Tips For Road Trip With a Small Kids

 

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Summer vacation are going to end very soon. But somehow our family travel still going on. Some had exotic vacation like Maldives 😉 and some had upto moms places. We moms are eagerly waiting for vacation to meet our mom and dad! People travel by road, rail, air and sea. 

I am going to talk about Road Travel. People who travel by car with toddler or even with the small kids. Most of moms are still messy when it comes to travel. I saw people used to fill train or car  with their litters. Have you experienced this ?

I love to travel by train. But travelling by car with our little one is little bit hectic. Yes, we plan adventurous road family trip with kids but it should be fun and filled with joy. Is that possible?

Yes! Definitely.

Sharing some tips which I mostly follow on road trip. If you have toddlers or small kids then not to worry. 

Let's start. 

Even if your journey is small or long kids get tired easily. To keep them engaged is a daunting task for every parents. Continues pee break irritate some parents and we ended up in giving screen in their hands. 

Do you feel it in same way? 

 Here are some practical tips which I followed to have smooth road trips. 

👕Wear comfortable clothes 

Child's comfort is most important in any trips. Always choose the clothes in which your child is comfotable. A simple t-shirt and pant is go to. Because they are traveling so give this choice to them but at the same time put only that clothes in front of them which you think comfortable for them.,😉 (Cheating)

Keep extra blanket, caps, pillow for comfort. 

Fill your car with extra blankets, pillow and warm caps. If you are traveling in winter or at night. It will give them a nice sleep in the car. 

Keep napkins and wet tissue papers. :

Specially when you are travelling with kids such wet napkins are handy. Extra Napkins, handkerchief should be in your bag pack. Keep one pair of clothes in your bag pack. You never know potty and pee and sometime vomiting 😐are part of travelling. 

If you are traveling with babies then you should keep one trash bag to dispose the diapers. If you are traveling with small kids then you have to keep extra pair of clothes including undergarments. 

👟Wear shoes or sneekers to your kids. 

Do not ask your kids to wear fancy shoes . It is always advisable to have shoes with socks. Ask them to remove the shoe inside the car.

🍏Carry homemade foods 

Carry lots of fruits like grapes, orange, strawberry which are easy to peel and finished quickly. Fruits always keep them hydrate and filled. 

Try to take homemade paratha, chikki, til or rajgira laddo which are easy to eat. Instead of taking packaged food which might cause stomach upset. Allow to have one or two chips or tangy food instead of chocolates but in a limited quantity.

🥤Carry water

 Yes this is the most important tips. Instead of purchasing water from outside it is more beneficial to carry your own water bottles. Pack a whole bag of this bottle and use thought the trip.

🐶Carry Toys 

Have kids favourite one soft toy always. Do not get irritated when your kid want to take toys with them. They love to be with their toy and we should respect their feeling. Allow one or two toys only. This will make them happy and ultimately you are happy too.

🚽Take Toilet Breaks:

Take this small breaks and allow your kids to use public washroom for freshen up. Always take such bathroom break near the park or hotels which have the park. Let them enjoy so that they can stretch out the legs.

Sing a song and have funny Q and A

😛Keep talking with them so that they will enjoy. If kids ask, have we reach?tell them we will reach on time. You are not allowed to ask the same question again and again. You can ask any other question. Then see the curiosity and start the conversation. This will increase imagination and curiosity of your child.

Sing a song together. Play antakshari they will enjoy and you too.

Play games : 

Like count trees, name the cloud shape, read board on highway (our favourite one), name cars and vehicles, observe the mirror.  Try to give out answer of every curious questions.without using Google.😉

Technology

Try to use less as much as possible in terms of giving screen to your kids. Instead of that you can listen audio books for kids. It is the big hit for me. We love to listen story on audio books at my home too. 

No Activity:

A big NO for this. I will not encourage to do any activity in moving vehicle specially drawing, colouring or reading. That is not at all good for eyes. So avoid that. Let them be free. Do not dump any activity book with your travelling luggage. 

First aid kit

Always have a small first aid kit with you. It should have all basics things. Keep medicine too in case required.

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These are my points according to my experience which I found most useful. Not being an Instagram mommies to fill every place with activities. I believe to give space for children to choose the way they want to be. Kids should learn themselves how to cope up with the surrounding. Every time our surroundings changed and we have to change with that. If we keep them pampered how will they going to learn to live there life? Agree?

Meanwhile if you love to travel then don't forget to check out my travel post. 

Link in bio : 

Pawna Lake Camping

Beauty of Kashmir  

Tour of ND studio 

Visit at Karla lane 

Which things you follow while traveling with your kids? 

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7 Question You Should Ask Before Hiring A Babysitter

Hello,

How are you? Happy May!😊. Keeping my toddler busy and content is the toughest job ever currently. With the help of our didi, we do enjoyed a lot. It is delightful to see how these tiny people growing and bring lot of joy in our life. Due to nuclear family in the early days we had to have a babysitter because it was very difficult for me to handle everything. My health was hampering and so there was an urgent need to have loving and helpful babysitter or nanny. By God sake I had a nanny who was really loving and caring.

Today's topic is all about hiring a babysitter. I wish I could have this knowledge before I hired a babysitter. But with flow of life I learned these things. 

Keeping a babysitter is requirements. Due to nuclear family when there is no one to help you then you must hire a babysitter. It will give you rest and keep you calm.

But in India Babysitters, maid or cook in short these helping staff have the more attitude. We ladies have to be very soft conversation with them but they will not have any soft voice. 😁 Because it is very difficult to get the nice babysitter / maid and most important she should be good in work and stay atleast 6 months. I had an experience while interviewing them, their voice is so loud than us. Most of the time it look they will going to pay us. 😐  

How to handle these things?

Babysitter work on hourly basis. Be smart before appointing them. Following is the list of questions you should ask before hiring a babysitter. 

Time : 

You should be very clear about timing. Ask them that they have to come on time everyday. And she should inform in case of late.

Means if you are scheduling for 2 to 6 then she should come sharp 2. If she came @2:15 then she should left 6 :15 pm. You have to be very clear about this. Because babysitter charge on hourly basis. 

Hygine : 

This is the most important topic HYGINE. Babysitter have to follow your prescribed house rules. If babysitter is clean then only you can handover baby to her. 

Check out the following points :

👵She should have bath and came in clean cotton soft clothes. 

👵No fancy clothes allowed because that will hurt baby's delicate skin.

👵No strong perfume allowed. Mild perfume should be there.

👵Hair should be tie in a bun always.

👵No sticky bindi because if it falls down baby can put in mouth.

👵Once she enter she should wash feet and hands with water.

👵Keep baby clean throughout her working hours.

👵Use soft clothes and warm water to wipe out baby face, bump, tummy or anything.

No force feeding / sleeping

🍼Babysitters work is to handle baby not to put them on crib and make them sleep.  You have to clear about this.

🍼Baby have strict schedule of eating and sleeping. Babysitter should follow that. If baby is not eating then there should be no force feeding to babies.

🍼Feed baby as the way baby mom feed. Do not use your own tactics. Make baby sit and then feed slowly. 

🍼Do not set any new schedule. Stick to babies old sleep schedule.

No screen for baby

🤳🏼Some babysitter give screen to babies to get themselves free.

🤳Clear this point, no screen should be there for baby or to babysitter too. 

 🤳🏼Yes, if baby sleep, she can use her phone. 

No harsh voice

😫Babysitter should not raise her volume while handling babies. 

😌She always need to talk softly with babies.

😓Even if baby is giving hard time, she have to be patience and talk softly with baby.

Comfortable : 

This is the last point but very important. Babysitter should be comfortable to you and to your babies. If her vibes give you any wrong implications you have to stop immediately and let her go.

Attentive n loving

💝Babysitter should be attentive. She should be quick and attentive to baby's need. 

💝Babysitter should love  babies. She should handle baby very carefully with love.

These are the basic things which you should have to check while hiring a babysitter. Ask this question and if she comfortable to it then only go ahed.

While there are Some FAQ : 

Q.Which kind of babysitter you should hire ?

Ans : Babysitter should be woman. Yes, do not hire girl because they are less experience and have more arrogance issue. 

Q. What should be the age ?

Ans : Babysitter age should be 30 +  who have kids, grandkids. Do not hire very old babysitter too because she will get tired fast. So activeness is the most important factor. How quickly she can get up is the important thing.

Q. Experience is needed? 

Ans: Yes. Experience should be mandatory. No matter work experience but at least she should have her own baby / grand baby experience.

Q.What quality you should look ?

Ans : Cleanliness is most important point. Attentive, no arrogance and no harsh voice these qualities you should look.

Q. How do you choose ?

Ans :While interviewing you should ask simple question. Whatever you want to ask as per your requirements. Question should be timing, money, leaves, holiday, etc. 

Apart from this clear above mentioned things first. And if she agree then only go ahed.

If you still have a doubt then keep her for trial period say for one week. Then observe whether she is able to do it or not ? Always go with your gut feeling. 

Q. How do you find more trustworthy?

Ans : It will come automatically. When we used to be with her. Even if in your absence baby is happy and content that means your babysitter is trustworthy. 

But for that you too have to change your behavior. You have to treat her as a family person with boundaries. If you give the same respect and love your half of the problem get resolved. 

Yes! We are paying money but they should also feel safe at our place. Keep your house atmosphere friendly to them. 

I am greatful to had a nanny to my baby. She love my 3 children and Love me too. 😊We always treat her like a elderly family member.

I hope this post is helpful to you mummy. Share it with the needy one.

Do You have a babysitter in your lifetime? What do you look before hiring a babysitter?

This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’
hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla in collaboration with Monidipa Dutta.  

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Twin Baby 15 Months Update

They are 15  months old now. It has been the happiest feeling when we look both of them. 

They were so tiny when we bought them at home. We both cried a lot and for God sake they were born without any complications. Today we saw,  both are running in the whole house. Continue giggles and that word mum ma, Pappa,  melt my heart and bring tears in my eyes! 

Incredible feeling!😍😍

It is twin update post. 
March - one of my favourite month where air is not too cold and not too hot. It's start of spring here and I love that atmosphere. In the morning around 6 to 7 you can actually feel the breezy air. I would like to go for morning walk instead I am sitting in my balcony for 10 minutes and feel the breeze. Currently getting these 10 minutes is my luck 😀😀 Ha ha ha ! You can imagine a Mom Life ! 💜

It is first Holi of my twin, officially first because in last Holi they are 3 months old😀

Mr. Hubby brought Holi t-shirt, some holi colour and pichakari for Didi. She was very happy and played with her friends. 

Trying to take pics of twins and so make them busy in screen. 

Let's start 

Weight : 

Both were weigh approximately 10 kg. Sometimes feel heavy and sometimes not. We didn't do any check-ups currently. But both are healthy.

Height : 

Both have equal height. Around 2 ft. 

Sleep : 

Sleep pattern has changed little bit. Wake up window is about 4 hrs. And sleep nearby 2 to 3 hrs. In a day my twin took two sleep. First one is accurate after  4 to 5 hour nearby 11:30 to 12 pm and slept for 2.5 hour. Sometimes 3 hr if there is no disturbance from neighbours. 😐 Second nap around 6 pm but hardly sleep for 45 minutes only. I am struggling for this second nap. 

Eat : 

Almost eating everything which we eat. Both girls have breakfast, Lunch and dinner with 2 snacks. 

Most interested in eating Mango, Banana, Chikoo, watermelon, boiled egg, puri, paratha, dosa, chilla, paneer, noodles and pasta too.

Do not like to eat anything sweet and Sour. The facial expression was too sweet while trying this sweet and Sour kind foods. 

They dont like curd, Apple, plain rice, vermacili and bottle milk.😇

Feed : 

Still breastfeed both of them. Trying weaning but I am not sure how long I Will take.😁

Mom guilt! 

Screen Time: 

Yes! I gave screen time for sure. To make my work easier, to keep my mind calm and to make things easy. With that I am looking for new ways to engage them. 

Mornings when time is very less and work load is more I offer screen time. So that I am able to finish  90% of my work.

Talk : 

S started to talk more. She called mumma, pappa, didi clearly. It gives earlier butterfly in my tummy. She learned so fast which surprise us.

Just opposite" I " is not yet talking. I Tried everything but she is only saying daaaa, maaaa, that it! Poor girl going to take long time to talk, I guess! 

Active : 

Too much active. S love to Play with puppy. She is so interested to touch it. Calling puppy by saying bhoo bhoo. Running everywhere when I took her down.

"I " also run with her. She love to hug her twin sister often. Both played very well without hurting each other.

Both love to read books. All my girls are books addict. They jump on books if you offer screen and book. They love to flip, open and saw the colourful pictures. 

S is more interested in reading. She insist me to read her at least 1000 times. And I adore how quickly she learn everything. Mimicking me and tell me the same story. Love, Love this phase.

"I" not show that much interaction. See twins but totally different from each other. She love books too. Both having a fight on a book always.😐

Scribbling :

Yes, we are in scribbling phase. Specially S cring a lot when she saw Didi is studying and so she want to study too. Yeo! Everywhere scribbling, on bed, on closet. on wall too. Though i gave her notebooks, register even made an activity she scibble everywhere.

"I "also love to scribbling. But not in too much. She scibble on this pad only. Good girl. 

You may love to read :

Day in life of twins 8 months.

Twins 12 months update

Celebration : 

Yeaa! My twinni love celebration. They enjoyed first Diwali. And so they are aware about festival celebration at home. I make sure to have celebration atmosphere at home. Like wearing new clothes, delicious food followed by some rituals and showing them celebration by going in neighbourhood. 

This time we had Holi.

I took both of them in society park. And both of them saw this Holi. They want to touch that structure😇

We had homemade delicious food. Traditional puranpoli, katachi Amati, bhaji. To my surprise my both girls love puranpoli. 😋

And Gajar Halwa and bhajiya too.

How we celebrate ?

First I put color on her sister, daddy and then 

Second daughter. " I"  like our traditional Festive food. She almost ate 1/4 puranpoli and 1/4 cup of Gajar Halwa.

Holi eneded up with strom and rain😀 In a sudden there was drastic change in atmosphere. We did not see Sun for two days. 

This is a short updates and sweet Memory. 

Do you have any specific Short and sweet Memory ?

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Things I am Loving ( Gratitude List) #February Ediition #1

Happy Monday!

How many of you saw Venus on this Friday ? I didn't know it was Venus but after discussing with friends get to know. Voila, such a beautifil sight. And then I checked it on a Google. 

After reading many of yours morning routines, mindful living and many tips finally I wanted to have a structure routine which helps me in my personal growth. But with small baby I am unable to set routine. Every day is new to me and new challenge always there. I decided to take a small step, change the mindset and accept this temporary life moment.

When we as a woman wearing so many hats of being daughter, wife, mother, sister it is difficult to keep that balance of happiness and stress. Everyone is surrounded by stress, the struggle is how you cope up. There are many ways to handle stress but it gives fruits only when you adopting it.

I love to take small steps one by one. Out of which  first one is "GRATITUDE "I am greatful to the universe for everything. I can cook, feed, read, write and play with my babies.

I am sharing 5 things I am loving lately for the entire February month. Because my goal is to do mindfully. And so trying for the full month. 😊 

Writing :

Yes ! To keep my soul at right place. It helps me to have emotional balance. Thanks to the #blogchatter in which I participate #writeAPageDay.  I wrote every day and I can't believe I had many post in draft which I am going to publish. I write most of the post when I breastfeed them. 

They sent me this beautiful diary for completing the challenge. 

I wrote small poems too. Check out here and here .

Reading : 

Still I am struggling to read with offline books. I have started to read Harry Potter  from last 3 month, yet unable to have daily read. 

But yes, I do read aloud to my babies. Currently Haathi Bhai, I Love You, Little Why, Bubble Series are our favorite books which we read. They love books too. I was surprised when my 8 months old learn how to open a book.

I read online specially blogs. 

My favorite are : 

Madhu Mam's blog for  recipes : 

For different vide range of topic I like Harjeet Kaur blog  

Not tried Kindle yet. But yes it is on my list. 

Trying new recipe for my babies : 

Blessed to have access to doctor's nutritionist on social media and hence trying new baby recipes. My intentions to make them eat the same food which we are eating.  If you want to know how ? Then read my post on breakfast ideas. 

Intentional Play : 

Playing with my babies without taking any vidoes. Yes, I was addicted to take video. But now I am playing intentionally with them. Took videos only for special achievement of their milestone. And for my page where I shared #babyplayideas 

No phone till 12 pm: 

After 11 :30 pm I have to check my phone due to my daughter school bus time. But strictly I do not touch my phone since morning after I got up from sleep. It was my goal from January and I am able to maintain till date. Success!

And able to cook more to feed my family. 😉

These are on my list always. Reading and daily writing was my struggle. But to my surprised I wrote more post in my postpartum period. Whereas I decided to document twin pregnancy but unable to do that.

At the beginning I keep these goal in my mind. I wanted to see how long I will do it. To be honest I started this at the end of January with on and off. But with constant effort I made it possible. 😊

This is my gratitude list which give me the feeling of content and productive. 😊

I am just a mom with intentions to live life happily. So that I can able to transfer the life values to my kids. I believe kids learn through observing and I am trying to be the best version of myself with continuous practice.

Do you have any monthly goal? How do you track it?

Thank you for stopping by!

This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’ hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla in collaboration with Bohemian Bibliophile.

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Kids/Baby Approved Weekly Healthy Breakfast Idea #2

Happy Monday ! 

Spring just started with little bit of rain😁 Here, in Mumbai we had rain on Friday with heavy breeze. Local trains were stuck as usual and roads were blocked with heavy traffic. How about you ? Did you experience rain in your area?

So weekend was quite cold. Not so cold and not so hot. But I love that atmosphere in my locality. Sunday was quite lazy as usual. Everyone was sleeping till 10.00 am and so I took this precious time in doing some cleaning. Yes! Utilizing time is the precious thing for me currently.

Anyway the post is kids approved Indian Breakfast ideas means what we actually eat in this week.

Sunday :

Cheese Sandwich

 I did cleaning only for 30 minutes. Everyone got up late and so we had cheese sandwich. It is simple and ready in 10 minutes. 

I apply pizza pasta sauce on bread, put one slice of cheese and cover the bread. Tadda, sandwich is ready! We had it with coffee. 

For babies I toast whole wheat bread with home made ghee and serve them in bit sized. I tried to give them cheese but they don't like it.

Monday 

Easy pessy Rava Uttapam 

If you following me you know I do not prepare lengthy recipe. This one is easy pessy. I soaked 1 cup semolina in half cup curd for 30 minutes. 

To that mix I added chopped onion, tomato and coriander with little basic spices like haldi, red chilli powder and salt. Mixed it very well and prepare uttapam on griddle. Serve with coconut chutney which I preapared on Sunday. 

For Babies.

Used the same batter without spice. Only add salt and roast with ghee. They loved it.

Tuesday : 

Palak Paratha

Grind 1 cup of blanched palak on Monday night. Knead a dough with puree of palak with basic masala. I added ajwain, red chilli powder, chat masala and salt. Roll it like paratha and roast it with generous amount of ghee. Serve with curd. My daughter love to eat with sauce. I give only little bit amount of sauce. I am happy that palak is in her tummy now 😁

To my surprised my baby too eat this with curd. Almost 1/4 part of part. Happy me! 

Wednesday : 

Omelettes

yep we love to have it. Beat two eggs for my daughter without onion. Added black pepper, haldi and little bit of red chilli powder and salt.

Baby friendly was without salt but I with pinch of pepper. Fry it in ghee. They love it too. 

And for me it is always 3 eggs + onion + green chilli + coriander beat it till fluffy and roast it in amul butter 😉. I know it is not healthy but some times I do.  Yummy fluffy omelet is ready. No need of bread or paratha. I gobbled it with red chilli hot and sour sauce. It taste yummy. Do try it once.

Thursday : 

Pasta : It is my family favorite. I made it mostly on weekend so that Mr. Hubby also have it. On kids demand I have to keep one of favorite dish. 

It is semolina pasta. I made it in both white and red sauce. It is simple. Just toss garlic onion in half butter and half oil. Add up mayoneese plus pizza pasta sauce with mixed herb and salt. Add up boiled pasta and lastly grate cheese. Yummy pasta is ready in 10 minute. 

For baby :

 I toss boiled pasta in butter and grate cheese with pinch of salt and pepper. They love it. But my elder twin love to eat from our plate. We always give little bit from our plate too.

Friday 

Vermicili upma

This can be made in 15 minutes. I have roasted Vermicili. The recipe is same like a suji upma. Fry onion, green chillies, curry leaves, grated carrot, haldi and salt. Garnish it with peanut and sauce.

For babies :

 I give the same. Only adding green chillies after serving baby.

They don't like it at all.😐 so I made ragi porridge for them.

Sometimes it works and sometimes it didnt and it is okay. We are on trial and error period. Where my twins trying each dish. So I am very excited to give them everything. But at the same time do not keep any expectations that they will like it. 

These are our kid/baby friendly breakfast recipe which we eat in last week.

Hope you get the idea and consider that healthy eating is very much easy with little bit of preparation which reduce your headache.😊

I love to feed my family because we all are foodie. So planning a menu with them is my favorite work on weekend. 

More ideas on kids approved breakfast ideas here.

Do you plan your meal? Anything lunch, breakfast or dinner? How?

This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’ hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla in collaboration with Mads' Cookhouse.

 

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Twins Girls 12 months Update

My twins already completed 12 months. I always wanted to document the updates but somehow unable to do that. You can say it is a mommy protection. So it will be back dated. 

Both twins  girls having totally opposites personality from each other. And so there is difference in achieving the milestone. 

For us as a parents it is complete new experience. This time I was very cool and allow them to explore with the flow. I am so so greatful to the God to have such adorable twins.❤

Currently updates of my twins at 12 months. 

First one is "S" and the other one is "I"

WEIGHT :

Born weight was around 2 kg of both of them. Both had attain good amount of weight. S is 8.5 kg. And "I" was 7.9 kg. I was always concerned with that weight but yes I know both are twins and came in this world without any difficulty. Compared to their birth weight they are healthy. So people will talk, and let them talk. I am greatful that my babies are active and healthy.

EAT /FEED

S take less feed and eat only when she is terrible hungry.

"I" have strict schedule of feed and eat.

Both have 3 meals in a day. One Bteakfast lunch and dinner. 

In between they always ready to eat whatever we eats. 😉 I continue feed them our meals.

Sleep : 

Sometimes both sleep on same schedule. Have 2.5 hr day nap time with 3 hr awake time. 

Night sleep is around 10: 30 pm to 9 : 00 am with still night feeding.

Toy Basket

Play : 

Both are equally active and play lots. With pots and tins. These are their favorite basket and currently I have added animals to their toys. Ball is still favorite of both of them.Check out baby play idea on my Instagram page. 

Walk : 

Well, S started to walk at 11 months only.

And I just start to stand on herself. She generally walk with support. Actually both were walking at the same time with wall and couch support. 

But S quickly learn to walk and now days she constantly walking only😇.

Climb: 

Both are very good at climbing on anything. On couch, bed, chair, window frames, staircase almost on anything. 

"I " did specialisation at sitting some critical places like, under the chair, under the high stool, on hands of couch.😐

My goal is to always stick with their schedule. Giving them open space to explore. Playing with them and showing them how to play. Because play is very important part of babies development.

As a parents it is not easy to handle a baby.  Overwhelming information flooded on social media we tend to do many things. But in my opinion every baby is unique and intelligent. We don't need to teach them. Instead of that we have to trust them. We should provide support to them. It is very important to give them freedom to explore the world the way they want. 

I hope this is my personal baby update will helpful to you. And if you want to share anything please share in the comment section. That will be added knowledge to me.

Have you keep updates of your baby like this? 

Till then,

Happy Parenting.

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