Indian life hacks for happy motherhood

For 8+ month old baby ragi malt is considered to be rich source of calcium, but generally babies don't like taste of only ragi porridge so here is a modified the recipe adding wheat malt to it. Follow these steps to cook it in 10 minutes time. Ingredients:  1 tb spoon jaggery  2 tb spoon wheat malt/wheat flour 1 tb spoon ragi (nachni) malt 1/4 tb spoon powdered dry-fruit mix  1 cup milk ______________________________________________ Steps: Mix wheat malt,ragi and dry-fruit mix powder together. For making dry-fruit mix, take equal amount of cashew, pistachio, almond and dried dates powder, mix them in grinder and make a fine powder. Powder grain should not be large as it can become difficult for babies to swallow.   2. Mix them in a cup of water such that no lumps are remaining. 3 Boil on low or medium heat with constant stirring till it thickens.   4. Add milk and jaggery to this mixure and boil for 2 min. and put th...

Usually it found that infants suffers from cough and cold.They feels very much uncomfortable because of cold   and also unable to take sufficient milk and sleep.Because of insufficient sleep infant feels very irritating and obviously   mother do not get rest.Both mother and baby suffers a lot and feels very much restless. With the help of breastfeeding we can solve the cold problem very easily.Lets see some very effective remedies for cough and cold. For 0-6 month infants: 1) If mother take holy basil leves(Tulsi )and ginger tea and feed the baby ,it gives very good control on cough and cold because tulsi increase immunity and ginger is very effective for cough.Ginger melts cough and reduce cough production 2) After bath apply vekhand powder on baby's chest ,ear and forehead. 3) Regularly message baby from oil.          In winter- sesame oil(Til ka tel ),Mustered oil(sarso ka tel)    ...

I started buying groceries and veggies online when I was stuck at home after my son was born. I can not imagine my life for those few months without online shopping websites. Now I am addicted to it and only buy it in local market when I dont get anything online. I recommend online grocery shopping for many reasons but it has pro and cons. Pros:   A big time saver!!! For people with six days a week job this is a blessing. No need to get out of your house. You save money by applying coupon codes as well as discount offered by website. You save transportation cost, online store apply shipping charges but in most of the cases they are less than half of your transportation cost. On shopping above certain amount shipping charges are waived off. Vegetable's cost is either competent to retail market or sometime even less. Very useful for old age people or people who have difficulty walking with heavy grocery bags. Good for shopaholics! You only order what ...

Dos and Don’t about breastfeeding: Up till 4 to 6 months breast milk is the only source of nutrition for the baby. So it is very important to take proper care of new mom’s diet. Here are some do’s and don’t that I have collected from my experience and internet. Please suggest any changes if you feel so…   Dos Semi liquid Diet Diet of breastfeeding (BF) moms should be semi liquid because of which enough amount of milk is produced.   Drink as much fluid as you can. While feeding, keep a glass of water or juice by your side, it makes milk flow easily. S hatavari herb powder   If milk supply is not sufficient shatavari herb powder (Indian herb) should be taken 2-3 times a day by adding a spoonful of this herb in a glass of milk. (once first thing in the morning, if tea/coffee can be avoided and once before going to bed.)     No to laddoo's Traditionally dry-fruit sweets are given to B...