Innholdsfortegnelse for December 2016 i Mother & Baby India

DR KIRAN COELHO A succesful gynaecologist and practicing obgyn for the last 30 years. DR DHERANDRA KUMAR Consultant clinical and child psychologist, he is founder and director of Psyindia, and engaged in direct work with children. DR ANITA MADAN A doctorate in education, she is currently the Curriculum Development head with EuroKids International Pvt Ltd where she promotes a developmentally appropriate curriculum. SONALI SHIVLANI Mumbai-based childbirth educator, certified by Childbirth & Postpartum Professional Association, USA. DR GEETANJALI SHAH Popular Mumbai paediatrician, conducts holistic fitness workshops for pregnant women. ANIKA PURI Childbirth educator, prenatal and postnatal massage therapist, certified counsellor, reflexolgist and a holistic practitioner of women’s health and fertility in Delhi. NUTAN PANDIT Breastfeeding counsellor and natural birth therapist who’s been teaching in New Delhi since 1978. EFFATH YASMIN Founder…

Pregnancy Tip The festive season calls for get together and a lot of parties. Make sure you rest and decompress. The more stressed you are, the less prepared you’ll be to fight off infections and illness. Share your pregnancy photos with us and you could Win exciting prizes! Send high-res images with your full name, personal address and contact details to mbeditorial@gmail.com marked ‘THE WHOLE NINE MONTHS’ in the subject line. Featured mums-to-be will receive a gift hamper from Himalaya, valuing 1000 each.…

To make your life easier, here’s the recipe for possibly the most decadant dessert that has such few calories. The best part is perhaps that it requires zero cooking. INGREDIENTS: ½ kg pitted, fresh cherries or large seedless grapes 1 cup of finely chopped nuts (you can use any kind you like) ½ cup of coconut cream butter 6 tbsp. of agave or honey ¼ cup of dark chocolate chips ¼ cup of unsweetened, good quality cocoa powder METHOD: Mix all the ingredients aside from the fruit, and stuff the fruit with this mixture. Simple! Now arrange on a tray and watch them disappear rapidly. Possibly in even less time than it took to make them.…

“While blood sugar levels often return to normal after delivery, GD does serve as and early warning to the mother that her pancreas may not be in good shape” THE three trimesters call for more than just care for the mother and her growing baby. It is highly important for every pregnant woman to come to terms with the fact that her growing bump is going to put extra burden on nearly every part of her body. Now that she has to accommodate the requirement to nourish another life alongside hers, her body will not only have to work extra hard but also smart, making sure it doesn’t produce too much or too little of anything. However, there are some discrepancies that cannot be accounted for and can result in…

Effath Yasmin is India’s leading International Board Certified lactation Consultant (IBCLC), Biodynamic CranioSacral Therapist, internationally certified lactation educator and the founder director of Nourish & Nurture Lactation Care & Parenting Education, an outreach clinic for mothers and families seeking professional clinical lactation management and parenting counselling. Yasmin sits on the board of directors and National Advisory Board of Birth India, an NGO striving for safe and supported birth in India and an active governing council member of the International Association of Tongue-Tie professionals (IATP). Q I am a first time mommy and my daughter is one and a half months old. Ever since I started nursing, my nipples have gradually turned white and there is a throbbing pain in that area. My breasts have also become really hard and sore.…

ACCESSORIES ● Cradle ● Bath chair ● Pram ● Car seat ● Sling ● Playpen ● Baby monitor ● Baby bouncer WELL BEGUN IS HALF DONE Mommies-to-be often start preparing for their baby during pregnancy itself. And rightly so, for once the baby is here, you will have very little time for anything else. Apart from preparing yourself physically and mentally, you need to make sure that you are completely baby-ready in the material sense of the term. The first baby, first pregnancy and first round of baby shopping can be a huge challenge for the most capable of women. Here’s a shopping list of newborn must-haves. All you have to do is boldly walk into that baby store and start buying left right and centre! CLOTHES Diapers: You will…

ALL of us want to give our kids nothing less than the entire universe. Now that the ability to purchase and availability of options both are in abundance, we tend to go from one shopping spree to another, buying stuff which our child does not really need and should even avoid. Here are a few things you can safely keep away from the baby... “Sources of entertainment like television, video games, Play Station and films are simply not meant for young children. Keep them away from all this and you will have a less aggressive and more knowledgeable child at hand” FEEDING BOTTLES Doctors advise each and every parent against it but it still remains is the most purchased baby product in our country. Which baby does not own a…

December is here! The temperature has dropped and there’s a certain festive spirit in the air. There’s something magical about the season that I just can’t quite put a finger on, but there’s no denying that it’s that time of the year where you can’t help but be merry. I, for one, can’t wait to get cracking on that shopping list, and decide whose been naughty or nice. And if you have children running around, you’re definitely going to have a list of your own. This is precisely why our Shopping Special is exactly what you need. From the latest products in stores, stylish clothing to help you show off your baby bump, toys for those little munchkins and of course, some essentials every new mother will need before the…

Silver lining! MAKE your Christmas startling by embellishing your dining and kitchen spaces with classic Christmas accessories from Frazer and Haws. With the season full of get-togethers and parties, the brand has recently introduced the spark of silver for your abode, with an assortment that redefines the aura of celebration and merriment. The collection is a mélange of cake platters, cake servers, napkin holders and candle stands. Sprinkle a touch of class and lavishness to your dining table by placing these opulent pieces from the brand this season. Frazer and Haws is a design led British brand with an Indian soul and every product is handcrafted and hallmarked with 92.5 per cent purity. The collection is available at all Frazer and Haws showrooms in Delhi and Mumbai. MAKE LEARNING FUN!…

AMERICAN actress Loretta Young had once famously said, “Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you.” And for Shreya Okhde and her husband, Shashank, no truer words have been spoken. WEDDING BELLS Like with every traditional Indian household, Shreya’s parents wanted their baby girl to settle down the old fashion way—through an arranged marriage set up. As fate would have it, Shashank’s family were of the same mindset, and both families took to matrimonial sites to look for prospective partners for their children. “That’s how Shashank and I met,” says Shreya. “He came to my home in Goa to meet me, for the first time in November 2009. In our initial meeting, we were both equally impressed with the each other and instinctively knew that we’d be…

Here are some simple things to keep in mind when posting about your kids online: 1. Learn how to control the settings on your social media accounts so you can decide who gets to see what. Platforms such as Facebook even allow you to do this for every single post with just a couple of clicks and dropdown menus. There are several guides online that can teach even the least digi-savvy person to do this is just a few, simple steps. 2. Never post anything that gives away information about your location, whether this is your residence, workplace, your child’s babysitter’s residence, day care centre or playschool address, or the location of the playground you frequently visit. Sometimes even easily identifiable landmarks are enough to indicate your location whether you…

Baby Co-sleeper WHAT: Parents mostly depend on a cradle or a crib to keep their baby in close proximity while he is sleeping, for safety reasons. A crib serves the purpose, but the co-sleeper can be attached to the bed. In this manner, the baby is closer to the mother but also has his own space. The mother and the child can both can have an undisturbed sleep. ADVANTAGES: ➤ Simplifies nursing: It encourages breastfeeding by making night time nursing more convenient. Meeting your baby’s needs in a quiet and dim environment, can help them sleep better. By co-sleeping with the baby, you can wake up and nurse at odd hours, and also get adequate amount of sleep. It is beneficial for both the mother and her little one. Satiating…

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Dear Charlene, My son is seven and when he was born, it was one of the happiest days of my life. I couldn’t take my eyes off of him and he was very literally, the centre of my world. While he began sitting up and crawling approximately around the same time as other kids his age, he took a really long time to talk, and that worried me. Other mothers made it a point to comment on his inability to call me ‘mama’ or even babble. After consulting a speech therapist, I found out that he had a heavy tongue and that while he was perfectly healthy and normal, he would take longer to speak. Today, however, he talks my ear off, and I’m extremely happy that everything is perfectly…

MY boys and I are always excited to get creative, and get our hands dirty. After the monsoon furniture revamp, we were eager to do some festive DIYs for Christmas in the winter break, and we decided to look for some easy, child-friendly activities. After looking up some craft ideas online, my boys were set on a Christmas tree, and we almost immediately, dove right in! Besides, when it’s a simple Christmas Tree made from ribbons, why wait, right? While selecting the ribbons we kept in mind the colours of the season; red, green and glitter. After collecting the materials for the tree, we began. I cut the first (and smallest) piece of ribbon and then gave it to them. I told them that they have to cut each successive…

M&B’s panellist Sonali Shivlani is an Internationally Certified Pregnancy Consultant and a child nutrition counsellor. She is the executive director of CAPPA India, and also trains aspiring birth professionals to achieve certification in pregnancy, birth and lactation counselling. Through this column, Sonali covers various aspects of fitness and well being in the child bearing and post partum phase. If you have a query or feedback, please write in to mbeditorial@gmail.com with Sonali Says in the subject line. IT’S December and the festive season has begun. With Christmas and New Year and parties galore, it’s time to put on your festive gear and raise a toast. Let’s see how we can party and be pregnant all at the same time. DRESS TO THE NINES The first thing you’ll need to do…

YOU spend half your time trying to protect your baby from all those nasty germs out there and then what does the little mite do? Go and get their very first cold. Babies have immature immune systems which means they’re particularly vulnerable to picking up bugs and sniffles. It’s perfectly normal for your child to get up to eight colds in her first year as her body develops immunity to all the different viruses that can cause them, but that doesn’t make it any less distressing for them or you. Luckily, even though there’s no cure for colds, there’s a lot you can do to make her more comfortable. And it’s worth remembering that every cold, she catches, helps to build up her immunity to better deal with infections in…