Ah, the phase we all look forward to, but instantly regret… Just kidding! There is no tantrum like the tantrum of a three-year-old, but there is no better hug and kiss either. Those puppy-dog eyes that melt your anger away will be your favorite expression out of many. Do you think raising toddlers is hard, like many other first-time parents? Umm… I want to tell you what I think, but then I don’t want to ruin the suspense. You have to decide for yourself.
While pondering over how I am raising my son here in Sweden, in a home away from home, I wondered if there is any strategy I am using. Turns out, I am just going with the flow. What else could you do? Even though he is a planned baby, I realize that no matter how…
Becoming a mother changes everything for a woman; whilst we have heard this phrase many times, we experience it only when we go through the process of childbirth. Before giving birth, I heard ladies in my fraternity speak about how difficult giving birth is. Hence I remember being terrified of going into labor and seeing…
This LeapFrog LeapReader review has been way overdue. My son got the LeapFrog LeapReader for his second birthday back in 2018. Honestly, I stuffed it in the cupboard because on the packaging it said: 4-8 YEARS. However, just before his third birthday, my husband decided to open it and show it to Zaviar. I was hesitant and…
Potty training and especially potty training boys is always the elephant in the room as soon as your child learns how to walk and talk, sometimes even before that. You get expert advice from every Tom, Dick, and Harry you meet whether or not they’re a parent, that it’s high time you train your child….
Throughout my pregnancy, I wondered how I would love another child as much as you. You made me a mother. Also, you were the perfect baby. You never gave me a sleepless night. This one had super high standards to live up to. You, my little darling, taught me what love really is. How could…
Conversations with your little ones can evoke a million emotions in you especially when you are raising sensitive boys. There is somehow a stigma around them being sensitive because it deviates from the “boys will be boys” concept that has become so widely accepted. But the world is changing and realizing the rut it has gotten itself…
I had an interesting conversation with my three-year-old today. I asked him what he wanted to be when he grows up since he changes his mind every other day. In the summers, it was firefighter, then more recently it was doctor. However today, he said magician. And then went on to explain that he saw Joey Magician…
What do you do when your three-year-old shows signs of “I don’t like pink” syndrome? How do you convince him that colors don’t have a gender? You tell him “But Ama and Baba love pink!” When that doesn’t work, and you need him to wear a shirt in the morning, and he says no because it’s…
It’s one of those days when I just want to stop time. I actually just want to order time to stop, or freeze, or slow down. What happened, though? You ask… It’s the day when the little heart that beats outside of my body reminded me that he can’t wait to grow up. Ama when…