Parenting and babies

Mothers are always in a very good company of their babies. Any outing of mother center around her baby needs only. Let it be a baby's vaccines, baby's routine check ups, baby's illness, or just a outing of 2 or 3 hours or may be traveling outstation. And when mothers go out with their baby, they have to take along with them all required things of their baby. It is really a time consuming every time to collect all required things of baby before you go out with them. Don't you think so ? Early days after my son's birth, I used to struggle, when I have to go out with him. Struggle of collecting his required things, which he will need on the go. So when I have to go out with him, whether it be a visit to doctor, or outing of 2 or 3 hrs, or travel to another city, my planning get started much ahead of time. Like what are the things that my son will need in that hour or two or in that traveling duration, like medicine, diaper, wipes, etc...etc.... Within two or th...

These days many new moms suffers from post delivery depression at some extent. After pregnancy, the hormonal changes in a women's body may trigger symptoms of depression. I think there might be other factor also that adds to it. Mostly, moms which are in nuclear family seems to face this issue more. Since, they are going through lot of pressure of handling a new born and struggle of understanding her new born's needs and that too all alone or may be only one to help her, mother or mother-in-law. In addition to that, continuous sleepless days and nights, make her task more difficult. Moreover to it, on initial days after child birth, mother is so weak, physically and mostly mentally, that small incidence of discussion over small things make her very much upset. Or recalling of some bad incidence from past make her upset. Of course, mothers in joint families may also suffer from it. But I think its percentage is lesser than shown in mothers from nuclear family. The reaso...