Babies cry. Why?

Small babies cry a lot. This is how they communicate. They are small and so cannot speak, so this is the only way to express their feelings! Generally they say that mothers can understand why their baby is crying. I have experiences a lot of it. Why babies cry and fuss:

1. Check the diaper. Some babies cry when they poop. Some cry after passing urine. If the diaper is wet or soiled change the diaper and make the baby comfortable.

2. If a baby is hungry then he will cry, feed him and make him satisfied so that he stops crying.

3. Even after feeding if he continues to cry then it is burp time. Hold him on your shoulder and pat softly on his back,. He will burp and then be happy.

4. Some babies cry if they want to sleep and cannot sleep on their own. Pat the baby slowly and sing a lullaby. He will hear his mama and papa's voice and he will sleep.

5. Sometimes if his stomach is paining due to gas, rub the stomach softly. Give some gripe water.

One day my son was crying a lot and I checked all the above points but still he was very upset. And if baby is upset the whole family mama, papa all are uncomfortable. Finally after a lot of thinking and checking I remembered that I had put a new dress on him and forgot to remove the tag. That tag was irritating him a lot and was the reason for his being fussy. As soon as I took the tag out he calmed down and was fine again. so it is all experience that makes a mother a perfect mother. Spending time with your baby is the most precious time ever. Once they grow big all this fussiness, innocence, their laughter's, chuckles get over and we miss these days.
                 Enjoy the moments of joy with him. It is a 24x7 job without pay but it has some special moments that will stay in your memory for life. It is very satisfactoy to see your baby grow up to a crawler and then a toddler.

Recipe - Palak Paranthas

1. Knead small cut spinach greens in one cup of besan (Gram flour) and 2 cups of whole wheat flour.
                    This combination leads to soft greeen spinach and two flours.

2. Add a pinch of salt in it too, that will enhance the taste.

3. Make panthas.

4. Server hot with curd or butter.

This is a very healthy food. Kids love to eat palak paranthas. They are soft and easily chewable. Gram flour adds unique taste to it. Server this to your family and help them increase their iron content in body.!!

Healthy food for kids

Today made daal ke paranthe in  the morning. My kids liked it very much. Rolled them with jam and ate. I have learnt from a child's psychology, that kids dont have the patience to eat paranthe, curd, dall separately. rather they are fine with dall paranthe. Knead flour in the boiled left over daal made at night. Kids like food that is easily handled like sandwiches, pizza, which they can easily hold and eat.

My kids are fond of Maggi too. so, I bring the Atta Noodles. They are healthier and no maida, so no harm to the intestines. I add small cut capsicum, onions and potato to it to add the nutrition and flavour.

So these are some of the tricks. We come to know as we experience it. This is motherhood!! How to make your kids healthier food which they like is not a joke, it is a full fledged mission.

Keep yourself cool

How to be "Thanda Thanda Cool Cool" in summer

1. Drink plenty of water: Drink lots of water to compensate the water lost by body via sweat.

2. Lemon Water: Helps fight the bright scorching sun

3. Ginger + Honey: Keeps the virus and bacteria away from body

4. Black pepper + Tulsi Leaves: Boil 1/2 spoon of black pepper and 10 leaves of Tulsi in water. Wait till the quantity of water is halved. Store it in a bottle. Drink a spoon of it daily, to increase the immunity.

5. Watermelon: Eat lots of it and apply it on the face, an effective face pack for summer.

6. Lassi: Yummy and instant heat reliever, stress reliever. Can be made as sweet or salty.

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Chillao - aur jor se chillao

Saif had issues with the fellow NRI guests while dining in a five star hotel in Mumbai.Why?Because he and his gang were making a noise,laughing...eating and enjoying food.The other party dining on the adjoining table--NRIs, had foreign  impact on their mindset ,where people go to restaurants, pass smile to other guests sitting on next table,eat quietly and then go. No chilao and shor machao. In US, there are some restaurants which do not allow kids, since kids make lots of noise, throw tantrums and what not. So to ensure the peaceful dinner for others, kids are not allowed.Can you imagine, they do not honk horns. Is it possible here in India?
Here in India its different culture, people dance, party, enjoy, make merry.

Lecturer takes lecture at college. She has to teach a class of 40-50 students. She has to speak at the top of her voice as she should be audible to all. So this is her routine. She talks loudly even at home, even though there are two kids and hubby to listen to her .This becomes her habit of talking loudly. Hubby often says,"Arre bhai yeh aapka lecture hall nahi hai , thoda dheere boliye".

A housewife residing on the fourth floor of a building , will shout loudly (crossing all her decibel levels...) to her husband going to office..walking on the road "Tiffin to ghar hi bhool gaye..."

So yelling shouting, talking loudly is the quality of Indians. So this is the light side of it.
But if we really care for our society, then just before making sudden high loud noises and even before increasing our TV volume beyond its limits, think about kids who burn midnights oil for their exams, think about senior citizens

Come together we can make world a better place to live in. Avoid sound pollution.