Mother's Day Weekend

How was your weekend, especially mother’s days?

I had a wonderful weekend. My birthday, then there was a birthday party of my cousin baby and off course on Sunday - Mothers day. Sorrry, I am little bit late to this post.

Saee at 12 O Clock, midnight wishing me my birthday and then she was saying it was her birthday.

On next day we hang out, had a dinner which was pure vegetarian, but was awesome. I ordered hotel’s special dish, it was Three in One veg, which include one sweet panner, spicy paneer and top on that mushroom, baby corn spinach masala!!! I just love it.

Saee like her noddles...,

We headed to my mom’s place because we have invitation of birthday party. Saee was really excited to go for birthday party. It was first birthday party of my cousin’s baby, so the event was a big.

Birthday boy, Yugant…

After party was finished he was free to play, especially not crying...!

Saee, ever ready for birthday.

I still remember when she was very young she used to cried a lot because of the burning candle on the cake and the birthday wish song….I used to hate it. Den I constantly took her to attain several birthday party.., Thank God! we are at Poddar ( it’s our society name) where we have a birthday party within every fifteen day. Now I am glad that Saee really enjoy the party, the candle blow, birthday song and food too, specially juice, her favourite.

It was on 6^th May 2016. The cake was really yummy…..!!!

Two little sisters

On Saturday we saw a movie ‘’Sairat”. Nitin wanted to saw the first day first show, but tickets are not available. So we book the ticket 2 days before and finally we saw the movie (I think!) after 2 years.

I can not give any review cause I am very little person to review the Nagraj Movie. Nagraj Manjule is the Indian Film maker and Nation award winner of his films like “Pistulya”, “Fandry” and his latest movie is “Sairat” which was premiered at 66^th Berlin International Film Festival . (Source: Wikipedia).

The movie is all about cricket, love story, friendship, Prestige issue and then comes to the reality of the life. The end of the movie make you silence!!!!

Please who still have not watch the movie, go and watch it.

And comes Mothers Day

I certainly do not believe that there should be one specific day to celebrate Mothers day.  Lots of effort took by a mother to up bring the child, sacrifice everything just for the baby’s future, and many more stuff which we do not know as a child. But guys certainly we have been always taken for granted our mother for everything. For me, yes, my mother is just like my pillow and my comfort zone. I am so glad that have two mothers, yup... one is my real mom, and one is my attya (father’s Sister) she is been mom of my father too, and that is the reason, she is granny, mom, attaya like everything for us. We can not imagine our life without her.

I am also a mom of my baby doll, and my sister also a new mom of her one month’s baby boy. We mom like my mom, attya, me and my sister, are at one place for this mother’s day. Hurry!! It was great day.

Only two words of gratitude is not enough for our mom’s effort, but needless to say this is the day on which we should say Thank You for being so wonderful and celebrate.

My birthday treat was pending and mother's day also there, so Nitin bought the cake and we cut the cake…off course..Saee is there to cut, she love to say that it was her birthday and asked everyone to sing birthday song for her.

This is my first mother's day which I celebrate with my mothers and my baby to. My weekend was a blast and memories are wonderful. 

How was your weekend?

Have you celebrate the Mother’s Day with your mom? If Yes? Then How?

Please let me know in the comment section below.

Addicted to Click

Addiction…..pretty bold title ha…..Nopee….don’t worry I am not gonna make u bored on this topic. 

Yes we are addicted to some extent right or wrong?

It’s not me, my little brother who is addicted to click.

Haaaaa….You will say everyone is nowadays addicted to selfie. But trust me; really he is addicted to photography.  Yup, it is his hobby to click whatever the object to make that adorable.

Let his photo will speak to you,

All pictures are clicked by using mobile and not any fancy camera

Object….See the model in above snap, isn’t it looking like stunning!!

He is really mad on collecting different kind of converse and clicking it. I think he have almost seven color of converse…..yes or no bro?

Having one with his niece….hey…it’s my saee’s toes

Beauty of nature….clicked from our terrace

I just love this Sunset….so beautiful. See the magnificent changes in colors from red to orange, a mixture of warm feeling. Words are not enough to explain the magical effect of sunset.

He has focused on living more in the moment and tries to hold the movement.

See, how beautifully clicked the various expression of my baby…actually he damn good to click this kind of one.

I want to make the post of his photo, just because I really love it. I have tons and tons of photos clicked by him in my archives.

Mama and bhanjee

Here is my little brother, his name is Vishal…..I really can’t believe he grow so fast like an adult, but for me he is still my small bro…like my saee.

Bajirao Fame....

ha ha ha .....look sexy..haa...!!

I hope I am not making you bored….ha…I don’t think so.

one more click

I insist him to learn professionally photography...but he is not at all interested. Or else want to learn more than that. I want to learn to click like him….just kidding….my photography is bizarre.

God Bless him

Love you my little bro.

Do u have any special clicks to share it ? 

Baby First Food

Hello there,

Its been a very long weekend. We are at our mummy's home to welcome the new baby. Do you guys remember my baby shower post.....yes.,.. my sister blessed with a baby boy.

Recently I have joined parent groups on social media. This all are from the Indian region. It was nice to have a parent talk on the child’s topics like food, potty training, schooling, arrogant behavior, fussy eater etc. One thing I came to know that many of the young mothers who are not at all aware of how to start and what to start as food for the small babies. I was replying each one of them but I thought it will be better to make post instead of replying individually.

Disclaimer:  I am not the professional. This is my experience with my daughter who is now 2 and half years old. Before you start any food with your little one consult your pediac first.

# before introducing any new food just go with the 3 days rule, it means try any new food one at a time for 3 days to find out whether it suits to your baby or having any allergic reaction. In this way you can find out which food suits to your baby and remove that food from your list which is more 

allergic.

# never feed your baby by laying him down. Make him sit on your lap or on a high chair. In this way your small one starts to sit properly which strengthen the backbone too.

# always breastfeed first and then start your purred form meal.

# At the beginning your little one refused to take food but offer him or her again and again until he or she like it.

# serving size should be 1 Tbspoon and after that gradually increase the serving size.

# until 6 months you need to do only breastfeeding as per the doctor suggestion. And it is equally important for us as a mother.

These are the tips which will helpful for you. Six months onwards you can start the baby food from liquid to solid. I never gave saee any store bought cereals meals instead of that I am mostly trusted on homemade meals which are safe and hygiene.

After googling so many sites and with the help of elder one like my mom, mother in law and Attya (Father's Sister) I start with this food adventure with my little one. This all foods make her healthy and boost up her immunity power too.

Babies first food for 6 to 8 months:

Homemade cereals: Rice, Barley and oats. We prepared it at home only. Take the raw rice, grind it in smooth powder and cook with enough water by adding little salt and jaggery. Never use sugar for your little one, instead of that use jaggery which contain high amount of iron and magnesium. In the same way you can make the cereals from barley and oats too.

Fruits: Saee’s first food is banana. She love banana till. I introduce her banana when she was 7 months. Peel the banana and smash it with the help of spoon. It is so soft that there is no chocking fear. Sometime I mixed the mashed banana with milk also. But she loves without milk. Now also she do not like to have banana milkshake instead of that she eat raw banana.

After that you can give your baby pumpkin, apple, peach. You need to cook these fruit until soft enough and then make a puree by blending in mixi jar.

Vegetables: Green beans, Sweet Potato, Carrot, Green Peas. All you need to first wash under the running tap water, clean it and steam it in steamer until soft. Blend it in a mixture. Do not mix everything make a separate puree each one of them. Saee eat only sweet potato and carrot. Rest of the two vegetable she eats as raw means not in purred form when she get older.

Dairy:

# Yogurt: Plain whole milk yogurt which is saee’s favorite’s food. I gave her as raw without mixing anything neither sugar nor salt. She loved it and finished at a time one cup of yogurt. After 10 months onwards when she started to eat finger food then I gave yogurt with fruit slice.

# Shrikhand : This is one of the most favorites items of all babies. You can start Shrikhand, yup….its only plain shrikhand not amrkhand (Mango Flavour) Just dip the small spoon in shrikhand and give in your baby’s hand and see how much quickly your baby will grab that.

# Whole Milk: Start to give whole milk like cow’s milk in sippy cup, not in a bottle without adding any sugar. Try to avoid sugar as much as possible until 1 year because sugar is refined by a chemical process which is harmful for baby and it will also dipress the immunity.  

This is saee's favourite sippers which i had start to use when she was six months baby. She still love it. But now she can drink from the water bottle and glass also. Start as early as possible to give such type of sippy cups which have slow flow. 

Water: Off course water is the most important. Water shall start after six month only. I never gave her water with the spoon. I bought nice colored small baby sippers and just gave her so that she can learn to hold the cups. You can also give water of cooked rice and dal which is very healthy.

Once your baby adjusts to the food try to increase the food quantity slowly. And try to give new food after consulting your pediac. I hope this will help all new mommies.

Till then Happy Parenting.

If you have any queries ask me in the comment section below.

Share the food experience of your little one.

Malvani Fish Curry

Happy Wednesday.

Who don’t like to have sea food in the meal?  I am sea food lover. I like fry fish, especially if it is made by my Mother in Law. Saee is a great Fish eater (knock on the wood plzz). Many of my friends asking for fish curry recipe so today I am sharing my mother in law’s special recipe, an authentic Malvani Fish Curry. She is expert in cooking all malvani fish items. I am still learning from her and hope will make exactly like her.

Serving Size: 6 Adults

Ingredients required:

Fish : Anchovy fish 250 gm

Coconut:  1 cup

Onion: 1 big

Red Chilies: Fistful

Dhania (Coriander) Seeds: 1 tsp

Garlic cloves: 4 to 5

Ginger: ½ inch

Curry Leaves: 4 to 5

Haldi: ¼ tsp

Kokum Petals: 4 to 5

Oil: 2 tsp

Salt: as per taste

Have a step by step pictorial recipe.

We have Anchovy fish (Marathi name – Mandeli), you can take any fish you like. Clean it and washed with running tap water for 3 to 4 times.

Masala preparation:

Grate the fresh coconut, cut the onion into small piece, peal the garlic and cut the ginger in small piece. Sankeshwari Red Chilies are used for malvani fish curries which are not spicy but gives a nice thick red color. Soak these red chillies in water for 5 minutes, remove the stem and cut in to two pieces.

Grind it by using a small amount of water, grind into smooth paste, like this

 

Heat oil in deep kadhai, put some onions in it and fry till it turns in pink color. Add curry leaves let them crackled

Add grounded paste and stir it for 10 seconds and let the mixture boiled.

Add salt as per taste. 

After that add washed fish. Stir it slowly so that fish get completely mixed with the masala.

Let the mixture boil for ten minutes. Lastly add kokum petals and stir the mixture again n boil for more five minutes.

Fish does not take a lot of time to cook. So take care that it should not overcook too. 

Serve it with plain steam rice or tandalchi bhakari .

Yum yum…….. We have it once in a week with different kind of fishes.

                                                                           

What are your favourite non veg items of the daily meal?

Do you like fish curry or fry fish?

Learning Activities for Preschoolers

Happy Weekend....

Disclaimer: I am not professional; I am inspired by Montessori Method. This is my experience which is worked for us and wants to share with you. Depend on your child’s interest, you can start with the various activities which keep your toddler active and build confidence within them.

Saee is 2.5 years now; I think it is the right age to start with her the learning activities. She also loves to play with different kind of activities which mumma sets for her, and asking more and more. Montessori is an education method which is based on self-directed activity, hands on learning and collaborative play. These are the basic activities for the children at different ages and to the individual personalities of each child. The main function is to help and allow the child to develop independence in all areas according to his or her inner psychological directives.

I am sharing with you five easy and DIY (do it yourself) learning activities. I set up this activity for saee when she gets up from the nap. I need to demonstrate to her and then let her play with them the way she wants. Because many time kids are not ready to listen to their moms…they want to do in their own way according to their imagination.

Here we go.....

1. Recognition of capital letters

I have book of capital and small letter with pictures like this. I bought word game which had plastic capital letters. Saee love alphabets a lot, she always playing with that. 

I asked saee to recognize the letter and put the plastic letter on that. Like where is A ? A for Apple, and then she put the letter A on that picture.

2. Coin Drop Activity

A small piggy bank which saee like it because it is House. She doesn’t know what is a piggi bank, so I thought to make a DIY with this for her play time. Instead of coin I have made a small square from old box and write numbers from 1 to 10 on them. I asked saee put the numbers 5, then she identified the numbers and put in that house. This is one of the fine gross motor skill activities which improve eye coordination. Kids also learn and able to identified the numbers.

Saee loves this drop game. Sometime I gave her coins too. This is one of quite time activity which kept her engage for a long time and I can relax.

3. Recognize and match the shapes

Saee’s first book was shape book, when she was 11 months old. I made this from using the thick card paper and stick color contact paper. I drew the shapes on the card board and colored them with color pencil. It gets bit challenging for her to match the similar shape with similar color.

I asked saee where is Crescent? she point out and put the same shape on that object. Then I asked her what is the color of square or triangle and then she match the color too.

4. Rice Pouring

This is one of the life skill activities, which enhance fine motor skill. Kids learn how to pour by using spatula and bowl. This is one of the funniest activities which saee loves to do.

I demonstrate only for one time and she said….ata mi karate.. I am using these two bowls. Once she get used to this then I will use other cutlery like small glass, jar, different shapes of cutlery through which she will be able to pour the grains. Yess there was lot of mess sometime ….but doesn’t matter…your child is learning and enjoying…so let them enjoy and ask them to tide up, they love to clean the space.

5. Stickers

Every toddlers love sticker. These are small butterfly, but you can bring different kinds of stickers like star, Barbie dolls, Mickey mouse etc..Depend on your child’s interest. I drew a big triangle and ask saee to stick the sticker inside the triangle. Then I drew circle, square or any shape which she want and she stick the stickers inside the image.

All of these are the Montessori activities. I loves to make different kinds of objects for my kiddo and play with her.

I hope you mummas got some idea with this post and will start the activity with your kids.

Do you inspired by Montessori?

Which one is your child’s favorite playtime activity ?