Jeddah Mom
Motherhood and Expat life in Saudi Arabia
Happy New Year! Would you like to know what the top best posts of 2014 were? Welcome! I am linking up today to some of the best posts on the web. The Best of the Best on Words n Needles The best of the best post here on Words n Needles was the post where …
Inside: If your baby hates bath time and you’re wondering what you can do to get them to take at least a shower, here are a few mom hacks that can help you. I am also sharing a trick that I tried with my 18 month old toddler that got her loving water and baths …
Bedtime Battles don’t really go away. The past few months I have made a sensory discovery to our two year old’s problem. She had started a new annoying bedtime habit a few months ago and searching for the solution led me to discover a whole new outlook towards parenting positively and baby sleep. Usually the …
Wondering how to prevent picky eating in toddlers? Inthis post we discuss all the questions related to feeding your toddler. Toddlers are one of the most enjoyable of the lot. If they are happy, healthy, well fed and well rested, they can be the best little buddies around. Well rested and well fed, is where …
It is always fun to use ordinary objects to learn science. It is a great learning experience because when you learn by associating something with a principle, you tend to remember easily. I am a hands on learner and we love to play with ideas around here. (Please note: For your convenience, some of the links in this post …
Moving to a new home with toddlers and babies can be equally challenging for them as for you. Here is how to avoid anxiety and make sure they cooperate and sleep in the new home. We have moved… to a new home. In my 9 years of married life (coincidently, it was our wedding anniversary …
Do you avoid grocery shopping with toddlers because they throw the wildest tantrums? As a busy stay at home mom, I know how much I need these trips to have contact with the outside world. In this post, I share tips to make grocery shopping with toddler easy and actually fun. Updated for 2019: This …
Among my four kids and almost seven years of parenting experience, the only thing that has ever made me nervous about being a mom is potty training my children. Our first born is a son. He was fully potty trained and independent when he started Kindergarten a little before he turned 3 years of age …
I wrote A Workable Plan To Feeding Your Baby, a few weeks back. The article was featured on a parenting site and all the comments and excitement later, I realized how much support new moms need when starting out the first time. Here are more tips to feeding your baby solids. We are never taught to …
Do you know what the most challenging part of my day is? Yep, that 3-5 pm slot! If you are a mum, I am sure you face this challenge too! Gina Ford in her book Contented Little with Baby book says that you should just not receive any calls. I was really amazed the first …
Have a baby who is ready to start solids? Here is Workable Plan to feed your baby solids. It is everything you need to know to start introducing solid food to your baby. A step by step guide that helps you decide if your child is ready to eat plus lots of information to help …
When children spend too much time online, parents are quick to limiting screen time for them or even ban it completely! Did you know that when you ban screen time for your child, it can have more serious consequences? Most parents have never thought about these five reasons. Sometimes, when our children misbehave due to too …
I have been asked if I shouldn’t be potty training my almost 22 month old. Yes, even after four kids, I get treated like a first time mum but… don’t we all? If you have a child, people will judge you and they will want to teach you the right way to mother. Yes, that is something we moms, …
Car trips with babies and toddlers kicking and crying inter car seats can be very difficult. Let’s talk about what to do when your baby suddenly hates car seat. You are ready to go out. Everybody is dressed and packed but the baby or your little toddler won’t let you buckle him in! Car seat …
So, I am down with a flu…It started with Hubby bringing the virus home to … our little toddler giving him extra ‘get well’ kisses to… mommy giving her the ‘get well’ cuddles. Now we are all down. Did you know? A person is infectious from two days before to four to six days after they …
Need some help to connect with your child after school? If he doesn’t like to talk about his day, then you’re not alone.
In this post: Would you like to know what my life with two kids under 18months was like? This post is from 2014. This post was originally called ‘In the Name of Chaos’. I am sharing this again for all you moms, who are curious to know what juggling two under two means. Well… To …
Nail biting in Children is an emotional issue. If your child bites his nails, here is a trick that helps him want save those nails for you. 🙂 What do you do when you have a child who bites his nails and no matter what you say or do, it doesn’t stop? What if he is …
Inside: The best advice for new moms. Everything from breastfeeding to bottle feeding to weaning to potty training and routines. A collection of the best tips to help new parents get through the first year. ‘Before you do anything else, sign Up for Babycenter.com’, my best friend was telling me. I had just informed her …
‘Najoom!!’, came his shriek from the car seat at the back. Hubby almost braked and I had to strain my neck to see what he was pointing and straining himself towards: It was a star in the sky! Then it hit us… in all his four and half years of life, my son had never seen …
