The Mom Uniforms

A happy Mom means a Happy Home and a Happy Family.

Happiness of a mom is depend on lots of things. Let's do not discuss that because that is other subject. Every one have different aspect and so happiness too. But our happiness  is totally depends on us irrespective of the situations. Sometimes putting ourselves together makes most of us happy. Remember how much we are happy when we dressed up for any functions!

So a little bit change of the situations. Instead of a function you are at your home, sweet home and to make this home heaven you have to be happy. Do you agree?

Mom uniforms - Does it bring any picture in your mind? 

                               PS : istock

When we saw a well dressed mom on social media we feel, wow! Yaar, how can she stay so stylish? 

And then we see ourselves in mirror and pity on ourselves. 😶

Why is that so?

Though she had helper or may be she is doing for social media. Do we need to get influence by her? 

Yes, not for comparison but for well being of ourselves. Don't you think that? Shouldn't we ditch that pyjama or nighty? Don't you think we need to step out from our comfort zone? 

If your answers are  YES, to all above question then you are at right place.

A new mom or any mom when they are at home they used to be in nighty mostly. Are you one of them? If not then I am glad. Because I believe we homemaker also need to dress up nicely inside the home too. 

Why that is needed?

Well, this is my opinion, hope you can relate to it.

# When we are dressed up neatly we feel fresh, positive and energetic for the whole day. If I do not change my nighty I feel sick for whole day.

# When you wear comfortable clothes and well dressed our children see the happy mom and the happy positive vibes automatically pass on them. 

# I feel happy and so there is less chance of irritation 😐 and so no more temper out on children.

# When your child find you neat and happy they tend to be like you. They keep themselves well dressed. This is my experience because children imitate us.

#Well dressed means for me the clothes must be comfortable and fashionable which is according to your choice. Some like to wear frock, some like to wear skirt and top, some trousers, some leggin,  some shorts and some like to wear even sari too😍. 

So make sure you look good for yourself. Only dressing properly will change the whole personality. There is no need to have a full make up and hairstyle but yes surely be elegant and can be ready at any time to leave the home. 😊

Exception when you are a new mom or sick you have to be in nighty or which makes you comfortable.  First 1 and half month I was in loose nighty but afterwards I changed my wardrobe.  I picked up only 5 clothes to wear at home (minimalism 😇) and wear it by styling differently. So

Basically what do you need ? 

A set of loose cotton t shirt - ( for feeding )

A set of bottoms leggings, track pants, plazzo, patiala, jeans, straight pants ( anything as per your choice )

A pair of night suits

A set of tops 

Shorts /skirts

Kurti long /short

Frocks/ one piece

That's it! 

Choices are yours. Make sure your clothes should be comfy and makes you happy🙂.

Sharing some of my mom uniforms 😀yes, I called them Mom uniforms because they are rescue for everyday life. These are according to my comfort and budget too. Might be many of you have the same. 

Night suit but bottom can be used with tops or t-shirts.

Most of us think we have to cook, clean up and handling kids, then why the hell to wear a nice clothes when they are going to be dirty.  I am a mom of twin babies and one 9 year old. I am used to do lots of things single handly without any help. But dressing yourself really make a lot of change. It change your mental state and makes you happy. 

Every woman /mom likes to look stylish and classy right , 

1. So change your wardrobe according to the season of your life and actual season.

2. Be minimalist because you have to handle clothing of a whole family which might be overwhelmed😇😐.

3. Keep only those clothes which you really like to wear. 

4. Make sure to have elegant hair cut which you tie quickly. I mostly stay in bun because my kiddo keep on pulling my hair😑

5. Have a basic make up : Moisture must must and the bindi if you like to have. 

Thats it. You are rocking mom! 

Disclaimer : I am not stylish by profession. I am minimalism mom and a happy (mostly) mom. Sharing my experience which might helpful to many of you.

Feel free to share your go to mom uniforms.

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

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First Diwali of my twins

Diwali is always close to my heart. I love this festival which bring happiness, lights and joyy! My happiness with my kids is increased four times now😍. Special diwali dated 24 October 2022!

Love to do cleaning specially deep cleaning every corner of my house,  Shopping till the last day, diya paintings, preparing sweets for my family and making ready to my kids. It is the most difficult task to make ready these 3 girls but I enjoyed it😉 

I am a family person and love to be surrounded by family. But due to many issue this year I am not going to my father's house for Bhaubeej 😒 video calls makes it easier. Greatful to the technology.

This time we have new member in our family and they are my twins😍❣️And this was our first diwali with my twins. They are 9 months old now, big enough - crossing these months not an easy task but yes, we crossed it happily with lots of stress - (Real life😐). After all this is my family and I wanted to have so I am really happy and blessed to have a lovely family. Sharing some diwali glimpse. 

We both never ever thought to have a such big family. My mother's blessing ! 🙏🏻

My valuable asset!☺

My pride, my saee❤

After so much cry we finally able to click to this little dolly.

Managed to drew this small and simple rangoli.

After a long time click a photo. 😇

And yes how can we forget the sweets 😉 FARAL.

And on this sweet note signing off.

Hope you like our diwali pics. Yes I know tradition is to keep it on whats app status when they are fresh. But this is our personal space - Memory Flies which stores lots of sweet memories. 

Still thank you for stopping by! 

With Love

Neeta 

PS : All pics belong to MemoryFlies. Do not use it for any purpose without permission.

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How to clean your house for Diwali

Diwali is the festival where we clean each and every corner of the house.  Cleaning is tidious job. But every one love to have clean and shiny room. It is  easier to have a cleaning but difficult task is to maintain.😀With twin baby it is quite difficult for me to clean each corner of my house but  I have lower down my standards of cleaning😜

According to the current state of my life I am happy as much as I can do. So here are the tips which I generally follow. Not for only diwali but for a seasonal deep Cleaning.

Pic Source : Pixababy 

Disclaimer : I am sharing my experience which might be helpful to you. This post is for them who are busy, have baby and do not able to clean up in one week.  

Sharing some simple tips for stress free cleaning. And you will not going to ended up with any doctor visits😑 (generally people fall sicks after cleaning).  I know, I am quite late for this post, but never mind !

Let's start the post. 

1. Break the task into little chunks : 

Instead of doing everything in one day try to divide the work in small chunks. This will not makes you tired and yes you will be not fall sick due to dust. 

2. Start early at least 1 month before: 

If you are doing this deep cleaning particularly for any festival then start early at least before 1 month. 

3. 30 minutes rule : 

Give 30 minutes only to clean up. This is my go to rule. Trust me it work best when you have little kids and your day is packed with so many to do list. While deep cleaning when you break the task in chunks then try to finish that small task in 30 minutes. 30 minutes is the minimum time. You may increase it but make sure you have to complete that particular task only. I ended up with other things if I do not allow myself to finish in 30 minutes.

4. Always clean your kitchen first: 

Yes, kitchen is the most difficult to clean up. Oily, greesy kitchen takes a lot of time for clean up. It will motivate us when we have clean kitchen. 

5. Give yourself a treat on completion of the particular room. Like an ice cream, cold coffee, cupcake or pizza anything which you like. 😜 Treat to banata hain na boss! 

Now the question is how to start ? 

Not to worry ! I am also a lazy person, so sharing the easiest way of cleaning which is working for me from last 5 years. 

Assign one week per room and pick up the time as per your convince.

Week 1 : Kitchen

Monday: 

Clean all containers, utensil which you use less frequently.

Tuesday : 

Clean fridge. Declutter sauce, packet food which is not in good condition or expired. Clean and wipe fridge. 

Wednesday : 

Clean trolley if you have. If you have stand like utensil stand, pantry stand, cup stand, clean everything. Declutter the utensils like cup, spoon, dish, bowls, etc which you are not using. Clean decorations if you have any. 

Thursday : 

Clean tiles, sockets, curtain and curtain stand, walls, kitchen towels, rugs, scrubs which we use specially for cleaning. Make sure to have a separate scrub for daily dish washing and for monthly cleaning.

Friday : Wipes all upper surfaces of kitchen cabinets. Clean kitchen platform and sink. And complete any leftover work from Monday. Because we give only 30 to 60 minutes for the cleaning.

Saturday : You have sparkle clean kitchen. Prepare some snack and enjoy movie time at home with your partner.😊

Week 2 : BEDROOMS

Monday :

Clean walls, upper surface of wardrobe, and fan. Wipe doors and windows.

Tuesday : 

Clean wardrobe and declutter clothes, bags, belts etc. Allow 30 to 60 minutes maximum.

Wednesday : 

Clean your purse, small bedside drawers, junk drawers. Clean curtains, bedsheets and blankets.

Thursday : 

Clean dressing table and study table. Declutter expired make up materials and old books, pens, colors and craft material.

Friday : Clean kids wardrobe.

Saturday : 

You have clean bedrooms. Take help of your kids to clean up their things. Give an ice cream treat to yourself and kids too. 😜

Week 3 : Living Room

Monday : 

Clean and wipes walls, fan , lights, curtains, door and windows.

Tuesday : 

Clean book shelf and toy cupboard. Declutter and organize in simple way so that each thing can be accessible to kids. 

Wednesday : 

Clean TV unit and shoe racks. Declutter if any unnecessary things taking space over there. 

Thursday : 

Clean dining table and crockery unit. Declutter the broken crockery which you  still keep only because of emotions.

Friday : 

Deep clean bathroom and toilets if needed a deep cleaning.

I generally don't need to do any deep clean of bathrooms because I am having a habit to deep clean on every Monday.

Plus have a habit to clean trash cans twice in a week. 

 

Saturday : Yeeaa! You have clean home. Now it is time for Diwali shopping. Enjoy 😜

You can do it as per your comfort level. Finish task in 2 days or in a week. This is the way where you can deep clean each corner of your house neatly without rush and stress. 

Week 4  : Start your diwali sweet preparations. 

We used to prepare our diwali sweet with whole family. In the same way ask your kids and husband to help you in sweet preparations. 

Hussshhhh!! The biggest diwali saafsafai is finally done. ☺☺ Enjoy your diwali with your family and friends.

Wishing you all Happy Diwali in advance. 

Comment below how do you clean your house? You do it by yourself ? Or by Urban clap people 😁?

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

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My diaper experience

Many times I have been told do not use diapers it is not good, Meanwhile me, yes ! I know it. 

But with twins there is no other way. Everything you have to do double. You have one potty but I have two at a single time. And in a day it might be 12 times😁 so what do you think ? 

Diapers specially disposable makes mommy's life little bit easier. Can have some kind of mental peace and for me physical too😇 where you do not want to clean the panties or clothes multiple times. And the floor mess is another headache. So I always prefer a rule : 

"Eikave janache karave manache " - (means ) - Listen everyone, but prefer to do what your heart say! 

There are some mommies who also ask me several questions on diaper. I am using diapers for my babies from 9 months. Fact I did not use diapers for my first daughters😊. So, here I am sharing my diaper experience. You may get the answer for your queries. So let's start the post.

Q. Disposable diapers are good for baby ?

Ans: No. Disposable diapers are not good for babies. They contain chemical which is harmful to baby's delicate skin. 

But, if you use it cautiously it will not going to harm.

Q. Can we use diapers for new born?

Ans : Yes, Doctors advise to use diapers. ( in hospital stay only). 

Q. How to choose disposable diaper?

A: Disposable diapers came with every size on the basis of baby weight. Choose the diaper according to your baby weight. It will fit exactly. Always remember diaper should not be too tight nor be too loose.

Q. Is there different type of diaper for girls and boys?

A : Nowdays we get unisex diaper. Choose these so that anyone boy baby or girl baby can wear it.

I am using the above one. These are best diapers for my babies. 

Q. How to wear diaper to baby?

A : On every diapers there are written instructions with pictures. You can check the front side and back side - written on the diaper. Use that  pictorial information and wear it. 

Put your baby on dry sheet so that potty or urine will not make bedsheets dirty. Pick the leg slightly up and insert diaper as you wear a panty.

Q. What kind of precautions should we take while using a diapers?

A : Put the diaper on clean and dry area.

Put coconut oil or Vaseline before every new diaper. Keep your baby diaper free almost for the hour. That area should also get air and sunlight.

Q. How much time we should keep the baby in diapers?

A : As much as possible keep your baby diaper free. Use diapers which can absorb 12 hours. Put that kind of diaper at night time only. In a day time try to change it frequently. There is one line on diaper which indicate the sign of diaper change. Always check that.

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Q. How to avoid rashes?

A : Diaper rash is the common problems. But if you take following precautions your baby will not have any diaper rashes.

1. Make a habit to quick change the diaper after every potty. Do not dry the potty inside the diaper. 

2. Always wash the potty area with clean water and soft clothes or cotton. If baby is newborn use cotton. 

3. Wash the potty area after every urine passage too. Means if baby's diaper is heavy due to only urine. Try to wash the area with plain lukewarm water.

4. Make sure to air dry the area. Then apply coconut oil or Vaseline or diaper rash cream.

Then put the diaper.

This gyan is from my diaper experience😀. My twinnies are 9 months old and I am using diaper since one day when they were born. We still not have any kind of issue. 

Hope this post is useful to you, moms. If not then please share with the needy one.

Share your diaper experience in the comment section below.

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

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How to study History with small kids

       We are growing so fast - now we are studying history. Yeeppp! S was so happy to see new subject in his studies and I realize how quick she is growing. 

I saw the subject list is increasing and so my headache too. I still do not enroll her in to any tuition or coaching classes because I don't feel the need. But yes, making this girl to sit and study quite hard for me. With twin babies I am not able to give extra attention. And she too feel in the same way ! Sad, but I am trying, trying to take out time and spend as much as possible, one to one time with her. 😐Poor me! Have you been going through this condition? Comment below.

So why children don't like to study history ? 

Reasons are, 

- Question answers are brief. 

- Fill in the blanks too sometimes difficult😁.

- Unable to remembers names and dates.

- Unable to understand the events and reasons behind that.

- Get irritated easily while remembering the long names because it is difficult to memorise the spellings.

And, so not ready to study the subjects. They can seat for 5 minutes, read and then close the book.😁ha,ha,ha. .....I am in the same boat. Don't worry!

But now exams are there and we have to study. Otherwise how can she write in paper?  (Mummaa trigger)😇!

History is sometimes difficult. Honestly speaking I dont like it at all. But when it comes to teach your kid you have to get it thoroughly, mumma 😐

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My kid is currently having the history of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and she is really interested in it. Why not it is like a story part. The main part comes - question answers😇😇 

You gotta baby! 

Learning spelling and brief question answers are the difficult part of the subjects. Though teachers teaching them very well but the learning and writing still difficult. 

I find out the following way to teach her. For us it is easiest way to learn about history. 

🧠Read aloud a lesson with your child.

🧠 More over it is like story sessions ( For us).

🧠Give answer to each silly questions of your child.

🧠Explain as much as possible in your native language.

🧠Summarize the whole lesson in small snippets.

🧠Check on You-tube any documentaries, movie or any fort related information for details of the lessons.

🧠 Do some role play and act. (Trust me it gives more fun)

🧠 We love to check out the forts of Shivaji Maharaj and actually take her to visit the small fort. 

Each child love Maharaj and their forts. 

🧠 And then it will make easy  to understand the questions, answers and so writing too.

Then comes spelling part : 

Accurate Spelling is the best way to earn a good marks. Use the way your child is comfortable to learn spellings. We used to make the spelling  of new word instead of ratta 😀 and sometimes we have to learn it by re- writing 3 to 5 times.😇

🧠 Tricky part : Always take revision of 2 lesson at the same time. So that it will be easy to memories them.

🧠Currently we memorize the names of people and place. With the event description it is easier. Any child can imagine and so it is effective way to memorise.

We are learning in this way because it is helpful to my kid. Do try with your kids if  they  find difficulty in studying history.

Hope this post useful to you. Share with the needy moms.😊

Do let me know ' Which technic you are using  to teach History? 

Till then,

Happy Learning

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Kid approved Indian weekly breakfast

Life keeps on changing. Season come and goes quickly. Ones you start enjoy every season of life you will be the happiest version of yourself. And you will surprised to see how  you evolved through the time. 

I remember how calm my life was before my twinee. Me and my daughter used to hang out most of the time. We laughed a lot, roam here and there, enjoyed our scooty drive to school,  errands and had dance session together.😊

Beautiful memories !

New season of my life begin with twins. We do laugh together a lot with them. Play a lot and dance a lot! Only difference is we dance when my babies get frustrated or we need to do some body workout. Moving my body is the need of my present time. And I do try to spend most time with my elder one. (That is the most difficult task -currently😓)
In all these we are missing our meal. After almost 9 months I am able to back on my home shef costume. The most favourite part is I am going to feed my family again with variety of food. It is still difficult for me to cook elaborate breakfast but I am trying out my best. My daughter is a foodie and breakfast is the first meal of the day. I want to make sure that before going to school she have her meal. Am I missing to say, yes, she is having lots of natak😇 too. (Picky eater) We moms do know very well how to feed them, right Mommies !! 

So without a further ado let's jump to the post. 

Our weekly kid approved Indian breakfast. : 

Funny part that our moms never take our approval while making a meal😁 for us. We have to ate whatever she gave us. Do you feel we pampers our kids? Comment below.

From my point of view, sometimes yes, I do pampering. But sometimes only, because it took lots of effort to make our kid eat. 😓

I do not prepare anything special but yes I make her understand the importance of the breakfast and make her eat. My funda is kid learns when they see 😎 so we both eat together always. My babies love to eat with us and I always give them whatever we eat. Yes, they do enjoy our food rather than baby food😉.

This week we have yummy breakfast. Monday is the difficult day for me. I make sure to keep the Monday breakfast simple and her favorite. So that we can  have peaceful Monday morning and then whole week goes smooth.😉 

All breakfast can be ready in 15 minutes with little bit of meal planning.

Monday : Paneer Paratha :

A simple breakfast which can made in 15 minutes, only if you have little bit pre-preparation. Knead a dough one day before.

How to prepare it?

Take paneer from the fridge and grate it. Add finely chopped onion and lots of coriander and kasuri methi with some spices ( haldi, cumin powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder, and salt ). Squeeze half lemon to the mixture and mix it very well. Your stuffing is ready. Make the paneer paratha using this stuffing and roast on hot tawa using lots of butter. Yummy paneer paratha is ready. Serve it with pickle, ketch up or curd.

Tuesday : Rava Upma 

Pre-preparation : I always dry roast semolina and put it in a air tight container in the freezer. Yes I store it in a freezer so that it will not have any worms. 

Everyone knows the upma recipee. I try to do with variation : sometimes plain, sometime with carrot and peas, sometimes add haldi and tomato. if you want to feed your child granish upma with fried peanuts, bhujiya and tomato ketch up. Kids will finish quickly. 

Wednesday :  Omlete Paratha

It is simple everyday breakfast. Whenever there is nothing to make just make the omlete. My daughter love to have plain without onion and spices but I add coarinder to her omelet. I used to keep dough ready at least for 2 days in the fridge. Just take out dough, roll plain paratha and roast it with ghee. Roll the omelette in paratha. Sometimes I apply mayo and ketch up to the paratha and then put omlete and roll it tightly. Yummy for kids😋. This is one of the kids tiffin items too.

Thursday : Puri bhaji 

Pre-preparation : Keep boiled potato in fridge and dough is ready. 

I made Maharaahtrian style potato bhaji. 

How to prepare?

Heat the oil and add crushed garlic with chopped green chillies followed by curry leaves, haldi and coarinder. Add potato and fry at least for 5 second, mix it well. Cover for 5 minutes on low flame, add up grated coconut and cover for 5 seconds. It is ready in 10 minutes. Fry some puri. It is one of the best kids tiffin options too.

Friday : Sabudana Khichadi

Pre preparation : Soak sabudana at night.

Roast peanut on tawa and grind it in mixer to make the crushed powder. Make sure not to make smooth powder. There should be crunch. It is our family favorite. 

How to prepare ?

Heat the oil and add up jeera, green chillies and curry leaves. Fry till it change chillies color. Then add sabudana and peanuts mixture with salt and lemon. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. And serve with cold curd. Yummy ! 

And finally we reach towards the end of week. Weekend are lazy and we do have special breakfast. Sometimes order from the local vendors and sometimes I made. It is totally depends on our twin babies schedule. 😑

What is your favorite breakfast? Do you have this kind of routine? Share your yummy breakfast items.

This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’ hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla and sponsored by BakezbyDaizy.' 

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Saee turns 9

Publishing this post in September, quite a late because this birthday was low and so I  was not ready to post anything from my side. Her dad already posted a letter for her. Check it here. Then I realize it is memory flies and how could I deny to post such a beautiful memory. So here I am...