Author: Gauri Kshirsagar
Getting a kid’s room organized is a herculean task. Toy boxes not only help in organizing the toys but also make the room delightful with their different colors and patterns. This is a DIY activity to make your own toy box from old cardboard boxes. Continue reading “DIY Activity 7: Storage toy box”
Author: Gauri Kshirsagar
What is the nutritional value of breast milk and why it is important to choose breast milk over formula or top feed. Read more to know…. Continue reading “Nutritional value of breast milk”
Author: Gauri Kshirsagar
What is Lactogenesis or Lactation?
Lactogenesis is the onset of milk secretion and includes all of the changes in the mammary epithelium (breast glands) necessary to go from the undifferentiated (not developed) mammary gland in early pregnancy to full lactation sometime after delivery.
How does milk production i.e. Lactation occur in humans? Continue reading “Understanding the mechanism of Lactation and how to increase production of breast milk.”
Author: Gauri Kshirsagar
In today’s world of instant social connectivity, it has become very easy to share special moments of our lives with our dear ones instantly. Who doesn’t like to share baby pictures and love to read the lovely responses from friends and family? Even though your intention of posting them on social media may be to just share them, but always remember it is very important to share them only under proper privacy settings so that they aren’t misused or fall into wrong hands. There have been a number of cases wherein the photos posted, have been illegally used for unethical practices like advertising, child trafficking etc. Continue reading “Precautions before posting baby pictures on social media”
Author: Gauri Kshirsagar
This a Zoo model, which I have done for the annual exhibition at my daughter’ playschool. I have uploaded the video of how to make it. It is quite easy to make and took me a weekend to make the whole project. Continue reading “DIY Activity 6: Miniature Zoo Model (Play school Project)”
Author: Gauri Kshirsagar
Water has many important roles in the body. It helps transport nutrients, maintains blood volume, regulated body temperature and removes waste products. It is very important for children to drink enough fluid so their body can function properly and they can feel their best. Continue reading “Age wise Fluid/water requirement in children”
Author: Gauri Kshirsagar
Baby proofing is of utmost necessity when a baby starts crawling around the house. One of the most important of them is a baby safety door gate, which can be used at doors leading to stairs, the kitchen, fireplace or any other unsafe area. The baby gates which are available in the market are quite expensive and may require further modifications. The following method is quite cheaper and can be easily done at home with minimal tools. Continue reading “DIY Baby safety door gate”
Author: Gauri Kshirsagar
There comes a time in the second year of your child’s life where you are faced with the question of whether or not to send your child to a playschool. Since the standard of playschools or play groups vary in our country from a “one-room” playgroup managed in the backyard of a home to a highly recognized and corporate system playschools, it keeps us thinking that are these playschools recognized? Is there an official body to keep a tab on the safety and working of these playschools? Continue reading “Playgroup(1.5 to 2.5 years): Things to consider before admission”
Author: Gauri Kshirsagar
Growth charts are an important tool for monitoring the growth of children. Growth Monitoring is a screening tool to diagnose nutritional, chronic, systemic and endocrine disease at an early stage. Record of measurements is usually taken during your routine child visits to your pediatrician for vaccination or during sickness. Since the visit to your doctor may be sometimes hurried, it is better that you, yourself have a better understanding of the growth and development of your baby by plotting your own graphs. Continue reading “Understanding and plotting growth charts of newborns and children”
Author: Gauri Kshirsagar
DIY Activity 5 : Fun with poster colors
Colors bring joy to kids. A simple poster color can make play time fun. You can choose a single monochromatic color and also learn colors by matching different items in the house with the color. You can also make it more fun by introducing hand painting. Using paint brush will also perfect the grip and improve fine motor activity. Poster colors are easy to wash off and clean Continue reading “DIY Activity 5 : Fun with poster colors”
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