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0·21 Oct 2026·on Anything sporty around Tellapur that takes 4 year olds, or do we just wait?

At 4 a ball and two or three other kids is plenty. Ours started a proper multi-sport class only at 6 and she still talks more about the park evenings with her friends than about the class.

0·20 Oct 2026·on Relatives say two languages at home are slowing our 1 year old down. Says who?

Got the same comments with my daughter. Peddamma counted her words at every function 😅 She's 8 now and switches between Telugu and English without thinking. All the counting at one year mostly made me anxious.

2·19 Sept 2026·on Losing marks for spelling 'photosynthesis' wrong in a science paper. Is that usual?

Depends on the school I think. My daughter is only in class 2, her teacher circles the spellings in red but no marks are cut in EVS. Ask once, then you know what you are dealing with.

3·19 Sept 2026·on Class 7 maths: right answers, marks cut for 'no steps'

Here in Pune the class 2 teacher also wants carry-over written for simple sums. My daughter used to cry over it. It eased after the teacher showed the class a full-marks answer next to a half-marks one. Seeing it helped more than us repeating it.

1·27 Jul 2026·on Skating class cancelled six times this month for rain. No makeup sessions, no refund

The skating place we use in Pune carries forward only if they cancel, not if we skip. Did you sign anything at admission? If not, ask them to show you where it says that.

0·24 Jul 2026·on Class 1 daughter has started wetting the bed again after two dry years

Our daughter was dry by 4, then had a phase at 6, for no reason we could find. Lasted a couple of months. We put a waterproof sheet on, changed things in the morning without any comment, and it stopped on its own. The no-comment part was harder than it sounds, especially for the grandparents.

0·27 Jun 2026·on Parent-meeting season at work means two evenings a week till 7.30. Our caregiver leaves at 6

Ask the caregiver first. A month of two late evenings, paid properly, is often welcome. Ours was happy to do it.

4·26 Jun 2026·on Two weeks of leave left and the new caregiver is already here. How do I stop hovering?

Give her the morning routine and go to another room with your laptop. Come out only if she calls. Hard for two days, then it's fine.

2·22 Jun 2026·on daughter now 'spots' me during home workouts. counts slower when she's cross with me

Negotiate. Ice cream on Sunday for honest counting all week.

3·29 May 2026·on three weeks of split hours. i start at 7, my partner works 11 to 8, and we mostly meet in the corridor

Do the girls notice? When we tried it, our 7 year old started asking each morning which parent she'd get that evening, like a timetable.

1·12 May 2026·on power went for 4 hours last night. is the frozen expressed milk still usable

The water bottle trick works. We used it in Pune when the society generator didn't cover fridges. Cheap, and no wiring needed.

2·4 May 2026·on Offered a team move with US-overlap evenings. Our son isn't one yet

Didn't a 6.45 bedtime mean a 5.30 wake-up the next morning?