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Adoption 101

Here’s your ready-reckoner for everything you’d need to know on the process in India

Think Outside The Books - Putting The Fun Back In Learning

From story-telling and custom-made lesson boxes, to home schooling and classes taught in a quirk manner, there’s a lot to explore, mums...

Books for Parents

Book: The Reflective Learner

Books For Children

Book Reviews:

The secret life of your unborn baby

The secret life of your unborn baby

Mothering through breastfeeding

Humans are social beings, and develop social life skills to connect, communicate and care during infancy and childhood as these are the formative years. When a woman begins her pregnancy, she steps into the realm of her embodiment of being a woman, capable of mothering a child.

Bonds for Life

Sibling bonding needs to be nurtured and guided to ensure that relationships are forged and last forever

Breastfeeding India from nectar to naysayers

Is it a matter of time before public breastfeeding is completely normalised?

Night FEEDS

Master the art of filling up your youngster with milk and getting the pair of you back to sleep, pronto!

Breastmilk storage Dos and don'ts

If you have questions plaguing your mind about the storage of your breastmilk, pumping and the ideal time to safely store your supply, Dr Yogesh Kumar Gupta, consultant, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Fortis Hospitals, Bengaluru, puts your worries to rest

Brace yourself!

If there was a training or a course that you could sign up for, which would teach you how to be the perfect mum, you’d find me recommending that every expectant mum go through it!

Awesome twosome!

Child psychologist, mompreneur and mommy blogger Chandni Bhagat became a mum to Rajveer six years go. As a young mum back then, motherhood became a learning curve that prepared her for the recent arrival of 17-month-old Aryaveer. She shares her journey of parenting highs and lows with M&B...

Coronavirus And Fertility - 7 Things You Should Know

Planning on starting your army of mini-mes soon? Here’s what you should keep in mind

Living With COVID-19

Mum influencer Shradha Mehra Virani aka, The Diaper Drama, recalls her experience looking after the kids and her household, as a COVID-positive patient

STEREOTYPING-CLOTHES AND TOYS FOR CHILDREN

Pink is for girls, blue is for boys. If you are a parent, you will be quite familiar with these gender colour conventions.

Personalised Products For Children

Pampering your children and making them feel special is one of the best ways to make your bond with your children even stronger. What could be better than personalising your children’s belongings and letting the sense of responsibility over their possessions build firmly? Here is a selection of websites that offer personalised and customised merchandise for children of different ages.

PARENTING DURING A PANDEMIC

Almost all school-going children in India have been home-bound for more than three months by the time this issue gis being put together. It has been an unprecedented and challenging time for parents and children alike. In this cover story, our contributors address the various issues that are top of mind for parents today. Read on.

WHYS AND HOWS OF PARENT-ADOLESCENT COMMUNICATION

The foundation of the parent-child relationship is communication. This is critical in the adolescent years when patents feel that the teenager is moving more and more away from their circle of inflence and comfort, This article examines some best practices and principles for establishing that vital linl of communication. Read on.

LIFESKILLS THROUGH games

The previous edition of this serialised feature was based on the findings from the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment that children who displayed a capacity to delay gratification went on to be very successful in later life. The episode showed, how parents can facilitate children to develop this valuable life skill namely Delayed Gratification. This episode discusses the subject of optimism as a trainable trait and shows how parents can combine the Brainstorming technique with the Seligman's Method of Learning Optimism to raise their children to embrace optimism.

Expectations Versus Reality

For every couple, becoming parents is like stepping into a brave new world: it is an uncharted territory and expectations rarely match reality. Any number of books or any amount of advice will not prepare you for the experience of being a parent. This is because it is the unique for everyone. Parents have some common expectations of their children and some impressions about the parenting experience. Let us take a look at these to understand if they are on the mark or if reality is another matter entirely!

Add to Cart

Shopping from home? Here is M&B’s pick of handy products, to buy at the click of a button!

Out Of The Box

M&B’s pick of 12 unique games and activities to spruce up playtime

How To Make your own playdough!

Staying at home is about to get a lot more fun with our easy recipe to create your own version of modelling clay

Breast foot forward

Top 12 Breastfeeding Challenges Discussed

Between the sheets

Having a bump doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy great sex right up until you give birth. Here’s how…

Soup for the soul!

Dig in for some comforting broth recipes from Renu Dalal

Ande ka funda...

Though a lot of importance is given to the act of conceiving, many do not realise how critical ovulation is in trying for a baby. Fact is that it is this process that will lead to conception in the first place. M&B tells you more...

Supermum in the house!

Effective parenting tips while working from home

The power of touch

Positioning your baby on your bare chest, also referred to as Kangaroo Care, creates remarkable benefits for you and your baby...

Three's a party!

Actors Jay Bhanushali and Mahhi Vij embrace the joys of parenthood with the latest addition to their brood. Mahhi talks about being mommy to 11-month-old Tara, her biological child, and foster children Khushi and Rajveer