Picking the right mattress for your baby
LAST WEEK, A FRIEND from the US called saying that her mother was not happy with the
By Lakshmy Ramanathan January 02, 2022
Columns
- Sachidananda Murthy
- Meenakshi Lekhi
- Shobhaa De
- Anuja Chauhan
- Anita Pratap
- Bibek Debroy
- Mani Shankar Aiyar
- Swara Bhasker
- Prasannan
- Barkha Dutt
- Shashi Tharoor
- Lakshmy Ramanathan
- Navtej Sarna
- Jyotiraditya Scindia
- Sanjaya Baru
- Sanjay Manjrekar
- Bose Krishnamachari
- M.K Bhadrakumar
- Vinod Rai
- Ashwini Nachappa
- Geeti Sen
- Vandana Kohli
- Sadhguru
- Gen Bikram Singh
- Manu Chandra
- Sanjna Kapoor
- Jerry Pinto
- Saina Nehwal
- Nandita Das
- Sania Mirza
- Bala Ambati
- Maroof Raza
- Ajish P Joy
- Mallika Sarabhai
- Amjad Ali Khan
- Hemant Oberoi
- Binayak Sen
- Patrick French
- Nupur Sharma
- Derek O Brien
- Sourav Ganguly
Guest Column
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Case for coalitions
By Marten van den Berg March 21, 2021 -
Innovate and collaborate
By Sanjaya Mariwala March 07, 2021 -
Block buster
By Dr Alok Vinod Kulkarni March 07, 2021 -
The invisible pandemic
By Dr Alok Vinod Kulkarni February 07, 2021 -
Patch work
By Dr Sachin Varma February 15, 2020 -
Growing up without godfathers
By Priyanka Chaturvedi December 21, 2019 -
Fighting it together
By Dr Kishore Kotha September 14, 2019 -
Preventing chronic kidney disease
By Dr Bharat V. Shah July 20, 2019
Lakshmy Ramanathan
Lakshmy Ramanathan is the author of For Bumpier Times: An Indian Mother's Guide to 101 Pregnancy and Childcare Practices.
BABY STEPS
Basics of baby wearing
EVEN A DECADE AGO, baby wearing in most Indian cities was a rare sight. Neither had
By Lakshmy Ramanathan December 05, 2021
Does tonsuring improve a baby's hair quality?
A child’s first tonsure is of much cultural significance in our society. It is seen
By Lakshmy Ramanathan October 03, 2021
Say no to hot water baths for babies, writes Lakshmy Ramanathan
My baby’s bath temperature used to be so high that the bath thermometer melted when
By Lakshmy Ramanathan September 05, 2021
When and how to get your baby's ear pierced
I got my baby’s ears pierced without my husband’s knowledge. He was very clear he
By Lakshmy Ramanathan November 07, 2021
Let the baby’s body be
When a friend had her baby, her help used to squeeze the newborn’s nipples while
By Lakshmy Ramanathan August 01, 2021
On shaping heads and noses of babies
AT BIRTH, my nose didn’t look anything like the sharp, aquiline ones in the family.
By Lakshmy Ramanathan July 04, 2021
Bet on syndets
WHEN MY DAUGHTER was a newborn, I was sold on using kitchen staples as soap. Spoons
By Lakshmy Ramanathan June 06, 2021
Does massage help close baby fontanelles?
Baby massages are an art and science with a mind-boggling set of benefits, both real
By Lakshmy Ramanathan May 02, 2021
Colic clues
When my child was a newborn, she would tuck in her legs and rest her knees on her
By Lakshmy Ramanathan April 04, 2021
Massage mantra
READER RESPONSE to my last column on baby massage was interesting, to say the least!
By Lakshmy Ramanathan March 07, 2021
Much ado about massage?
One of my closest friends returned to India last year, heavily pregnant and hyper
By Lakshmy Ramanathan February 07, 2021
Nursing when ill
IN MAY, the WHO came out with a wonderful 2D hand-drawn animation video by a
By Lakshmy Ramanathan January 03, 2021
Bra to the rescue
When expecting, one’s belly is not the only part of the body expanding; our abdomen
By Lakshmy Ramanathan December 06, 2020
Breast milk and allergies
My childhood friend with whom I had spent countless summers plucking mangoes called
By Lakshmy Ramanathan November 01, 2020