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I started this Blog (previously called The Bubbly Blogcast) in 2016, with a vision to encourage parents globally to step out of their comfort zone and share their unspoken parenting experiences. My aim is to try and touch the lives of those in the throes of parenthood, by providing an open and non-judgmental platform of support. I truly believe that when we turn inward and share our own experiences with other people, we free ourselves and give others to acknowledge their own stories as well.

Antara Pandit

Oct 23, 2020
5 min

The Writing Life

Writing has always been a passion of mine, ever since I was in school. But I didn’t always know that I wanted to be a writer. The first time that I realised I wanted to be one, was when my elder son was born 6 years ago – I was a new mom and this role was my inspiration for what would eventually become a very large piece of my life. I sensed that the writing life would be all-consuming and motherhood would be all consuming. I often wondered if I could do both – could I? There

Ishani Vellodi Reddy

Sep 5, 2018
4 min

My Son, The Super-hero

About the Author Ishani Vellodi Reddy, Health Coach Originally from New York, Ishani now lives in Chennai with her husband, one-year-old son and two dogs. Though she previously worked in Finance, she is now a Health Coach who loves helping people achieve their personal nutrition and fitness goals. Besides working out with her son (he is her most reliable gym buddy!), Ishani also enjoys travel, eating and family time. I grew up in a strictly “no violence” household. What I mea

Antara Pandit

May 29, 2018
4 min

Mothers: The Greatest Gift

One of my best friends sent me the below quote on Mother's Day last month. “Having a mother is complicated and fraught. Not having a mother is complicated and fraught. Being a mother is complicated and fraught. Not being a mother is complicated and fraught. Sending love to you today, whatever your relationship with motherhood.” There are so many questions that are answered automatically when you have children of your own; especially the earth-shattering ones about why your m

What Travelling With Children Teaches Us

Moina Memon

Dec 2, 2017
4 min

What Travelling With Children Teaches Us

About the Author Moina Memon, Mom & Blogger Apart from being a blogger at Mommy Mojo, Moina is a full time mom to her two girls. She enjoys their childhood and her roller coaster ride of motherhood through creative activities like arts and crafts, movement, cooking, travelling and gardening. If she isn't doing this, you will find her hanging out with her friends, painting or cooking a delicious meal for her family. Blog URL: www.mommymojo.in Travelling with children can be a

Ishani Vellodi Reddy

Nov 26, 2017
4 min

Buh-bye Mama!

About the Author Ishani Vellodi Reddy, Health Coach Originally from New York, Ishani now lives in Chennai with her husband, one-year-old son and two dogs. Though she previously worked in Finance, she is now a Health Coach who loves helping people achieve their personal nutrition and fitness goals. Besides working out with her son (he is her most reliable gym buddy!), Ishani also enjoys travel, eating and family time. People thought we were flat out crazy when we sent our son

Ishani Vellodi Reddy

Sep 11, 2017
5 min

The New Normal

About the Author Ishani Vellodi Reddy, Health Coach Originally from New York, Ishani now lives in Chennai with her husband, one-year-old son and two dogs. Though she previously worked in Finance, she is now a Health Coach who loves helping people achieve their personal nutrition and fitness goals. Besides working out with her son (he is her most reliable gym buddy!), Ishani also enjoys travel, eating and family time. Six days a week in the gym, strength training on alternate

Separation Anxiety: Tips From A Mom Who's Been Through It

Silver Rattle

Sep 6, 2017
3 min

Separation Anxiety: Tips From A Mom Who's Been Through It

This post originally appeared on silverrattle.in, written by Kavita Kapoor Silver Rattle’ gives you just one thing to do – make informed choices. Your complete CHILD GUIDE- they bring you advice from the experts and real life stories and hacks from parents and Product reviews. Now Silver Rattle brings you its very own Curated online Boutique for kids & Baby products. If you’ve had the little one bawl incessantly every time you’ve had to walk away from day care or shut the doo

Antara Pandit

Apr 26, 2017
5 min

The Winds Of Change

I always take a certain amount of pride in calling myself a mother. According to me, it is the hardest but most rewarding job that I have ever committed to taking on. Post college, I have worked in the IT industry as well as the Agricultural industry; both vastly different in their requirements and job descriptions. The skill sets and life lessons that I learned from both jobs were extremely different. There are some skills you learn from a job which may be relevant to that p

Antara Pandit

Apr 4, 2017
3 min

The Blues

Hello to all my Bubbly Blogcast readers! Apologies for the long break in my posts...I was busy pushing another tiny human out of my V card. He is now 2 weeks old and looking a lot less like a little alien creature and more like my husband. The night I delivered, I was lying in the hospital bed reading one of the magazines the nurses had given me. I came across an article a mother from Germany had written on postpartum depression; a condition which a large percentage of new mo

Antara Pandit

Mar 6, 2017
4 min

Are You A Millennial Mother?

Evolution is a way of life. It is defined as the gradual development of something....anything. I apply it to everything in my life, be it relationships with my loved ones and friends, work, or me as a person. Evolution is a natural process. Photo credit: www.ahaparenting.com Motherhood is a learning process, and is one that mothers embrace over time. It is rare to find women who immediately ‘fit’ into the role of a mother the minute her child is born, especially without any g

Antara Pandit

Mar 2, 2017
4 min

The Law of Cause and Effect

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. We have all learned Newton’s Laws of Motion at one point or the other during our education and applied it mainly to Physics. I have however tried to apply this to all areas of my life, unrelated to Physics. Commonly, when people have problems in life and feel powerless to solve them, this third law of motion is utilized to try and improve the situation. Photo credit: www.ahaparenting.com I have learned from my own experiences t

Antara Pandit

Feb 25, 2017
4 min

Behind Closed Doors

I was out with a few friends for dinner a few nights ago; 3 of us being mothers. Once we had silently shovelled enough food into our systems, we took a break and started discussing whether or not a holiday in the near future seemed like a possibility. When the spotlight rested on me the question became would I be able to take a few days off from my soon-to-arrive baby bundle? My answer was yes; since I was planning to solely formula-feed, it would be no problem. So my friend

Antara Pandit

Feb 20, 2017
6 min

Motherhood in your 20s vs 30s

The 30s are the new 20s. We all remind ourselves of this when we see our 30th birthday fast approaching; except maybe for the ones in denial. We hear many 20-somethings say “The relationship I am in now is just a fling; I have my 30s to find someone and settle down”, “It’s okay that I don’t know what I want to do career-wise; I will figure something out by the time I turn 30”, or “What have I accomplished in my 20’s? I have nothing to show for it.” Different strokes for diffe

What You Really Want To Say Out Loud..Revealed!

Antara Pandit

Feb 6, 2017
5 min

What You Really Want To Say Out Loud..Revealed!

This is a post which I have been wanting to write for a while now. It is a somewhat sensitive and well versed topic amongst most moms, which I have tried to turn into a humorous one, since we all at some point or the other have experienced ALL of these situations. So here goes. Photo credit: www.nytimes.com There are many times that we want to say something we notice, to a fellow mom, but we end up internalizing it and don't say it out loud. "Hey, your kid is standing danger

Antara Pandit

Dec 30, 2016
2 min

Little shop of mommy horrors

There are many topics of discussion I chose to stay away from when I was pregnant with my first. I guess I didn't want my fantasy of having the perfect 'baby just slipped out' delivery distorted in any way. I think that was one of the things that got me through my delivery - my head was clear and not tainted with horror stories about the delivery process and motherhood from friends who already had babies. It helped me feel positive and excited rather than like a dark cloud wa

Conversation do's and dont's when non-parent friends are around

Antara Pandit

Dec 28, 2016
3 min

Conversation do's and dont's when non-parent friends are around

I was one of the first few among my friends to pop. Then I was followed by some close friends just a few months apart. Whenever we met post baby birth, it was natural that many of our conversations drifted towards how Motherhood was treating us. Everything was so new to us as first time moms and life had changed drastically. We had something we were passionate about and we wanted to share about our kids lives. At a get together, the girls eventually assembled together to do t