Confinement Foods in Chinese, Malay and Indian Cultures
Confinement period is when your body recovers and recuperate from childbirth. To Asians, the idea of confinement is familiar to them but foreign to…
Scared of Losing Your Child in a Mall? Try These Simple Tips
As parents, losing your child in crowded places especially in a mall is a nightmare. But, what precaution do we take to avoid all…
Journey Through Confinement Practices | Is Confinement Nanny Necessary?
In this modern area, not many new moms believe in confinement period because they think that they can replenish by themselves without having to…
Baby laundry detergent – Is it really necessary?
While preparing for the arrival of your baby, you will be washing tons of cute little baby clothes, sheets, towels and also blankets. It…
Excessive Use of Smartphone: 4-year-old Girl Undergoes Eye Surgery
Nowadays, it is a common thing for parents to give their children a smartphone for them to stop being cranky or moody. Worst comes…
Come and Join our Motherhood ParentCraft Class, now!
Good news for parents out there! Are you expecting a new baby soon? If you are, do come and join our ParentCraft class and…
5 Things You Should Say To Your Children Every Day
As parents, we sometimes forget to express our appreciation for our children. Little did we know, that every word we say can make our…
3 Surprising Benefits of being Older Parents
We often hear this almost everyday, people around you talk about why you have to get married at an early age, right? Even the…
5 Ridiculous Parenting Advice You Always Hear From Non-Parents
Have you ever realised that non-parents always love to give you parenting advice on how to manage your kids? Some of the advices are…
Father’s immediate response leads to arrest of his daughter’s molester
A father’s quick response to his daughter’s molest led to the arrest of the culprit. A 10-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a man…
Why do babies become calm when they are carried?
It is like a usual thing to do to stop babies from crying; you have to lift them up. Have you ever wondered why…
Analyst urges schools not to hide sexual crimes to save school’s image
School heads should be honest when they receive reports (on sexual crimes). They should discharge their responsibilities without any compromise. – Akhbar Satar, a…
5 Confinement Myths Debunked
Many mothers or mothers-to-be are often puzzled about the traditional confinement rules and taboos. Here we discuss 5 Confinement Myths and provide further scientific…
Supermom Chui Ling Shares how Having Twins Motivate Her
This month, we invited bubbly and easy-going supermom Wong Chui Ling to share her parenting journey and how having babies motivated her to be…
Divorce in Malaysia Mostly Due To Trivial Reasons
According to Dato’ Hannah Yeoh, The Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister, reasons for divorce for newlyweds are usually; spouses who snore loudly,…
Pregnancy Sex – 4 Important Things That You Should Know
If you want to get pregnant, you have sex. But what about pregnancy sex? Will it hurt the baby? It’s not rare for pregnant…
4 Simple Contraception Methods
Over the years, the choice of contraceptive methods increased largely and it is important to use contraception to avoid unplanned pregnancies and enables people…
Vaccines provided by the government are HALAL – National Fatwa Council
According to The Reporter, a 14-month-old baby girl died after contracting Diphtheria, an acute respiratory infection, because her family refused to give her the…
Can You Prevent Your Child from Developing Allergies?
Allergic conditions can range from an allergy to certain foods, allergy to airborne substances, asthma to life-threatening allergic reactions. It is known that these…
The future generation needs to ‘learn more’ – Dr M
In conjunction with the 2019 Budget that allocated RM60.24 billion or 19.1 per cent to the Education Ministry, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad…
List of 402 Schools in Malaysia with Disciplinary and Drug Cases
Every school has its own set of disciplinary problems. The question is: how bad is it? Last year, the Malaysian Education Ministry identified 402…
Government to abolish Year 1 to 3 examinations, in 2019.
Examinations for primary school students in Year One to Three will be abolished from 2019 onwards, Education Minister Maszlee Malik announced in his tweet….
Malaysian Mums Share | Their Perspectives On Gender Roles
Gender Roles? What is it? Have you come across this term before? Before discussing about gender roles, we need to first understand what it…
Strict Supermom Siti Sarah Raissuddin Shares her Parenting Journey
Being a working mom is not easy and it’s indeed a very challenging life. Having to juggle between your husband, kids and living this…
Marital Abuse #2: Violence begets violence; The cycle goes on to your kids!
Before I go deeper into this issue, let me share you the fact that you cannot be proud of. In Malaysia, Johor is the…
Spooktacular Kids Activities for Halloween 2018
It’s Halloween, the season of spooks and trick or treating! Cobwebs are in the air, and the kids are dressed to scare. Even though…
5 Things Parents Should Do to Raise a More Confident Kid
Confidence is a crucial thing to have in life whether you are a kid or a grown up. Why? Without confidence you will end…
Crying-in-arms Approach can Help your Baby Sleep Better at Night
Babies do cry. Sometimes they cry out of nowhere and as parents, we usually have the tendency to stop them from crying while unintentionally forcing…
Shaken Baby Syndrome Can Lead to Permanent Brain Damage
Shaken baby syndrome is a form of severe brain injury that happened when you shake a baby vigorously and forcefully. It is also known…
4 initiatives from YB Hannah Yeoh for a better future
We say that today’s children are our future leaders. What do we mean by this? Children today are the ones who are going to…
6 Reasons why you should purchase Bambo Nature nappies
Not all baby products are necessarily safe, and that includes diapers and training pants too. Many people have no clue that diapers legally contain…
The Motherhood.Com.My Baby Fest – Branded Baby Clearance Sale 2018 Is Here!
Hello parents out there! Have you heard of our upcoming Baby Fest 2018 – Branded Baby Clearance Sale? If you have not, let me…
Sex Education #7: Children Sexual Predators – Warn Your Kids About Them!
To read the Malay version, click here. Have you ever heard of these two children sexual predators; Nur Fitri Nordin and Richard Huckle? If…
Watch Your Mouth! Don’t Body-Shame Your Child, It’s Hurtful
Yup, you read it right. Some of our words can actually hurt a child. People might think that if they throw a body-shaming to…
How Important is The Fit of Your Baby’s Diapers?
Every year, there are approximately 360,000 babies born per day and 15,000 births per hour worldwide, and new parents are probably ready to go…
Malaysian Supermom Jaclyn Victor Shares Her Beautiful Motherhood Journey
Getting married at 36 was a little later than expected for national singer, Jaclyn Victor. This month, we have invited Supermom Jaclyn Victor to…
The 6 essential Pilates principles for Pregnant Moms
Pilates is an exercise which emphasizes the balanced development of the body through core strength, flexibility, and awareness to support efficient and graceful movement….
Parkson Baby Fair 2018 is here!
Attention all parents! Brace yourselves because Parkson is organising their 2nd Baby Fair on 30th of August until 18th of September 2018! If you…
Sex Education #4: Out of Wedlock Babies – Can Families Accept It?
To read the Malay version, click here. In Malaysia, usually, families are reluctant to accept out of wedlock baby because it is such a…
Sex Education #3: Should We Expose Our Kids To Sex?
To read the Malay version, click here. In Malaysia, as we all know, sex education is kind of a taboo thing to be talked…
Pelvic Floor Exercises Can Prevent You From “peeing in your pants”
It is a normal thing when pregnant moms cannot control their Pelvic Floor Muscle (PFM) thus making them “pee in their pants”, but worry…
Sex Education #2: Without Better Sex Ed, Malaysian Children Are Doomed
To read the Malay version, click here. Two days ago, there is news on 8-year-old boy shares how his classmate asked to play ‘Rogol-Rogol’ in…
Sex Education #1: Sex Ed Doesn’t Teach Your Children How to Have Sex!
To read the Malay version, click here. Surprisingly, nowadays there are still people out there who actually believe that teaching sex education to children…
5 Risk Factors of Gestational Diabetes (GD)
What is Gestational Diabetes (GD)? GD is high blood sugar that develops during pregnancy and usually disappears after giving birth. Gestational diabetes develops only in pregnant…
DPM initiates SURI Incentive In Honour of Mom
The government has allocated RM20 million for 359,065 registered e-Kasih members for phase one of the Suri Incentive programme (i-Suri) to be launched next…
Philips Malaysia partners with Smile Express Dental Spa
On 25th July 2018, Philips Malaysia has announced its partnership with Malaysia’s first and only dental spa, Smile Express Dental Spa, to offer the Philips…
Selangor Islamic Council to Fix Marriage Age at 18
To read the Malay version of this article, click HERE. On 31st of July 2018, The Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) announced that it…
Infant Dies After Being Left in Hot Car
New Albany police are investigating the death of an infant who was pronounced dead after he was left in a hot car on Monday, July…
Proper Diet to Avoid Malnutrition During Pregnancy
Pregnancy is a magical time in a woman’s life. The notion of growing a human being inside you is a miracle and an incredible…