By Piyushi Dhir
My preschooler has recently entered the phase where he must ask me “Why” a billion times in the day. He reminds me of a poem I had heard as a child: I know a curious little boy, Who is always asking “Why?” Why this, why that, why then, why now? Why not, why by-the-by? Having […]
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Guest post, by Gaurav Dhir, editor at Help and WellnessBeing new immigrants to Canada, we have been constantly learning and discovering a new way of life. Our biggest source of information about a new lifestyle has been our friends, neighbors and acquaintances. We were prepared for many new things in a new country. But one […]
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“Wow, you’ve lost weight,” texted a friend, after seeing a recent picture I had posted. “Slim legs,” said another one. “Special diet?” asked a third. I laugh to myself. I remember all those comfortable days back in Ivory Coast when I had two maids at my beck and call. How much I paid a gym, […]
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Knowing that his 5 year old neighbour-friend goes to school gave my 2 year old much curiosity about this haloed institution that he could not yet attend. This was a year ago. When his turn finally came to start pre-school, he started with all the enthusiasm of a kid who had been handed a new […]
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I have been gone too long from my blog. I didn’t even take a break this long when my son was born! Not only have I been missing writing, I’ve been missing being in touch with all of you- my readers. I miss your thoughtful comments and your words of encouragement. I’m back! After a […]
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I would enjoy it more… I often watch mother-child duos at the market, in the bus, on the road… And I watch in envy. I get along great with my toddler now, but for the longest time, I seemed to be struggling with parenthood. I don’t remember strolling out into a market with my little […]
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I always knew I wanted to become a mother. I also always knew that I didn’t want to be a working mother, especially in the first few years of my child’s life. I wanted to be around, to watch my little one achieve his milestones, to hear his first words, to see him take his […]
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When I first got to know that I’m carrying life within me, it was more a concept than something concrete I could touch and feel. But only until the little baby grew big and strong enough to start kicking me from within. That was the first time we had a ‘conversation’. If he was feeling […]
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If you think about it, from the very day our child is born, there are a host of toiletries we start using on them. Whether you are lovingly giving your little one an oil massage or allowing her a splash in her bathtub while soaping her or even after, when you sprinkle on some fragrant […]
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It struck me recently that it is a good thing we have divided time with calendars. Imagine if there were no weeks and months and years, just Day 1 to Day 500 on to Day 3000 and so on. Our lives would fly by from one day to the next, without us ever pausing to […]
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