In the first year of motherhood, especially in the first 3-4 months after the birth of your baby, your every thought, every moment, be it waking or sleeping, is all about your baby. You are getting to know all about caring and nurturing your baby, learning the ropes of motherhood. Read more…
Before I start writing anything about this, I must confess that I too am guilty of judging a few mothers on their choices. Though when I got married and saw my sister-in-law’s hard journey of pregnancy and motherhood, and then became a mother myself, my perspectives changed. I remember an Read more…
Sometimes you just know that your baby needs you, or he is not well, or he needs something. You get a feeling in your heart randomly, and you go to your baby and see that yes, his diaper needs to be changed even before he starts crying. Or he was Read more…
Many people think that once you have gone through hours of painful labor or a C-section and given birth to your baby. You are over the hard part, and in a way, it is true for the physical aspect of a mother’s body. But in truth, it’s just a phase Read more…
I don’t think there is any mother in the world who hasn’t felt guilt at some point in her motherhood journey. Guilt becomes a women’s best friend once she becomes a mother. Isn’t it sad? A Mom who gives her all to taking care of her baby, who sometimes forgets Read more…
Your baby’s every first, every milestone is precious to you. The first time your baby smiles at you looking into your eyes… The first time he rolls over on his own… The first time he sits independently without any support… Your baby’s first steps… All these firsts are moments to Read more…
Women have been always subjected to very high expectations, be it managing a home single-handedly or balancing career and family. And when she becomes a mother, the expectations increase tenfold. Everyone, including women themselves, have unrealistic expectations from a mother to manage everything, be it baby care, household chores, or Read more…
Oh No! I am not saying that my baby’s diapers put me in depression. Although, that’s how you feel when your baby poops just after you have put a fresh diaper on him. Or when you find out babies go through around 1000 diapers in the first year. It can Read more…
Before I start, let me tell you, the sleeping part in co-sleeping is hypothetical for Mommies. (You don’t get any sleep in the first few months of motherhood at all. Ask any Mom out there.) You just lie beside your baby, trying to make him sleep or worry about not Read more…
In my almost 2.5 years of breastfeeding journey (Yes, I breastfed that long, to the judging Aunties: It’s none of your business!) I have seen and done everything, from struggling to breastfeed my baby, nursing him all night, to weaning him off. I could actually write a book about breastfeeding. Read more…
