A'udhu billahi mina sh-shaytaanir-rajeem! Bismillah...

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

So, how are we learning Malayalam?

As I said many times before, Liya has begun to learn Malayalam alphabets. Though she speaks a "not so bad" Malayalam, English is still her primary language and sometimes I feel ashamed that she is not so a big fan of her mother tongue.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

How we benefited from breastfeeding?

I received a personal message from a reader, a mom of 3 months old baby, inquiring how we benefitted from exclusive 6 months breastfeeding- my personal experience.

Well, it's been more than 2 years since I quit nursing. Hence, this email dragged me back to those first 6 months of mommyhood. I have nursed L for two years, out of it 6 initial months were exclusive nursing time (no water, no finger food etc). With no second thought, I would say it was 100% beneficial for us. My older post on nursing is available here.

From my personal experience, I would like to note down some points:

With the exclusive 6 months nursing: 

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Book of the Week: The Three Billy Goats Gruff

This week, we are going to review The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Read it Yourself Level - 1).
Like I said earlier, L began reading on her own and so we have been concentrating on Level 1 books which will motivate and help her nurture early reading skills.