Call him Mr. Movement, Mr. Independent or Mr. have my way if you will, but that is your nine month old baby for you. Always on the go for the reason that he has mastered his crawling skills to almost 101 percent as he continues to make other major gains in development. You will find…

Continued from Issue 35 The doctor, on realizing that I was not paying attention goes through the whole process again mentioning the important points. I take notes: o I will have to start taking Anti retroviral drugs. o The doctor can do a prescription which costs about five thousand shillings a month or o The…

A teacher draws a snake and asks her class, ‘How many feet do you think this snake is?’ Jane, the cleverest girl, lifts her hand smiling and confidently pipes up, ‘Snakes have no feet.’ – After school, John goes home hungry and with a stomach upset. The mother asks what he did with his lunch…

‘Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use violence to get what they want’, advised an old lady from Calcutta famed as Mother Theresa. Perhaps that was the reckoning of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) when they included a clause in the revised harmonized draft constitution stating that…

Kids get trendy Sometimes we do not take notice of our youngsters, unless they raise a ruckus. It is easy to ignore that tiny outstretched hand that is ready to receive a handshake; easy not to listen to what they have to say; easy to say no to their pleas. We are often inclined to…

Soothing your baby can be a nerve-wrecking experience, especially if you are a first time mum. Here are some tried and tested ideas to calm your baby: Attend to your baby as soon as they start crying as this makes the feel safe and loved. If you leave her alone crying, she will feel insecure and confused.…

Milk is probably the second best food for a baby after your breast milk. Most mothers look forward to the time they would introduce this to their children, out of fear that maybe their bundles of joy are not having enough from breastfeeding, or because they have to resume work after maternity leave is over.…

I am at that age when most of my peers are having their first baby. When the weekend comes and goes, the one thing that I can aptly account for is a visit to see these bundles of joy. I keep a catalog that I religiously cancel out who I have visited and plan for…