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,ContinueContinue reading “A Letter to my Firstborn”
Category Archives: Family
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 wasContinueContinue reading “Managing my Day: Toddler+Newborn edition”
Baby Hashtag speaks | My Eighth Month
Baby Hashtag is going to be one in a month’s time and I am publishing her 8th month account now. Why? Because now the baby is mobile and walking, creating absolute havoc and that keeps me occupied for most part of the day. So here’s is her 8th month life account in her own words.ContinueContinue reading “Baby Hashtag speaks | My Eighth Month “
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 newslettersContinueContinue reading “Baby Hashtag speaks | My fourth month”
Y fot Yesterday | AtoZ Challenge
Dear Baby Hashtag,Like how you are crossing milestones by the minute, your mum too crossed hers. My milestones were nowhere nearly as significant as yours but they matter, because they all led me to you. What is crazier is that everything that has happened in the past feels so fresh. Like it all happened yesterday.ContinueContinue reading “Y fot Yesterday | AtoZ Challenge”
X for Xerox copy | AtoZ Challenge
When I was born, relatives looked at me and always said, “Arey, ye toh same Saroj hain!” (“Arey, she looks exactly like Saroj!”) For those who do not know, Saroj is the name of my mother. Since birth, I looked like a similar albeit slightly unpolished version of my mother. And my mother in turnContinueContinue reading “X for Xerox copy | AtoZ Challenge”
W for Waking up | AtoZ Challenge
I am not a morning person. Never have been. I would get up at 8 in the morning, attend to the day to day and scoot back to bed if I could. After getting married, I took to inculcating the habit of waking up at 7 am. I can take the liberty of saying thatContinueContinue reading “W for Waking up | AtoZ Challenge”
T for Thank you | AtoZ Challenge
Dear Baby Hashtag,Your sappy mom is back with another letter to you and as much as I would like to try to be casual in my letters to you, I find myself getting emotional at some point in the narrative. Today, I want to thank you. There are a million reasons I need to thankContinueContinue reading “T for Thank you | AtoZ Challenge”
S for Sanskaari Bahu | AtoZ Challenge
Sanskaari (adj) – Cultured and well-manneredBahu (n) – Daughter in-lawSasuji (n) – Mother-in-lawShaadi (n) – MarriageUntil about yesterday, I had decided that today’s post would be dedicated to Sarso ka tel because it has played a vital role in Baby Hashtag’s well-being. And then, just this morning, I read an article which was so fundamentallyContinueContinue reading “S for Sanskaari Bahu | AtoZ Challenge”
R for Raconteurs | AtoZ Challenge
I had nearly given up on the challenge cos Baby Hashtag has a really troubled night’s sleep. I intended to be at her Beck and call the entire day and as luck would have it, she gave me some ‘me time’ eventually. My husband is many things. To his parents, a dedicated son. To hisContinueContinue reading “R for Raconteurs | AtoZ Challenge”
Marvelous Mrs D 