At what age should I start feeding my baby solid food? Quoted from World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations: “Infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life to achieve optimal growth, development and health. Breastfeeding, along with…

When babies have diarrhea, it is basically something that parents are used to dealing with. However, it is important to make sure that the problem does not go on for days because it could lead to something more serious than…

Hitting the big four-O has brought a lot of things into perspective. I have done so much and gained many valuable experiences along the way but the biggest wave of change was when I became a mother. Every qualification, award…

With modernisation come all its hi-tech accompaniments which include ways to get things done quicker and more ‘efficiently’. Unfortunately, sacred experiences of humankind such as child birthing have also been undergoing this speed-inspired trend where scores of mothers today hardly…

There really are plenty of ways to incorporate exercise into your day and help with your weight loss goals, why not try a few? There are two things you need to get your head around in order to lose weight…

Is paper ‘greener’ than plastic? ‘Yes’ is the quick answer, but it is not all – newspaper is not the equivalent of all paper products, plastic bag is only one of the seven types of polymers. (Refer to the all…

If you don’t still realise it, a comfortable yet enriched play environment is critical to a baby’s development and teaches skills which can be used later in life! Here are six ways a baby can benefit from playtime!If you don’t…

Every other young parent today seem to be bent on sending their young child off to a learning centre of some sort, even before the little one has begun walking yet! Centres too seem to be mushrooming everywhere, offering playtime…

Let’s face it. – A healthy diet will have to include generous helpings of whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables. A child’s diet is no exception and not many parents can claim to be able to offer a healthy daily…

In this article, Gayatri Unsworth talks about her youngest daughter turning 3 and how much she finds herself missing having a baby in her home. My second daughter turned 3 recently. Overnight my life, symbolically at least, went from having…