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Diet for the Breastfeeding Mother
Diet for the Breastfeeding Mother After months of looking forward to her birth, your baby is finally with you. But you also feel it’s high time you got back into your pre-pregnancy clothes. Hold on!...
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Welcome to Holland: the experience of raising a child with a disability
Welcome to Holland [Illustration by Shiju George]I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability – to help people who have not shared this unique experience, to...
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Transition from Daycare to Preschool
My friend’s four-year-old daughter, Tania, loves the daycare centre she goes to. She enjoys the home environment, the laidback attitude of the “aunty” there who also happens to be the ex-principal of a...
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Places to See with Your Curious Preschooler
If your preschooler is at that wriggly wiggly, thousand-questions-a-minute stage, then you know its time to get out of the house and playground, and explore the world beyond. And this doesn’t just mean...
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How to make healthy food choices
Are you an overwrought mother, forever worrying about the eating habits of your children? You care about your child’s nutrition and know that it is related to growth and development but do not know how...
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Getting Along with your Siblings
Getting Along [Illustration by Shinod AP]A friend told me once you aren’t a parent until you have your second child. Parents of one child may not understand this statement but those with two or more...
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Ready Reckoner for parents who want to travel with children
Ready Reckoner for parents who want to travel with children [Illustration by Anup Singh]Children are wonderful travel companions. They are curious, enthusiastic and adventurous. They carry no...
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First Aid Kit for Families with Children
First aid kit for families with children Every home needs a first aid kit! It’s a bit like insurance: you hope you’re not going to need it, but if you do, it’s essential to have it. So, what should the...
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Snapshots of Memory
A green hedge encrusted with white mountain roses – the smell I carry in my nostrils to this day. Pure and heady. I was three. It’s a snapshot of memory. I put a name to the memory much later....
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Recipe: Healthy 100% Atta Bread Your Kids Will Love
Over the years of sharing this recipe, I have realized that not everybody gets their 100% atta (whole wheat) bread right the first time — I was just plain lucky. If it does not work for you the first...
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