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Monday Mommy Moments week 18:Hubby are you listening?

By on 27

Last month of April was amazing.I blogged daily for 26 days for the #AtoZchallenge.My topic was Nutrition : Fruit facts you must know.

But what was amazing was even with daily blogging Deepa and I wrote for #MondayMommyMoments.It’s wonderful. when you write with people, who are thinking like you.We really didn’t think moms would have the energy to write on prompts with daily blogging.!But moms are blessed.We do what needs to get done right?

So we wrote each day, read the posts linked up, and shared blessings.

One thing I realized about #MondayMommyMoments mommies.We are tough  & creative.

When the going gets tough, we write even more!

How awesome is that?Deepa had exams(her daughters did that is), Dipika was traveling,   Tina had two blogs and Bluey and each mommy had her own struggle going on.But we wrote.

That’s the power of habits .if you write daily, it’s a habit.You never know what battles you may win because of that.

 

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Prompt this week:

Hubby Listen me !

how many time have you said, you don’t listen!Share with us your tips to make the man hear!

Monday MommyMoments:How to make your hubby hear?
Monday MommyMoments: How to make your hubby hear?

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Winner #MondayMommyMoments week 17
Dipika ,winner of #MondayMommyMoments week 17
Dipika ,winner of #MondayMommyMoments week 17

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Monday Mommy Moments week 17 :Are you kind mommy?

By on 18

Kindness cannot be taught ,it has to be felt. Children are like sponges.They respond to loving and cuddles in the same way you would.Plus they learn from you to be whatever way works.

If perseverance is a quality I want her to develop for her success in life.The kindness I want her to learn to enjoy that success with people who love her.

Kindness begets kindness.While it’s not possible to be kind to everyone at heart , our words should never be unkind.Harsh words can scar deeper than swords.Once when Rai was upset about a sketch pen set I couldn’t find she looked mutinous and said,

No you have to find it.You are a bad mommy!

I knew it was a momentary thing for the little one, it still it broke my heart.I thought back to the times I have told her she is being a naughty girl.Since patience is a virtue which has long since been a personal struggle I decided to have a talk with my hubby.My hubby is one of the kindest most patient people I know.He can speak kindly even when angry.So here I was waiting for some wisdom to be revealed.

He said something very simple.

Whenever you want to say something harsh to someone, just take a deep breath, and in that moment think.Would you want to hear the same if the tables were turned?

Interesting !In moments of self-congratulatory righteousness, we often forget how the other person feels.That’s empathy when we feel others pain by Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes.

Random acts of kindness:Are they useful?
Random acts of kindness:Are they useful?

Mommy learnings about kindness

  • While scolding Rai  I try to show firmness and kindness.I criticize the action.Not the little person our future adult.

 

  • I have a monthly ritual.I make her choose the games and toys she wants to gift to another child who has less.This way she will learn (hopefully) that, what she has is a  blessing.Many children live with less.Teaching them thankfulness is a good way to raise happy, well-adjusted children.

 

  • Rai has been watering plants and helping me in the garden since she learned to walk.So she knows about taking care of living things.She has never torn a flower or a leaf without my permission.Occasionally she does want to pluck flowers, which I allow if they are at least one day old.Tearing leaves, not watering the plants is being unkind to them.This I think was easy to instill in her, as she saw me always taking care of plants.

 

  • We have an aquarium.Initially, she used to tap at the wall of the aquarium forcefully and the little goldfish hid from her.But once I reminded her about her fear of the doorbell ringing loudly and loud firecrackers, she understood.Now she gently taps on the walls.A few plants and pets help children appreciate life and teach them about kindness, by doing.Vague gyaan rarely works on children.They need to see and feel the effect of kindness.I am a plant and fish mommy too.Rai knows she has plant and fish sisters & brothers !

 

  • Always being kind to people who help us.The grocer, maid, gateman, driver, neighborhood shop uncle everyone needs to be thanked.I ask her to use the three magic words, please, thank you and sorry and mean it!Make them understand, the important service these people give and what would happen if they disappeared.Imagine the workload, when your maid does a disappearing act!You will see an instant lowering of voice.

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KINDNESS online and offline is the need of the hour
KINDNESS online and offline is the need of the hour

 

  • I avoid arguing about volatile topics, in front of Rai.Occasional disagreements are okay.But if I am afraid of turning into a screeching banshee, I keep it for after she sleeps.Okay, not the best solution.But the only thing I can manage now! The most difficult part of being kind is when you are angry.

Are you kind when you are angry?As a parent, my challenge is to walk the talk.So difficult.It’s a tough battle when I need to work on me before I can tell Rai to be good.But that’s the best, as well as the challenging part of motherhood.It’s a learning journey where self-improvement is one of the definite results.No mom wants their child to grow up unkind and vitriolic.So mommy needs to watch that tongue.

Writing this for #MondayMommymoments prompt this week.

 

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Do you teach your children about kindness and empathy ?

Share your tips with us in the # MomdayMommyMoments week 17 linky!

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Celebrate random acts of kindness day with us

 

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Lychee Dangers & mysterious deaths #AtoZ

By on 23

Lychee is a tropical fruit, with about 7 Lychee giving your daily dose of Vitamin C. It’s a sweet fleshy fruit, which if had in large amounts can cause stomach cramps and loose motion.

But today I will tell you about a mysterious disease surrounding Lychee.

Lychee contains many phytochemicals. The seeds contain methylene cyclopropyl glycine (MCPG).A chemical with a suspicious role in lowering blood glucose to dangerous levels.

MCPG Hypoglycemia 

Hypoglycemia is a condition of decreasing blood glucose, which may have acute and long-term effects. For the growing brain, it’s really bad because glucose is the only brain food. The brain survives on glucose as its main energy molecule.No sugar, the brain can stop!

Acute effect of low blood sugar includes convulsions and even death. Chronic hypoglycemia can lead to a long-term poor neurodevelopmental outcomes in children.

The True story ..stranger than fiction

Children came from lychee-growing areas, with convulsions in the early hours of the morning. Then before they could be stabilized, they tragically died. Nothing seemed to work. Till the blood workup of a few older children who could fight it longer, came back.

These outbreaks of encephalopathy occurring in Indian and Vietnamese children were traced back to Lychee.

Several investigation teams found the condition related to hypoglycin A and MCPG toxicity. Malnourished children eating lychees (especially unripe ones) on an empty stomach and remaining empty stomachs even after that may have life-threatening hypoglycemia. Lychee may also contain unusual amino acids. which influence gluconeogenesis and β-oxidation of fatty acids, exacerbating the acute illness.

What happened: Details

  • An unusual, rapidly deteriorating outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) with high case fatality was reported from Kaliachak- I, II, and III Blocks of Malda District of West Bengal in the month of June 2014 affecting 72 children with 34 deaths.
  • Children belonged to age groups from   9 months to 10 years, belonging to the low socioeconomic background of the lychee growing belt of Malda.
  • Male :(65% approx).

The case Fatality Rate was 47.2%.

The main presenting features:

  • Sudden onset of convulsions (100%) in the early hours of the morning
  • Rapid progression to unconsciousness (100%) 
  • Decerebrate rigidity (47%).
  • Fever was present in around one-third of cases.
  • Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and leukocytosis(increase in white blood cells ) were two predominant  laboratory features

Lychee:Dangers include life threatening hypoglycemia & convulsions in malnourished children with possible genetic susceptibility
Clinical samples subjected to molecular and serological testing were all found negative for known viruses causing acute encephalitis.

What treatment did they receive?

  • All cases were treated with 10% dextrose infusion in addition to standard treatment protocol with anticonvulsants, anti-edema measures like 20% mannitol, antipyretic (acetaminophen) along with other necessary measures. Serial blood glucose monitoring was done.
  • At first contact, health care workers and ward sisters were advised, to start dextrose(a type of sugar ) as soon as they saw the cases as the time from reporting to the fatal outcome was horrifyingly low.
  • Dextrose helped correct the hypoglycemia and helped reduce the fatality in the later reported cases.

Conclusion

Genetically susceptible, malnourished child ,who had litchi in large quantity followed by prolonged period of fasting can lead to metabolic encephalopathy  .

The CDC report recommended that parents check , lychee consumption in children .Definitely have an evening meal, elevating blood glucose levels .Both these may help in avoiding this horror.

2 strange unexplained events:

  • The cases were more during the scorching days. Declined after rain showers.
  • Though no identifiable virus was not found and exact etiology couldn’t be identified, that hypoglycemia had a role to play is undisputed.

Research continues to find out the exact reasons. Till then it’s better to be safe.Increasing education and awareness about the condition in litchi growing belts have prevented recurrence of cases .

Disclaimer:

All information in this post is for information purposes and is to be taken with respect to the reference provided.

References:

1)Research paper: Epidemiological Investigation of an Outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Malda District of West Bengal, India. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277249892_Epidemiological_Investigation_of_an_Outbreak_of_Acute_Encephalitis_Syndrome_AES_in_Malda_District_of_West_Bengal_India

Bhaswati Bandyopadhyay1*, Debjit Chakraborty2, Sibarjun Ghosh3, Raghunath Mishra4, Mehebubar Rahman1, Nemai Bhattacharya1,Soleman Alam5, Amitabha Mandal5, Anjan Das6, Abhijit Mishra6, Anand K Mishra7, Arvind Kumar7, Surya Haldar1, Tarun Pathak6, NepalMahapatra6, Dilip Kumar Mondal5, Dipankar Maji8 and Nandita Basu1

2) “Litchi virus kills 8 kids in Malda”. Times of India. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

3)https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/world/asia/lychee-litchi-india-outbreak.html?_r=0

4)https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/jan/14/lychee-fruit-deaths-malnourished-children-india

Jackfruit : Jack of all fruits #AtoZ fruits

By on 25

In my childhood home in Kolkata, we have a small backyard. In an unpaved corner, my grandfather had planted a Jackfruit tree.I grew up eating fruit from our own tree, even in an urban setup.That was the beginning of my love for plants and trees.The shade of this tree made our home cool, even in the scorching summers.

Jackfruit :Ripe,delicious,juicy and just perfect.
Jackfruit :Ripe,delicious,juicy and just perfect.

In Bengali, the young tender jackfruit is called echor and the ripe variety ,kathal.The fruit is great cooked raw as a savoury dish, or eaten as a ripe fruit.Either way, it’s delicious if had at the right time.It has a tough slightly spiky outer skin and a very sticky inner gum ,which needs to be removed before the fruit can be enjoyed.
The seed of the fruit when dried and fried and gives a wonderful nutty flavour in dishes.The seeds can be boiled, fried or baked.Echor as the raw variety can be made into mouth-watering spicy dishes.It is often cooked just like mutton , with all spices possible.It makes a delicious nonvegetarian variation called echor chingri with prawns!

Jackfruit: Jack of all fruits
Jackfruit: Jack of all fruits

Jackfruit benefits

It’s a rich source of Vitamin B6 or Pyridoxine and is a rare fruit which has significant amounts of B complex vitamins.It also has some amount of Vitamin C, E .The fresh fruit is also a good source of potassium, magnesium, manganese, and iron.

Cool fact to improve GK & brain power

Jackfruit is the national fruit of Bangladesh.It is the largest of all fruits, weighing between 4.5 to 30 kg Jackfruit is a multiple aggregate fruit It is actually an inflorescence where each floret turns into a fruit
Jackfruit trees have up to 150 jackfruits during two yearly harvests.They grow in very hot climates and the tough skin of the fruits is a natural deterrent to pests.Jackfruit is grown across several countries of south and south-east Asia ,providing for some of the planet’s poorest and most populous countries.
India is the largest producer of Jackfruits an economically important tree.It is also an ornamental tree, popular for bringing good luck to the household.
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MondayMommyMoments week 15

By on 2

Are you a teacher?Lawyer ?Doctor?Businesswoman, SAHM,WAHM, going to office mom?Wherever you are, whatever you do, I am sure you are a super busy, multitasking, hardworking creative woman.No less than our ten handed beautiful Goddess Maa Durga!

My daughter had once drawn her version of Maa Durga and put a laptop and stethoscope in two of her hands a 3rd hand holding her tiny little hand and said

Mumma she is just like you.

Oh, I felt happy that day.But I don’t feel that great when I actually do all this at the same time and feel like the proverbial headless chicken.Women are the epitome of power.Some days you don’t want to be powerful.just want to let things be and someone else take charge.

Thinking you don’t have a creative bone in your body?Well, I can guarantee you are forever finding new ways to stash those building blocks, the never ending stacks of drawing pages, crayons and what not!
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Mommy hacks which are useful with kids  &  also at home and make life easier.

MondayMommyMoments Prompt week 15: Mommy hacks for an easier life

 

Mothers if you are blogging for 26 days in April ,don’t forget to link up with us.

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Our winner this week is Neha  Jain of digimother.com

MondayMommyMoments winner week 14 :Neha Jain of digimother.comMondayMommyMoments winner week 14 : prompt .Neha Jain of digimother.com

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Creative Play with children #MondayMommyMoments

By on 25

I love playing with my daughter.

Holidays are game marathons .But for a five year old ,everyday’s a new day ,full of new ideas for having fun.Together with her ,I relive all the fun memories of childhood.

Doodling is a favourite.

She draws or I draw .Then we colour together ,spending hours over getting the pictures right.Then she tells me a story ,looking at the picture and I tell her a story.Definitely a fun hour or two .

Playing with the  blackboard decal and whiteboard are favourites too.

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We play teacher-teacher .Where she is the teacher and me or my hubby or sometimes both have to be students .Best way to make learning fun .

Crafting

Making hair clips ,headbands and necklaces using DIY kits ,is a recent favourite.

DIY Craft kit for making hair clips ,necklace, hairbands
DIY Craft kit for making hair clips ,necklace, hairbands

I have bought the kit online and supplemented it from my craft kit .Result is a totally productive and fun time spent, where mommy forgets to sneak off to write.

We paint our plant pots and decorate them together.

My balcony garden is a witness to our fun painting pot sessions.

Painting our plant pots together make for some fun family times
Painting our plant pots together make for some fun family times .

We bake together .

My daughter will tell you the exact steps to bake a mouth-watering delicious chocolate cake.

Nail painting

We paint each others toe nails rainbow colours. It’s precision work at best and funny nail art at worst .

Play dress up and karaoke

We dress up and makeup funny songs to sing in popular tunes .

Playing with children is  a wonderful stress buster and the best way to encourage lateral thinking, association ,imagination in children.It’s also a wonderful way to nurture the right brain of your child.

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