A Letter to my Firstborn

Hi Baby, Just when I was tucking your baby sister in, I could not help but think to myself that I was so lucky that you are my firstborn. You are a brat with the most mischievous air about you, undoubtedly, but you also have the purest heart. You are so compassionate and so kind,Continue

Managing my Day: Toddler+Newborn edition

I am blogging after two years. Sheesh! That’s an awfully long time. What is worse that in that time, Covid has become a pandemic, life’s taken a complete 360 and I’ve cruised through an entire pregnancy along with being Covidified (I know Covidified is not an actual word, but it should be tbh). There wasContinue

Baby Hashtag speaks | I hate (part 2)

Hello lovely people, hope you all are doing wonderful today. I now greet people because I am no longer a baby. I have graduated to toddlerhood. And what a fun ride it has been so far, mostly for me. Mumma is not too thrilled with me toddelr-ing but we’ll just put a pin on thatContinue

Phirni | Jugaad Cooking by HashtagDisha

Hey guys!!!Wait. Before you launch yourself into believing that I can cook, let me tell you this. I cannot. Well, I cannot do Masterchef level cooking. I can look at videos, cookbooks and manage to prepare a good meal but if you think I make all my fancy dishes through memory, you are highly mistaken.Continue

Watching her sleep

For most part of it, this post will feel like I am talking rather than writing. Consider it that way.  I put #BabyHashtag to sleep at least three times a day. There are times when it goes beyond six times a day. Because, sleep regression. But today, I’m writing not because I want to shareContinue

Baby Hashtag speaks | My fifth month

I am six months old. SIX MONTHS OLD.I was so little last month! I had only just started enjoying being an infant and now suddenly I am halfway done being one. This is so not cool! I wanted to be a teensy little baby a little longer. I was basking in the attention I wasContinue

Baby Hashtag speaks | My fourth month

Well what do you know! I am five months old already. Either time is going by really fast or I’ve been sleeping for most of the past few months. Oh wait, I HAVE been sleeping most of my life so far, haven’t I?Being a four month old is so much responsibility. Babycenter sends mum newslettersContinue

The demons of the post-partem times

Everyone speaks about how wonderful it is to have a baby and how amazing being a mother feels. For all those who have been following my blog will concur with the fact that all the information you have from me about having a baby and the times after that are all fun and merry work.Continue

Baby Hashtag Speaks | My third month

It’s been really exhausting, this past month. All I want is to feed and sleep and my mother still gets it all wrong. This is a snippet of a conversation we had one mazy afternoon. But of course, I cry when I talk to her. These dialogues have been translated for your benefit. Baby Hashtag (Me):Continue

Baby Hashtag speaks | My second month

Things around me haven’t changed much but I have. I am supposed to, right?I just moved from my Nani-Maa’s home to my own home in Kakinada last week. While I am adjusting to the new living conditions here, I do miss the cosiness of my maternal home in Hyderabad. But here, Papa Hashtag is aroundContinue