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Seawater. Image courtesy: pixabay This was just another evening. I had put my sweetie on the bed. I was taking my relaxing breath after a long tiring day. Suddenly a thought jumped into my mind. “This is the longest vacation I have been on but I have not planned any trip yet. How can I do that with me?” I immediately started checking random places and unexpectedly found a very cheap deal for Vizag. This is how it started. Destination Selection: Even though I found the discounted rate for Vizag, I used a few criteria to finalize the destination. They were: Inside city: I prefer to avoid outskirt locations while traveling with an infant. It has to be a proper city/town with medical shop availability. In that way, I can make sure I can arrange emergency medicine (if anything required) which I am not carrying. Weather: As infants do not have a strong immune system, it is better to avoid any location which has a huge altitude or temperature difference from their usual environment. Food: ...

Toddler drinking water independently. Image courtesy: pexels.com ‘My child does not drink enough water.’ - this is a very common challenge many parents face. And as we are aware of the impact of dehydration, we parents get stressed out and madly look for several options to make our kids drink enough water. To build a habit of regularly drinking water, we just need to follow a simple 2 steps process. Buy an attractive water bottle :  - Buy a new bottle? Are you kidding me? Are you asking me to buy a new bottle every week just to get my kid to drink water? - Of Course not.  Getting a brand new gorgeous bottle is just the first step to switching your daughter/son’s attention from ‘drinking water' to his/her favorite bottle. You will be surprised to see him/her falling in love to drink from that pretty bottle. But this will not last for longer because this new favorite bottle will soon convert into an old boring bottle. “Then what’s next?” That’s where the next crucial step comes ...

  As a parent what is the most time-taking task you have to do daily? If your answer is ‘feeding my child’, believe me, you are not alone. A little boy is drinking milk. Image courtesy: pexels.com There is nothing wrong with your kid. S/he can be an independent eater soon. They just need little support and encouragement from us. And we should be absolutely fine with the mess s/he would be creating while eating. There are few rules we have to follow in this journey. These rules can be applied from a very early age of a baby (as long as s/he can sit without support).  1.     Proper and consistent place to eat : You must choose a comfortable place where s/he will sit and have her/his meal. Here I highly recommend a high chair/booster chair for a baby. If your baby is old enough to fit into the dining table, this would be the perfect place. Remember, you have to be consistent and encourage him/her to take all the meals while sitting in the same place.   2.  ...

When you are reading this post, I am assuming either your cute little baby has already arrived or he/she will be in your arms very soon. Either way, I want to congratulate the new parent. It feels like a wee bit of heaven has fallen from above. When the newborn lands on the earth, we parents are overwhelmed by loads of advice from friends, relatives, neighbors which sometimes confuse us and may mislead us too. But thankfully there are lots of parents around who are really God's angels. Today I will share such angels’ tips that I received during my journey and never regretted adapting. Image courtesy: pixels.com 1. Breast Milk Pump: When your baby is exclusively breastfeeding, it's really tiresome for you to continuously feed your child in every alternative hour or so. The only way to get a break is offloading the feeding activity for a few hours. For this we have only 2 options: Give formula milk sometimes, Store breast milk so that someone else can feed while mummy is taking...