Homemade cough drops!

From an FB update!!!  Everything is natural in it, so no harm trying... I am yet to try it!

The next time you or a family member have a sore throat, try this homemade cough drops remedy instead of running to the pharmacy.

Ingredients:
• 1 cup powdered jaggery
• 1 tbsp ghee
• 1 tsp ginger powder
• ¼ tsp black pepper powder
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• A pinch of salt

Method:
• Melt jaggery in a pan and add ginger powder, turmeric powder, salt and ghee. Mix well till bubbles start forming.
• Turn the flame off, once mixture is cool, divide into equal portions and roll into small circular shapes similar to cough drops.
• Store in an airtight container.

The turmeric and salt will help loosen the mucus. Children can take up to 2 tablets a day and adults can take 3 tablets.

Courtesy:  Swathi B.

ISP - Online Better Parenting Sessions - Rush!!

Extremely sorry for the late heads up guys,

Sri RaviJi, one from the first couple practicing SSY, Raviji and Gayathri Ma, has enabled us an online session featuring ISP for 9 weeks between 7 and 9 p.m. IST on Saturdays.

Dear wonderful parents of beautiful children!

We just started the new batch of ISP online classes on Saturday, i.e. 9th June 2012. We sent invitations to you from www.wiziq.com. I am not sure if you have noticed it!

Take this opportunity to give the best to your child!

Your child is growing faster than we imagine! What you cannot give now, cannot be given later easily!

With concern for your child, we remind you the last chance to join the present batch of ISP online course.

Be positive and offer your greatest gift to yourself and the child - ISP- Art of Joyful parenting!

Regards,
Raviji
M: 07569261234
M: 09392444251
Magicjack: 321-420-9091

The session had actually started on 9th June but for the sake of new entrants, we had a repeat introductory Session yesterday too 16, June 2012.

So, there is still chance for you to get into the program rather than wait up for the next chance.

HURRY NOW.. I have got some wonderful reviews and notes for the ISP posts done by Rekha here, so the parents really interested in one on one interaction and the course by the Guru himself, it is a golden chance, considering he is coming to her homes through WizIQ learning/web sessions.

The payment amount varies between India and US.. for parents in India it is 6,600 rs/-, the ISP course material would be sent home and due to shipping variance, the price for overseas is a bit more which needs to be confirmed over the phone.  Payment mode is money transfer through ICICI bank details that will be provided over the phone or Paypal which again can be gotten over the phone with the Guruji himself.

My experience with online class

Since I live in a remote area in AP, I have no option of attending any such courses or sessions but this one has been God sent and ever since Rekha suggested me this one and also my friends Bindu and Suraj practised it on their kid, I was like I must do this!!! I want my kid to have that kind of a parenting too, let me better myself as a person and a parent and experience that ecstatic feeling firsthand and enjoy my kid thoroughly!!!

The introduction to the thought of having a child, the way we want her/him to be as an adult or grow up, the reason we need to let them be, the priorities of what is what?  Why and When should we do What and Why and what we should not.  Yes, we know the best, but a little guidance wont really hurt.

IT was my first session with Wiziq, the master was in a panel through his webcam on the screen with an interactive window open below for us to type in our comments.  We can hear him and see him but unless we are given mike rights we wont be able to speak to him but interaction is through chat window which he responds to immediately... like there are questions posed to us by him and we type in there, we have queries, we put them forward and he replies.

There was a bit of lag maybe due to my connectivity but it was just right, no reason to complain.

The home plays (things to be practiced during this week at home) are

Vision - Writing down our vision for the kid on a sheet of paper along with the personality we have in mind while wanting him/her to be.

Say and Do - Running commentary of what we are doing, what is happening around him/her, talking and interacting and listening.

Talking in Sleep - Talking to the kid in her/his sleep, curing the kid, letting the kid know of something in that semi-sleep state (whispering clearly in the ear in a soothing voice) after the kid goes to sleep.

I had fun and knowledge dissemination, if you want to be there... pls. be there... not just for the heck of it but to reform your own self, understanding parenting as a concept as a study as an art and not just a mere responsibility.

and YES, we can replicate what guruji says here, like how Rekha has done it wonderfully for us or me after going through the session in my own words, my experiences but that was all when we had no such option of guruji doing it for us.. but Guruvu nerpina vidyani minchinadi inkoti untundaa?.. when we have him teaching it to us, learning from him is a different thing altogether.


The session happens completely in English, so regional/local language is not a barrier... 

Extremes of Constipation

It is quite natural for the kids to have constipation in early phases of life but one should ensure that it does not become a habit.  Good potty habits and food habits are must.  As we focus on nutrition intake for the kid, we also need to ensure that the toxic wastes get out of the body regularly and without much strain.

If it is a severe problem, like too much of straining happening in spite of all dietary measures, fiber intake, water intake and all the home remedies then please consult the doctors and ensure that at least stool softeners or laxatives are given.

Too much of straining and constipated state might result in rectal prolapse, though not really common in kids and toddlers and not a very painful condition is really scary.

So, MOMS, please ensure the kid does potty regularly, do not panic in the infant and newborn stage but once a toddler, ensure that you do everything possible to see that the stool passage and frequency is good and not a painful thing to the kids.

Also, when there is any condition diagnosed in the kid, please do not hesitate to take a second opinion and if need be third and then narrow down on the treatment.

Courtesy:  A concerned mom. Thank you C for giving me the heads up and asking me to write it here.!


I hope my sweet P baby grows out of it soon.


Also check here for Ayurvedic cure for rectal prolapse.

Tips for better Breast Feeding - Telugu

Tips taken from Swathi Magazine

1) Minapa garelu roju tinte palu padtayi
 2) Sugarcane juice lo konchem jeera kalipi tagithe palu baga padtayita
3) Menthulu, menthi koora chala manchidi. Menthi koora tinna 25 hrs lopu palu padtayita
 4) Oats roju morning tinamani chepparu
 5) Meals tinna tarvatha pratisari sompu tinte palu padtayita
 6) Meals lo jeera baga include cheyyamannaru
 7) Soy beans ni overnight waterlo nanapetti - vatini vedi chesi roju tea laga teeskunte milk baga ostayita
8) Patika bellam kalipina palu roju teeskunte - adi mother and baby ki chala manchidi ani rasadu

Contributed by: Anu J

Long time...

Well, as the kid is growing up.. I find less and less time to sit on this blog.. not that the needs end.. one ends the other type begins.. :).. always on the query ground, getting answers as we go along.. but basically as she is growing up I am not as much scared worried and take my own sweet time to resolve things...

After the initial hurricane of posts.. well, there were so many initially, I thought of doing one post a month but then again, the lazy me pops in big time... sigh!!!

The kid has completed 3 successfully.. terrible twos, tiring threes... fighting four, I see it already. yeah we fight for everything... eating, drinking, potty, waking up, sleeping on time and without any doubts she wins almost all the times!!!!

It has been a wonderful journey...  when I began, I was too damn scared, some time down the line I thought baby-raising was a child's play (1 to 6 months) of age, even the smallest things did scare me at that point but I was like when will the kid grow up...little did I know I had crocodile festival ahead... the easiest period in parenting was those few golden months... after that I had been rewarded amply by her antics, smiles, love yous, hugs, words, everything she did was kind of magic for a while... well, it still is, but you know what I mean... the growing food time wars, tv time issues.....

and the new issues in front of me.. the schooling...............................!!!! pheww... mindblowing options.. too many questions...

How have you all been????

Hope all is well at your end... please drop by to let me know how you are doing, feels good to see personal updates... the effort seems worth it!!!! 

Cold and Cough... home remedies, prevention/cure.

Thanks a Ton Rekha for sharing these wonderful tips in time of need!


Water lo tulasi leaves, oka miriyam, lavangam,allam,vesi kashayam laga chesi ivvandi.

Karakkaaya powder lo konchem miriyalu pwd, lavangampwd, sonthi or allam, anni powder chesi baaga mix chesi bellam tho kalipi chinna vundalu chesi, babyki petti taravata konchem warm water ivvandi.  Even after the kid is better give it twice a week to the kid to improve resistance.

Also, vallaki cold vunte bearable kante ekkuva water ni boil chesi legs ankles varaku munigetattu pettandi..water warm ayyedaka vunchi...teesi mustard oil lo ajwain vesi vedi cheyyandi..konchem challaraka karpuram vesi kalipi adi baga arikallaki raayndi n gundelaki , back ki rayandi.

Cough ki aithe water lo lemon, lavangam n saindava namak vesi taaginchandi... enni sarlu tagithe antha relief.

milk lo haldi vesi ivvandi.

night padukune mundu...oka small berry size bellam ivvandi..chapparinchi mimgamanandi dont give water....kani mouth wash chesi padukopettandi..meeku cough syrup kuda ivvanatha relief isthundi.  may be first day cough vuntundi baga but next day ne meeru change chustharu.

avoid khatta, theeka things

ee chitkalu pillalake kadu evarikyna vadavacchu


Courtesy:  Rekha.

Karakkaaya pagala kotti chinna mukka teesukuni andulo madhyalo chinna bellam mukka petti ichhi buggana pettukomanandi.  adi nani water vastunte mingitie twaraga taggutundi daggu.

Courtesy:  Swapna Rams.

ginger chinna mukka ni danchi, aa juice about half teaspoon, andulo half teaspoon honey, 2-3 drops lime juice, ivi anni oka 2-3 teapoons warm water lo kalipi , daily 2-3 times, konchem relief untundi.


Courtesy:  Shireen.

Skin Basics For Newborn

Check a useful article HERE.