Headbath

E caught her first cold on 14/09/2014. From me. I did everything I could to protect her from my illness my hands were raw from washing . Still, she woke up with a runny nose on that fateful Sunday morning. I messaged E's paediatrician who recommended that I give E half a dropperful of T-minic drops, two times a day. T-minic apparently eases symptoms such as a runny nose, stuffy nose, and sneezing !  Generally mistrustful of medical practitioners, I quickly Googled, 'T-minic.' Which was just as well, because  the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) advises parents to refrain from administering cold and cough medicine to infants below the age of 2 . The active ingredients in T-minic are chlorphenamine maleate makes a person sleepy and phenylephrine hydrochloride a decongestant , both of which are contraindicated by the USFDA for infants under the age of 2. After having conducted research on usage of such medication, the USFDA found that that reports of harm to ch

When I found out I was pregnant, I just shut down. In my first trimester, I had constant nausea and fatigue. So I spent my days sleeping and threatening the foetus with boarding school if it made me throw up. Once I was past that and the fabled energy of the second trimester was upon me, I turned to the Internet because it was time to buy things. I ended up being annoyed at how the articles I read online were either sponsored or based on American/Western needs. I ended up buying many things because what if? Don't think about stuff. Just buy stuff. So, if like I was, you are pregnant and wondering what you'll need when baby gets here, read this list of the ten things (out of all the things I bought) that were super useful in the first few months after delivery. Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post. I have received no compensation from any of the companies whose products are mentioned below. 1. Breast Pads The main question I had from all my internet resear

I hate the sight of poop smeared all over E's bottom. I hate washing it off even more. Sure, she's my baby, and nothing she does could ever be gross but that was when she was my wonderful, exclusively breastfed baby with sunshine yellow poop that smelled of curdled milk. We called it golden treasure in our house. Now that she's on solids. Her poop is increasingly adult-like (texture, and oh-god-the smell) and gross. Keeping this in mind, I decided it was probably time to introduce my E to the potty. We bought this potty by Summer Infant , which is great because it has a removable potty holder that can be cleaned separately. It sits high enough for baby to swing her feet or plant them firmly on the ground. Plus, a little splash-guard kind of thing in the front that ostensibly helps little boys urinate while seated without splashing. It also prevents the wannabe stander from getting up. Preparing for the Potty There are a few developmental goals that baby needs to