the
This Mother’s Day, be a Meal Mate to another Mother with JAMMs and Accesslife Read More »
Fun O Factory is an indoor play area at R City Mall in Mumbai. LifestyleProBlog reviews the three sections – softplay, ropecourse and trampoline park.
Fun O Factory – A Play Area Review Read More »
My daughter was sick last week. She missed school almost the whole week. Missing school means missing out on lessons and falling behind your studies, a whole lot of homework and catch-up when you get back to school and a whole lot of worry for the parents and children. This seems like a pretty common
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I am sure Paediatricians all over the world will agree that the most common query they get from parents of perfectly healthy children is “Doctor, is my child growing right?” In today’s world of fierce competition, we start off as soon as the child is born. Looking at percentile growth for the weight, the height
Is My Child Growing Right? The Parental Anxiety Story! Read More »
I love stories. My love for stories and reading is the one things I have wanted to pass on to my daughter for sure. So, from a very young age, I have been telling her stories. We have a simple enough routine of stories before bed time. Most days, I either read a story to
Once Upon a Time… A #SocialExperiment Read More »
KidZania is a role play based indoor activity centre for kids. It allows children to participate in various activities and experience being an artist, a pilot, a dentist, a fireman or even a dabbawala! The Mumbai centre was running a promo on Mother’s Day. As a special treat to the mommies, they were allowing the
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My daughter’s summer vacations have begun and her school is being renovated. So the classes will resume in July instead of June. To top that, her day care has ended. Ended for good. The reasons for that are for another post but at this point of time, I am desperately looking for activities to keep
Curious Cobo – An Activity Box for Kids Read More »
Blogger’s meets where the invitation extends to my daughter too are kinda special. To top it all, if the invite is for something she loves like clothes, it becomes an extremely enjoyable experience for both of us. And then, if the brand is like The Children’s Place, then we can be rest assured that we
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