New Mom's Life

Hey friends, Its been a while, since my last post as I was road tripping with my daughter, after she had fully recovered from cold and cough. Yes, the common cough and cold , generally happens to most infants in the 5th month as the mothers milk, stops producing antibodies and starts pumping more of fat and DHA for brain development. If you are experiencing the same right now, then along with the medicines prescribed by your doctor, have a nasal spray and aspirator handy. Well, all that is in the past now. My daughter is almost 6 months old, and we took our first road trip together. We went to visit my husband's grand parents home and it was a 5 hour drive from where we stay. The best part about our plan was to leave early morning around 5.30am. Once I was up, in half blind mode, with minimal lighting I decided to get dressed as my daughter was asleep. Somehow, she sensed the excitement and was up within minutes.  She was very happy, and out of the blue started laughing. I...

Hello Ladies, Have you ever felt that your baby understood what you just said? Or when you crack a joke, you can see your baby smile and chuckle, or it has clearly understood your instruction and is trying to follow it? Yes, these instinctive feelings that a mother feels around baby are totally natural and also true. Sometimes, it makes you wonder if your baby has some kind of superpower. My daughter has always been fussy while bathing since day one. She hated when the nurses gave her a bath, she never liked the caregiver giving her a bath either.  She is 5 months old, and I am still not very confident in giving her a bath all by myself, so I have hired a caregiver to bathe and massage her in  the mornings aka "Maalish didi". Just last week when she was on leave, I decided to give her a bath myself. I placed her in the baby bather and gently poured water on her. To my surprise, instead of crying like she usually does , she smiled at me and thoroughly enjoyed...