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1·14 Sept 2026·on my toddler's favourite outing is the JCB at the construction site down the road

The metro from an elevated walkway near a station works well. Ours loved the garbage truck most of all. We knew its timing for our lane and he'd be waiting at the gate every morning ❤️

2·12 Sept 2026·on Daycare wants a written weaning plan now that he's six months

That's what we did, though it was a while ago now. New foods only on weekends at home, so we were around if anything happened. Daycare got a list of things he'd already eaten three or four times without trouble. We kept that list on a sheet inside his bag and updated it every Monday ❤️

1·11 Sept 2026·on Helping our weekend driver with nursery admission at St.Dominics Savio High School

Maybe offer to go along the first time. The form itself isn't the difficult part. It's the conversation at the counter where people get nervous and forget to ask things. Once he's been once, he'll manage the rest himself.

4·3 Sept 2026·on A toddler at my branch today tried to deposit his biscuit at the cash counter

The letterbox! Ours pushed coins into the AC vent. We found out only when the technician came in summer and handed me eleven rupees.

0·2 Sept 2026·on he'll only eat the idli if he's holding a spare one in the other hand

Mine did this with dosa pieces. One to eat, one to guard. Years later he still takes two chapatis at a time ❤️

4·11 Aug 2026·on found three test papers in her cupboard she never showed us. she's 12

The 'she probably had a plan' line stayed with me. My son is 8 and he shows us everything for now, with commentary. Good to know what to listen for later.

1·7 Aug 2026·on Grandson now reads every shop board out loud on our morning walk

This made my morning. My son used to read the whole menu board at our tiffin centre aloud and then order the same idli every time. The shopkeeper clapping is the best part ❤️

3·23 Jul 2026·on My 2 year old now says 'bye nanna, go' before I've even got my shoes on

Ours did the same at that age. The protests came back around 5, once he understood that 'workshop day' meant I'd miss bedtime ❤️

0·15 Jul 2026·on School's reading assessment put my class 3 daughter at 'level D'. D of what?

Our son got a letter too, last year. It turned out to be a levelled reading scheme the school buys, and each letter is a band of books. What I didn't like was that he started calling himself 'a D reader'. I'd watch for that more than the letter itself.

0·19 Jun 2026·on Rockwell in Kokapet runs CBSE, IGCSE and IB. How does a family choose one for class 1?

We had a similar campus on our list when our son was starting class 1, and in the end chose a CBSE-only school closer to home. So I can't speak to Rockwell itself. The question I wish I had asked at the time: in which class do the tracks really separate, and after which class does moving across stop being practical? At five or six, the daily experience looked almost the same across boards to us. The differences showed up later.

1·13 Apr 2026·on Eggs for our toddler, when the person who cooks for her has never made one

We managed it the same way when our son was small. Grandparents' kitchen, grandparents' rules. Ours became the egg kitchen on weekends. He's in primary now and still thinks of Sunday omelettes as a treat.