Is Organic Really Necessary?

Going organic has definite advantages in minimising exposure to harmful chemicals and is a choice for many a parent if they can afford it

The natural way

Dr Kaberi Banerjee, IVF and infertility specialist, Advance Fertility and Gynecology Centre, New Delhi suggests simple ways to improve fertility naturally

Skin deep!

THE BODY SHOP

Prenatal Nutrition

Did you know that Pregnancy actually comprises five trimesters!? Confused?

No Rules, Just a Healthy Routine Help your kids choose right

Niyati Mehta is a New York-based behavioural designer and digital design professor, who is also the brainchild behind ‘Nudging for Kids’, a project where she develops effective and attractive visual nudges for adults and children in the U.S. and across different parts of the globe.

How To Make This Work With This

Louisa Pritchard, heavily pregnant and already looking after a lively toddler, wonders if Kate Middleton also spent most of her second pregnancy worrying about how she’s going to cope with two…

Cheers to that!

Most women opt for a healthier lifestyle once they conceive.

ALL IN GOOD TASTE!

Tired of serving vegetable mush or random crudités to your unimpressed baby? Don’t worry, there is another way—welcome to flavour-led weaning

No more terrible twos!

Real mum Sunita Chand tells us about the fun ways she gets her tot involved with household chores

A world of our own!

In an exclusive with M&B, Brazil-born model and actor Bruna Abdullah reveals what a rollercoaster of a journey motherhood has been! Read on as she recounts the highs and lows of becoming mum to one year-old Isabella

Have A Ball, With Your Bump!

The nausea, swelling of the feet, and the food aversions may be aplenty, but there’s so much to gain during pregnancy apart from the extra kilos. M&B tells you that there’s enough reason to be overjoyed

X'Mas Feast

Gather your friends and family, and relish some good old Christmas delicacies. M&B brings to you recipes curated by sous chef, Anshul Grover, The Leela, New Delhi

Scene one Take one

In a candid heart-to-heart, South Indian actress Suja Varunee reflects on her parenting journey so far, and tells us all about how she learned to view the challenges that came her way, in a positive light....

The season of firsts!

Here’s how you can throw a stellar First Christmas for your li’l one...

That's the way it is!

Do you want your baby to stick to a strict schedule? Do you seek to control her every actions as she grows? Then you might want to read this. M&B deconstructs tiger-style parenting...

MUM WITH A PLAN!

You’ve got the buggy and sorted your maternity pay. Now you need to write a mum-to-be plan

It takes a Village... and a mum!

...to raise children without parental care. SOS Children’s Villages of India connects orphaned kids to SOS mothers, women who are themselves underprivileged

Cravings in control!

Pregnancy is such a special time, and everyone around you also goes all out to make sure you feel pampered and cared for. One of the areas that expecting mums are especially pampered is with food. And what better time to talk about all the delicacies than during the festive season. With Christmas and New Year’s around the corner, I am sure your taste buds are tingling. Even though your social calendar may be empty, thanks to the ongoing pandemic, there is still the feeling that this is the time to do something special, something different.

(n)O' Christmas Tree!

Here’s how you can get all the Christmas feels, without a Christmas tree

On The Other Side...

Gondia-based gynaecologist Dr Juhi Bhalotia talks to us about how becoming mum to 15-month-old Aaira made her patient and more empathetic as an individual, and altered her approach as a medical professional

How To Prepare A Haven For Your Li'l One

India’s first certified baby planner Sanjana Bhajanka, tells you how to ready yourself and your home for your li’l one

Where the heart is...

Effath Yasmin is India's leading IBCLC, a biodynamic craniosacral therapist from Mumbai, India and founder of Nourish & Nurture. Her special interests lie in infant oral and sucking dysfunction, tongue-tie assessment, treatment and rehabilitation, biomechanics of breastfeeding and treatment of birth trauma, anxiety and depression. Yasmin serves on the national board of Birth India and international advisory board of ICAP (International Consortium of Oral Ankylofrenula Professionals) and GOLD Conferences. She is also the producer and director of an award-winning international documentary film Untying Breastfeeding screened across many countries.

Red, yellow, blue or green?

Choose the right colours for your li’l one’s room

Got you!

M&B’ panellist Sonali Shivlani is an Internationally Certified Pregnancy Consultant and a child nutrition counsellor. She is the executive director of CAPPA India, and also trains aspiring birth professionals to achieve certification in pregnancy, birth and lactation counselling.

UTI Sorted!

Solutions to cure a urinary tract infection during pregnancy

Do the decor!

Overcoming homebound challenges with simple décor ideas