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Dispatches from India – Expected sickness, unexpected misery!
Written on 3 Feb, 2008 at 10:59 in Asia, Culture Shock, Good Resources, North America, Travel | viewed 378 times | 7 Comments
So I have been writing here on bloggermoms on my trip to India with my two year old. The Babe is sick. I had kind of expected that will happen. Its his first time in India, and I am afraid... (Continue reading)
Indian Baby Boy Names
Written on 2 Feb, 2008 at 19:13 in Asia, Baby Names, Culture Shock, Europe, North America | viewed 4,084 times | 12 Comments
With another 5 weeks to go before my due date, we have seriously started looking for Indian names for a baby boy….we want a name that is phonetically easy to pronounce here in US…that is one of the negatives I have... (Continue reading)
Mom lessons – Visiting India (or any new country or place)
Written on 28 Jan, 2008 at 13:03 in Education, Extra curricular activities, Good Resources, SAHMs Club, Uncategorized | viewed 189 times | 4 Comments
Long back I had made a post about stay at home mom lessons – I felt my child was missing out on learning things in play school, so I started listing out a few ‘lessons’ I would do with the... (Continue reading)
Entertaining a three month old
Written on 27 Jan, 2008 at 5:44 in Extra curricular activities, Good Resources, SAHMs Club, Uncategorized | viewed 412 times | 2 Comments
Anyone ever faced this problem? I just visited a friend – a SAHM with a three month old who doesnt nap much. My heart goes out to her. I remembered that I struggled with what to do with my babies... (Continue reading)
Networking when on the H4 visa, or when just at home
Written on 24 Jan, 2008 at 16:09 in Adapting Traditions, H-4 Life, Uncategorized | viewed 248 times | 3 Comments
In one of my previous posts on how to boost your career when on an H4 visa, I talked about using the time to build your network. But I know very well, through my own inexperience at it when I... (Continue reading)
Dispatches from India – That old me, did I lose her in the streets of Delhi?
Written on 24 Jan, 2008 at 15:21 in Adapting Traditions, Good Resources, Uncategorized | viewed 110 times | 3 Comments
I have been writing about traveling to India with a toddler for the first time, but this post is about me. Yesterday my parents, the babe and I went driving through Green Park, and Hauz Khas, and IIT. We went... (Continue reading)
Dispatches from India – Lagging on jetlag
Written on 21 Jan, 2008 at 4:25 in Good Resources, H-4 Life, Life as a mom, Uncategorized | viewed 103 times | 2 Comments
Ok, so this is my second post about traveling to India with a toddler or baby for the first time. It’s been lovely to be home as you can imagine. We reached home only around 4 the first day,... (Continue reading)
The H4 Diaries – Four things to do when you are tired of ‘Law and Order’
Written on 15 Jan, 2008 at 20:30 in Good Resources, H-4 Life, Life as a mom, Uncategorized | viewed 276 times | 5 Comments
When I got here, I loved the show. I would watch endless reruns from 1:00 pm till I dozed off, and then sometimes when I woke up. But here are things I wished I had done or I did or... (Continue reading)
Going Green
Back in Asia, frugality is a way of life…with limited resources and rampant poverty, I guess there isn’t an alternative. When I got to US, I got into the American way of living. The past few months however, I have been... (Continue reading)
My child-birth experience in India
Lately, I have been thinking about the differences in my first pregnancy and the current one…ofcourse, any mom with more than one kids will tell you, no two pregnancies are the same. I had heard that before and now in... (Continue reading)
Lohri Festival – Happy Lohri to all!
Written on 13 Jan, 2008 at 3:49 in Adapting Traditions, Events, Good Resources | viewed 99 times | 2 Comments
Happy Lohri! Lohri is a festival celebrated in the North of India, which celebrates the harvesting of rabi crops ( or fall/winter crops) in India. This time Lohri is on the 13th, which is Sunday. I started celebrating Lohri once... (Continue reading)
More Indian Baby and Toddler Food Recipes – A complete meal
Written on 10 Jan, 2008 at 19:46 in Adapting Traditions, Food and Nutrition, Good Resources, Recipes, Uncategorized | viewed 26,037 times | 7 Comments
Since this post got quite a few views, I am adding some more. My earlier post was on Indian and vegetarian baby and toddler food recipes. This one is in the same theme – Indian baby and toddler food, but... (Continue reading)
The H4 Diaries – Five signs you are a true H4er
Before anyone asks – the H4 visa is a spouse visa, for the spouses of people coming to the US on H1B, the skilled worker visa. The H4 visa allows you to stay here but not work or be employed... (Continue reading)
The Indian kid in the ring
Written on 10 Jan, 2008 at 4:19 in Adapting Traditions, Asia, Education, Good Resources, Kids stories, Latin America, North America | viewed 89 times | 3 Comments
The babe and I go to some Mommy and me classes. We usually have a blast. I dont know who loves it more, the babe or me. Today the babe walked away from me into the ring. A group of... (Continue reading)
Gone with the wind
Written on 8 Jan, 2008 at 3:39 in Good Resources, Just for fun, Uncategorized | viewed 75 times | 1 Comment
This doesnt flow with anything I write about, but on a cleaning mission today, I found my old copy of ‘Gone with the wind’. How I loved that book when I first read it. I was quite young, maybe 12... (Continue reading)
Some Indian and Vegetarian Baby Food Recipes
Written on 3 Jan, 2008 at 0:02 in Adapting Traditions, Asia, Food and Nutrition, Good Resources, North America, Recipes | viewed 26,323 times | 30 Comments
I used to be confused as to what Indain baby food I can for my babe. Indian baby food in my opinion would introduce him to a different taste that he was getting from gerber. And for those looking for... (Continue reading)
The interview I blew while on H4 visa
Written on 2 Jan, 2008 at 19:01 in Good Resources, H-4 Life, Living in a new culture, Moms @ work, Uncategorized | viewed 798 times | 5 Comments
Well, I had just begun looking for work on while still on H4 visa. Looking formally, that is, beyond the ‘office and friends of my husband’ route. BTW, in my opinion, that is one of the most effective routes, but... (Continue reading)
Natural child-birth or assisted child-birth?
I am 30 weeks pregnant..this is my second pregnancy…my son was born in Bangalore, India….natural birth with no complications. Then we moved here to US and I took up pre-natal classes just like I had done back in Bangalore. The... (Continue reading)
Makeup – a take on liberation
‘Who do you think is more liberated me with my head scarf or the ladies on Wall Street with 10 products covering their faces?’ Nousheen’s eyes were bright and passionate as she dug into her chicken tikka masala. ‘At least... (Continue reading)
How I became an accidental lactivist
Written on 28 Dec, 2007 at 4:07 in Adapting Traditions, Breastfeeding, Good Resources, Living in a new culture, Pregnancy | viewed 170 times | 5 Comments
Well, actually, I breastfed my son for 18 months. And the reasons for me were not the ‘My son will be healthiest this way’ or ‘formula is a curse second to none’. I had been mostly formula fed and thought... (Continue reading)
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