Nursing when ill
IN MAY, the WHO came out with a wonderful 2D hand-drawn animation video by a
By Lakshmy Ramanathan January 03, 2021Lakshmy Ramanathan is the author of For Bumpier Times: An Indian Mother's Guide to 101 Pregnancy and Childcare Practices.
IN MAY, the WHO came out with a wonderful 2D hand-drawn animation video by a
By Lakshmy Ramanathan January 03, 2021When expecting, one’s belly is not the only part of the body expanding; our abdomen
By Lakshmy Ramanathan December 06, 2020My childhood friend with whom I had spent countless summers plucking mangoes called
By Lakshmy Ramanathan November 01, 2020I USED TO NURSE my child frequently—almost 12 times a day with roughly 90 to 120
By Lakshmy Ramanathan March 07, 2020A MOTHER'S MILK is capable of satisfying her baby's nutritional requirements. Even
By Lakshmy Ramanathan February 15, 2020IN THE ANIMAL kingdom, newborns reach for their mother’s milk on their own. Only if
By Lakshmy Ramanathan January 24, 2020WHEN MY CHILD was born, my husband did not swoon like the faint-hearted man I had
By Lakshmy Ramanathan January 11, 2020THIS AUGUST, a breastfeeding report card was released based on the information
By Lakshmy Ramanathan December 07, 2019THEY SAY, and it is proven without doubt, that a lot can happen between a mother and
By Lakshmy Ramanathan November 16, 2019WE OFTEN ask our parents what sort of a baby we were. Were we adorable or
By Lakshmy Ramanathan November 02, 2019WHEN I HAD just given birth to my daughter, I was constantly told to stay away from
By Lakshmy Ramanathan October 05, 2019WHEN I WAS researching for my book, a grandmother from Kolhapur got in touch with
By Lakshmy Ramanathan September 14, 2019NEW MOTHERS, especially in the four southern states, follow a form of regimented
By Lakshmy Ramanathan August 24, 2019COMING FROM a south Indian household, I grew up watching every ceremony conclude
By Lakshmy Ramanathan August 03, 2019There are a lot of traditional practices that surround pregnancy and infant care in
By Lakshmy Ramanathan July 20, 2019