Real Imperfect MOM

Most of the kids are fussy eaters when it comes to vegetables. After a point even making them have soup becomes difficult. So here is a quick and easy recipe to make your kids eat vegetables happily. Preparation Time : 10 Minutes Cooking time : 30 minutes ( 20 minutes for the cooking in pressure cooker) Ingredients - Spilt Moong Dal - 1 cup - Rice (Regular/ Basmati) - 1 Cup - Carrot - Tomato - Onion - Capsicum - Peas - French Beans *All vegetables should make one cup in qty - Ghee - 1 table spoon - Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tea spoon - Ginger Garlic Paste - Turmeric - 1/2 tea spoon - Hing 1/4 tea spoon - Kashmiri Mirchi (Non spicy) - 1/4 tea spoon - Salt as per taste. Method - Finely chop all the vegetables. - Wash and drain rice and split moon dal. - Now heat a Kadai and add ghee to it. Once ghee is heated add cumin seeds. - Once the seeds turn brown add Ginger Garlic Paste and let it cook for 2-3 minutes. - Add all the chopped vegetables and give a good st

Who doesn't loves celebrating kids birthday? Infact, parent just wait to make this day most special for their lil ones. We celebrate it with so much enthusiasm and creativity. But due to the Covid-19 Pandemic all has come to standstill. But parents have found a new way to party and that is Virtual Birthday Party. We just celebrated my niece's bday virtually last week, and I know it's such a huge task to arrange a video call connecting 40- 50 people at one go and making sure all feel a part of the event. One thing on which we racked our brain was, what games to make the kids play virtually. We know 100's of games which we can play in person but hardly few of them can be played virtually.  So here is a list of few games which can be played for kids virtual party. Frame the correct picture Kids love playing zigsaw and what better than making them play virtually. Select an imag, crop it in 4 small images and arrange it randomly. Now assign a number to each image

When a couple plans for a baby, the process starts with lots of excitement and positivity. In fact, few lucky ones get pregnant in one or two try, but most of us would take nearly six months to a year to get pregnant. But what if it goes beyond that? It can really pull down all the positivity and energy. Conceiving naturally can get really hard for some of us.To add it up, if any of our family or friend conceives sooner, it adds extra stress and pressure on us. It causes turmoil of emotions, but there are certain Do's and Dont's which can help us overcome this emotional lockdown. 1.Don't Compare While your are trying for a baby, you surely know someone who is also trying for one. Don't compare yourself to them if they happen to conceive sooner, as you really don't know since how long they have been trying. Comparing yourself with others can create inferiority complex and affects pregnancy. Two persons are different and so is their process of pregnancy..

We all love pancakes, but rarely eat due to high calories. Today let's try making a healthier version of Pan Cake using Rava instead of All purpose flour. Ingredients : Rava - 1 cup Melted Butter - 1 table spoon Sugar - as per taste Salt - 1/4 tea spoon Baking powder - 1/2 tea spoon Baking Soda - 1/4 tea spoon Milk - 1 cup Almonds optional  Tips to make it more healthy for kids: - Use Jaggery powder instead of Sugar - Add dryfruit powder into the batter. - Garnish it with Honey. Method : - Take a container and add Rava, sugar, salt and melted butter. - To this add milk in batches and keep stirring so that no lumps are formed. - After adding the entire milk, beat the batter for a minute and add baking powder and baking soda  - Beat the batter again for a minute and let it rest for 30 minutes. - Heat the non stick pan and grease it with butter. - Beat the batter and pour it on the heated pan. - Cook it on meadium flame for 2 minutes or until bubble

Name of the activity Pull the LEGO Age group Babies who are learning to walk Independently. Things required *Lego and Sellotape  *If Lego is not available use any eye catching objects that your baby loves. Activity *Make small pyramids of Lego blocks. *Stick them on the wall, at a distance from each other and at different heights. *Ask your baby to pull the blocks in order. Benefits *It develops baby's hand, leg and eye coordination. *Baby learns to follow the instructions of pulling the block in order. * Baby takes the effort to balance herself and thus boosts her confidence to walk Independently. *It will help the baby to not give up and try again if not successful at once.

Being unsuccessful in conceiving after multiple attempts, raises a question amongst every couple "Are We Infertile" ?. The answer is NO not necessarily . Though fertility is one of the key factor which can delay pregnancy but not the only factor. Even a fertile couple can take longer than normal time to conceive. The ideal time a healthy fertile couple takes to get pregnant is anywhere between 6-12 months. Even after all odds being in your favor  i.e you are living healthy lifestyle, Fertile, age is less than 35 years and still not conceiving is brain storming. Below mentioned are the 7 mistakes that can delay your pregnancy . - INCORRECT TIMING  Having sex while ovaluting increases the chances of pregnancy. But most of us don't know the exact date of ovalution. Using an ovalution kit does help. The body also gives signs when it enters the fertile period which is usually between day 8th-14th from the LMP date. Having sex during this fertile window is important

Being a mother comes with many responsibilities toward your baby. Some of them can be adjusted with, but some of them can never be compromised upon . Few things on which mothers are never ready to give up are : baby getting right nutrition, baby learning things the right way, mannerism, a peaceful sleep and so on. But is it a cake walk to achieve them?? Not really. If you are a adamant mother who is not ready to compromise and who's toddler is another lil adamant who just wants to do things his or her way, then coming to consensus is difficult and most of the time it's the mother who gives up to  baby's wish.  Here are 5 tried and tested ways which ensure to get things done from your lil adamant munchkin in your way. 1. Relax when the situation demands When your baby is in dominant mode, and if at the same time, you try to force your wish on her the situation can get too messy. For time being, leave the things where they are. Let your baby calm down before sta

The decision to become parents is a big one in itself. Once a couple starts family planning, they expect to conceive in one or two trys. But every women is physically different, hence every women takes different frame of time to get pregnant . There is a long process that happens after having sex that leads to PREGNANCY.  Every Intercourse does not leads to pregnancy . Hence, everytime having unprotected sex does not result in pregnancy. In general, a fertile couple conceives within a year. Out of 100 couples trying to conceive naturally: 20 will conceive within one month 72 will conceive within six months 84 will conceive within one year 92 will conceive within two years Fertility of the couple, plays a key factor in deciding how long a couple would take to get pregnant. Assuming the couple is fertile, the other important factors that affect the ability to get pregnant are : Quality of egg A women has her best quality of eggs in her twenties, leading to a quicker and healt

“A room without books is like a body without a soul". This say completely defines me. I love books. Infact during my pregnancy, more that 2 hours a day were just spent on reading books from different genres. And being a book lover, I always wanted my baby to have a liking towards it. But how does one do that? Is it really possible? How soon can I introduce books to my baby? I will share you my experience of how I created this important bond between BOOKS and BABIES. 1. Start as soon as you conceive  I know it does sound weird to read book to a baby who is just 5 weeks old and that too in your tummy. I had started reading to my baby by 7th week of my pregnancy . As i loved reading, I unknowingly started reading it out to my baby also. 2. Read it loud Whatever you are reading read it loud . It may be of any genre. Baby can listen in the womb from 4th month . They start recognising different sounds and the hearing growth keeps happening. I used to read aloud s

Having unprotected intercourse leads to pregnancy, but not every intercourse leads to pregnancy . Most of us know, that having sex leads to pregnancy, but most of us don't know what actually happens after sex that leads to pregnancy. First let us understand what are the major organs of a women's reproductive system that play role in Pregnancy. - Uterus - Ovaries - Fallopine Tubes - Cervix - Vagina Now let's understand how SEX Leads to PREGNANCY . The sequence of the events would be : 1. From day 6th-14th, from the start date of period cycle, eggs in the ovaries start to mature . 2. On around 14th day, from the start date of period cycle, only ONE MATURE EGG is released from either of the ovaries. This is called as ovalution. 3. After the release of the egg, it travels to either of the two fallopine tubes. 4. The egg stays in the fallopine tubes for the next 48 hours maximum, waiting for a sperm to penetrate and fertilize it. 5. On having

I know it's little rude to call yourself the owner of your child. But deep inside that's the feeling each mother has, that thought " It's only me who has the right to decide what is right, what is wrong, what to make her eat, when to make her sleep, how to handle her tantrums, manage her during her breakdowns, everything". But is that really reasonable? 1 . A child is not anyone's owenership. A baby is not a ownership of anyone, not even the parents, we have just physically bought them into this world. We obviously think about our-self as owners as we have given them birth but have we created them? It's God's creation , we are just care takers and should not become decision makers. But for second thought, if not we,then who will decide, as they are too small to decide what they should do?  2 .Be care takers and not decision makers We should fulfil the basic needs of the baby when they demand, like feed when they hungry, make them sleep whe

During the early years of childhood a baby's weight and height are the basic parameters to measure it's normal growth . Especially, mother of a new born baby is most paranoid about babies weight more that it's height. In the initial 6 months after birth, baby's normal weight growth is the biggest sign that the baby is healthy.  On average, babies need to gain from birth to three months 150-200 grams per week . We generally allow for a two-week time frame after birth for them to regain their birth weight. From three to six months a gain of 100-150 grams per week . From six to 12 months a gain of 70-90 grams per week . As boys and girls are physically different, the ideal height and weight for a boy and a girl is also different. Below is the chart showing ideal weight and height for both the genders upto 5 years. BABY GIRL GROWTH CHART BABY BOY GROWTH CHART These are just average range of height and weight. The factors that could a

Planning a visit to a Friend's Place but don't know what to carry for your breast feeding baby. Here is a list of things that you would need to carry even for a smallest of small visit with your lil one. You never know when your baby will poop, or be hungry or spill out the whole milk . It's better to have a ready checklist so you don't miss out on any important stuff. POOP IT UP - Diaper bag containing all the stuff required if a baby poops. - Diaper , atleast 2-3 diapers. - Wet wipes , always carry a water based wipes. - Rash cream , though you don't use it on daily basis, when you are out use rash cream as your baby is wearing diaper for longer hours. - Sanatizer , keep it handy - Diaper changing mat , a portable diaper changing mat with pockets to carry diaper, wipes, cream and disposal bag is easiest. - Diaper disposal bag , it's better to keep a disposal bag ready. BABY'S HUNGER PANG - Feeding pillow cum carrier ,