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August 31, 2005

Who would nt love funny Baby Quotes?


"I don't know why they say "you have a baby." The baby has you." -Gallagher

"Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit." -- Bill Cosby

"People who say they sleep like babies usually don't have them". - Leo J. Burke

"First you have to teach a child to talk, then you have to teach it to be quiet." - Prochnow

"If your baby is "beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time," you're the grandma." - Theresa Bloomingdale

"Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other." - Ed Howe

"The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother - and they'll settle for a puppy every time." - Winston Pendelton

"Making the decision to have a child--It's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." ~ Elizabeth Stone

August 30, 2005

Confessions of a breastfeeding mother!


1. I favour my right breast.

2. At first I hated breast feeding.

3. After 4 months, I hated to supplement with formula, wanted to breastfeed forever!

4. I never knew that the breasts would leak so much, I had thought of them more like a tap!

5. I am hungry all the time.

6. I don’t like to pump but I do it nevertheless!

7. I am using the word "Breast" even to strangers!

8. Suddenly I am seeing babies everywhere: road, TV, books, shops, …

9. I am always thinking about feeding Ashu!

10. I wonder why God did nt think of something like "little finger feeding" instead of Breast
feeding!

11. I seem to be asking "How long did you breastfeed" to anything which moves and has breasts and yeah, a baby!

12. When Ashu bites, I scream and she screams hearing me scream! Go figure!

13. Ashu talks to my breast while drinking!

14. When the first baby was born in this world and the mother found out she can feed her baby the milk that’s coming from her breasts, I think that’s when the concept of God materialised!

15. And very soon, the concept of Formula!!!

Breastfeeding!

Breastfeeding did nt go too well for me or for my baby girl, Ashu in the beginning! I had these huge engorged water melons and she had this tiny little mouth and she just could nt latch on! The lactation experts and the nurses struggled until we left the hospital and it was too damn frustrating for me! Then they gave me the nipple shield, the silicone nipple thingy which u press to your nipple, and she took well to it and drank from it comfortably! A breastfeeding consultant came home for 2 weeks and checked her progress! As the milk supply was good and she was drinking and getting strength, the nurse said that she will be alright in a couple of weeks! But it was not to be so! It took a little more than 3 months to completely quit the nipple shield!

When I thought all was well, the 4 month Doctors visit dropped a bomb saying Ashu was under weight! It was a shocker! I had nt expected that! I suspect it was because of using the nipple shield for 3 months (I should have tried harder and should have quit it even earlier) Also I think she was drinking a lot lesser from the breast than with the nipple shield! And I was nt regularly pumping and I was nt waking her up in the night to feed her! May be a little of everything I did! May be I did nt do anything right!

Anyway, I have started supplementing with formula twice a day and feeding her on my breast the rest of the time and pumping! She took well to the formula, too well for my comfort actually! She had always liked drinking from the bottle (the lazy bum!!) and now she’s doubly happy! I have started with 100 ml; she finishes it fast and wants more! But I think it’s actually the suckling she wants!

I cant help but wonder what I would have thought about what I just wrote if I had come across it a year back! Funny how life changes and the things I ve least cared about all my life has suddenly become the most important thing!

I am a Mommy!

I am enjoying my new status as a mom for the past couple of months! Oh yeah, sometimes really hating it too! But now that theres no going back, I wanted to keep me sane by starting a blog about it and seeing the lighter side of it! Hoping to keep it interesting! See you again very soon! Already something interesting is happening in my notepad! Ciao!

July 30, 2005

On Movies, Music & Books.


The Overcoat.
Rome! By all means, Rome.
Azhagan.
Mughal-e-Azam.
Krrish and MI3.

And I rest my case.
Movie Quote on Marriage.
My Favorite Indian Writing.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Sappy Me!

Kandukonden, Kandukonden,...
Deep Sea.
Jungle Book.
Bose, The Boss.

His n Hers.


Letter to HD.
And Life goes on...
Today is special.
I hope and pray that Ashu has nt inherited this from her father.

Once upon a time in Boodom...
Not my gullible "baby" anymore.
Will you buy me gifts, Valentine?
FIGHT!

Head weight.
Was it Wrong?
It’s all coming back to me now.
Dear HD,

Sappy Me!
St.Valentine and ABC.
His and His!
Anniversary in the Sin city.

Bitter Nothings.
Love is...
Kandukonden, Kandukonden,...
Happy Birthday!

Another fight.
Notes for Husband.
Ten reasons why I love you.

More Posts.


Who would nt love funny Baby Quotes?
Lifebuoy hai jahaan,tandurusti hai wahaan.
What is my love?
Google logos.
Playing games.

20 things that change when you have a baby.
Cheats!
Gilli.
Birthday Wishes to the Quick Tales Gal!
Another blog. (God! I must be really jobless!)

Security Check.
Blogger Trouble.
Word Cloud.
Gilli 365.

Visual DNA.

Blank Noise Action Heroes.
Pregnancy Jokes.
Congrats Mad Momma!

World of Boo.

Lots of Baggage.
Principles? What Principles?
Homesick.
This and that.
Do YOU approve of me sis?

Atithi Devo Bhava.
Back after my first 4 day break.
From here to there.
Bye bye Basel.
Edelweiss.

Location : India.
Random thoughts I was recording until I got the Internet connection today.(atlast!)
List of things I missed and make me feel good to be back.
Desperate housewife!
Does only content matter?

Knock, knock!
Tamil Vaazhga!
Bye, bye 2005.
These are the few of my favourite things. (With a twist!)
Time to pack my bags.

Visitors.
Dinner and 'A' movie.
Surprise Galore!
Century. Ton. Hundred. 100. Nooru.
Penty & Sonu.

In the middle of chaos...
Bangalore Airport.
DUI.
Officially changed from today...
A rose by any other name... will not be remembered.

Metti Oli!
Feeling Hot,Hot,Hot!
Long time, no see!
My Hero.
Girl next door.

If you know what I mean...
Tagged.
1.
A depressing week.
Moving back to Switzerland.

Bits and Pieces.
The Old.
I am Back.
I am a Celebrity.
Dear Opposite Door Neighbor,

Taking Sides.
Quiet a heavy thought for the day.
The customary end of the year musings.
Here's to more comments.
Bigger, better & older Boo.

Five point me!
Tolet.
YES!
The Good, Bad and Ugly.
Action Hero.

Get well soon, Baby S.
My 29th Birthday.
I aint fat for no reason.
Birthday update.
Daylight Savings.

Baby S died...
Ahoj, dekuji, Na sheldanau
Indian Mommies Announcement.
California here we come.
Safe and Sound.

Ticket to ride.
Cut to Zurich.
Thinking Blogger Award.
Heaven is...

Tit bits.

Sandhu was 13 when she discovered the joys of exaggeration.
Excursion.
Secret.

Flash backs.

Changing minds and changing times.
Poplularly known as...

Travelogue Part 1.
Travelogue Part 2.
Travelogue Part 3.

A page from my teenage...
01.01.2006
Big Boo.

Street harassment and me.
Poochi.
Phool hai anek kintu...

Dear Thatha,
Happy Christmas.

Posts on Pregnancy, Labour & Bringing up Baby.


I am a Mommy.
Breastfeeding.
Confessions of a breastfeeding mother.
Pizza for a price.
Mummy, I am on my tummy!
The protective side in me.
Weekend of cooking, cleaning and sleeping!
Things we cant do while the baby is sleeping.
Baby sitting makes one think.
Chilli Poppers!

Cry baby.
Sleep Less.
The Tissue Issue.
Why Baby?
Meet the (God)Parents!
She is a Boy!
Taskbar.
Needle thoughts.
Sex and the city.
Labour - comes from the Latin word laborare, which means "to be tired".

Crazy Cravings!
All in the family.
Paris,Photography,Yoga, etc...
Mother knows breast.
High Five!
Playing GOD is nt as easy I thought it would be.
Needs me, needs me not!
Portrait.
"Om Kreem" I scream!
What mothers want!

Stuff I did nt read in any baby book.
1/2 year "old".
Whats with the grand-parents?
Heard the music? Now move aside!
Solids.
Se7en.
The only time I hate being a woman.
Kan vizhithu soppanam kanden.
What’s (not) in a name?
A baby changes your life so much".

I can never be a baby again. Ever.
Destined to use diapers.
I am a mother, therefore I am!
Papa, Can you hear me?
Is jealousy a milestone too?
Road trip.
This child is the mother of this woman.
Back.
Krishna.
Ni9e is not as cool as Se7en. Duh!

To all the near and dear ones!
Not my gullible "baby" anymore.
Ashu - Dated today.
I hate goodbyes.
Nine, Ten. A big fat hen!
More than one reason to have a baby.
Growing up and stuff...
'Prick'ly heat
Almost there!
Baby Talk.

I knew there was a reason why I kept a journal!
Ayush Homam.
27.04.2006
Birthday Party.
Needle Magic.
Made in Switzerland.
One proud Momma!
Hair today...
Mottai
More like teeny-Weeny-Me!

Ashu - Dated today.
Vaccination.
Dear Ashu,
Krishna Nee Begane Baaro.
The case of the missing tomatoes!
The pain of potty training.
No means No!
Cold feet.
Update on Ashu at 16 months and 3 weeks.
Heights Tag.

Baby's Day Out.

My gullible Baby.
Diwali Photos.
1.5 & a tag.
No Power.
Phone, Fan, Spoon and I have one thing in common.
The beginning of the "Look Mommy" saga.
Update on Ashu at 20 months.
Party Girl.
Pampers Diapers in India.

Playing in the Park.
????
Grüße from Zurich!
The Parakeet.
Is it the kid or the mom?
Is buying bin liners by myself a milestone too?
Ashu and her books.
Motherhood is...
Food Guide.
Snow.

Superstitions.
Time out.
Update on Ashu at 23 Months.
Birthday Parties are nt so bad.
Good Night, sleep tight.
Ashus Prague Travelogue.
This and That.
The Birthday Gift from the Grand parents.
Kidspeak.
Idea!

27.04.2007
Zoo, cake and a cycle.
Hola this is Dora!
Ashus antics at her Aunt's!
Dear Appa...
All Good Things.
Fathers day, car seat and day care.
Walking in the Rain.
Update on Ashu at 26 Months.

Off to School - Part 1.
Off to School - Part 2.
Off to School - Part 3.
Off to School - Part 4.
Our Friday ritual.
Got "Baby Talk for dummies"?
M-I-L-K
baby growth

babies