tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post4505085930874045259..comments2024-02-09T05:30:07.127-05:00Comments on Blogpourri: Traditional Baby Baths in India: A Community AffairUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-17894978926287684242009-03-29T07:07:00.000-04:002009-03-29T07:07:00.000-04:00Wendy, thank you for reading and for your lovely c...Wendy, thank you for reading and for your lovely comment!<BR/><BR/>You know, the majority of us in America come from somewhere else, some other place that is old, old. I happen to come from India, but countries of Europe, South America, Africa, they all have traditions. So perhaps you could look into the country of your ancerstors' origin and see what traditions they had and try to follow that. Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-77993925510290401462009-03-28T10:28:00.000-04:002009-03-28T10:28:00.000-04:00This is wonderful. I found you from a link at ano...This is wonderful. I found you from a link at another post about Bhagabai (I can't remember the nice lady's name who was writing about her).<BR/><BR/>I love all these traditions. I love being American, but what I don't like is that we're a very "young" country and don't have beautiful traditions like you do in India. There are so many wonderful things we miss out on that older cultures have.<Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115002505324651653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-64771361976306373892008-12-11T22:27:00.000-05:002008-12-11T22:27:00.000-05:00@M, if it's one thing I miss about India other tha...@M, if it's one thing I miss about India other than my family, it was definitely those massages! Sigh!Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-52623755731143799042008-12-11T12:08:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:08:00.000-05:00Read this post from your latest post on your grand...Read this post from your latest post on your grandmother, and like everyone else, it brought back so many memories! I had my children here in the US, but my mother and I did most of the same steps, right down to the dhoop. BTW, here in TX, our smoke detector was fine with the dhoop - didn't let out a squeak! We did it in the kitchen, with the exhaust on, and out exhaust vents out, so maybe that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-78729247735469404612007-09-12T18:02:00.000-04:002007-09-12T18:02:00.000-04:00Hi Chitra, howdhu, naavu kannadadavare. Nammuru my...Hi Chitra, howdhu, naavu kannadadavare. Nammuru mysooru, nimmooru? :)))<BR/><BR/>S.B. totally missed your comment here. Sorry!Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-75505128067682059982007-09-12T09:59:00.000-04:002007-09-12T09:59:00.000-04:00Taavu KannaDadavaraa? :-)Taavu KannaDadavaraa? :-)Chitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660142339863334706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-66042546906065098712007-08-23T06:14:00.000-04:002007-08-23T06:14:00.000-04:00amrita:"I wud have welcomed the mug contraption!! ...amrita:<BR/><BR/>"I wud have welcomed the mug contraption!! "<BR/><BR/>i was thinking of you - er, your blog - when i scrolled to this comment; guess what word contraption morphed into as i was scrolling [think pill post]? ;-)<BR/><BR/>i absolutely love the smell of saambhraani. we still have some sticks from the stack that mother-in-law brought with her a couple of years ago, and i light one Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-25451841269843597402007-08-02T23:44:00.000-04:002007-08-02T23:44:00.000-04:00K, thank you very much for reading and for sharing...K, thank you very much for reading and for sharing your experience. It's amazing how so many of us seem to have similar memories.Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-68909032846057148982007-08-02T15:35:00.000-04:002007-08-02T15:35:00.000-04:00Hi Sujatha, Lovely post! My mother tried doing mos...Hi Sujatha, Lovely post! My mother tried doing most of this for my daughter too. And I would stand by the bathroom door freaking out about the "HOT" water. She would just insist it was good for the baby. <BR/>Your post broght back lovely memories of my grandma bathing my little cousins, and we older ones standing around to revieve a warm, and nice smelling baby to rock to sleep in the cradle.<BR/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-64616062757371982462007-07-30T22:37:00.000-04:002007-07-30T22:37:00.000-04:00Sizzling tree, the other thing I miss is the stone...Sizzling tree, the other thing I miss is the stone floors - they were so good for the feet. Now we need to have special implements to scrub dead skin off our soles and they don't work half as well as the stone.<BR/><BR/>Amrita, LOL about sambhraani being toxic! It probably was. :)<BR/><BR/>Tharini, thanks for the link. Will read. :)Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-7787567311814197492007-07-26T11:24:00.000-04:002007-07-26T11:24:00.000-04:00Ahhh yes!!! A divine experience. wish I remembered...Ahhh yes!!! A divine experience. wish I remembered how it had felt for me when I was a baby! <BR/><BR/>We tried to follow the spirit of this tradition when Sathya was born too....did a post on it sometime back...<BR/>http://winkiesways.blogspot.com/2007/02/sathyas-first-bath.htmlTharinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553983156612215920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-54546547247133878262007-07-24T14:53:00.000-04:002007-07-24T14:53:00.000-04:00God, this brought back memories. In our house my g...God, this brought back memories. In our house my grandmother did it herself - a fact that boggled my mind when i heard of it because my grandma just wasnt that kind of lady, you know? but yeah, there'd be the ayah, my grandmother, the mother of the baby, my great aunt, and anybody else who wanted to see a baby get bathed. <BR/><BR/>and sampraani! (thats how i spell it coz i dont know any better) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-81940426918569671312007-07-24T11:52:00.000-04:002007-07-24T11:52:00.000-04:00Sujatha, I have been reading your blogs for a whil...Sujatha, I have been reading your blogs for a while and I always come away with things I had forgotten about. Reading this post reminded me of the time my younger brother would get bathed in the same way. There is nothing like hot water snaana from a huge copper pot!!Sizzlingtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16109096545867523832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-15971724499214693012007-07-23T13:39:00.000-04:002007-07-23T13:39:00.000-04:00Kodi's mom, thanks for reading my blog and delurki...Kodi's mom, thanks for reading my blog and delurking. :) It was a pleasure to write this, a nice trip down memory lane. :))<BR/><BR/>Terri, yes, every day, but as enfoured said below, the head bath part might have been only once a week. And the bathroom is not really as clean as you think. The camera might have been out of focus a little bit. :)<BR/><BR/>Lakshmi, the lady that was helping me Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-59232392378779387152007-07-23T07:15:00.000-04:002007-07-23T07:15:00.000-04:00Nice to read about the baby bath. When my babies w...Nice to read about the baby bath. When my babies were born in the US, i learnt this style from my mother-in-law (including the face down for hair wash). The only tough thing was to get up from the bath tub with the baby. It is much easier if someone gets the baby from the bath person before they get up from the tub. For my second one, my first one used to stand outside the tub and pour water Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-39105214885091296342007-07-23T03:49:00.000-04:002007-07-23T03:49:00.000-04:00Hi Sujatha,I'm a fellow blogger from Mysore and I ...Hi Sujatha,<BR/><BR/>I'm a fellow blogger from Mysore and I can remember the wonderful smell of saambhraani from my childhood, when we dried our hair over a kenda.<BR/><BR/>My grandmother came to Gurgaon when my son was born, and between her and my mom, they bathed him in the same traditional way, apart from having a geyser for hot water instead of a 'hande', and when I started bathing him or my bird's eye viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01338332150874851183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-51691619446151284272007-07-23T03:10:00.000-04:002007-07-23T03:10:00.000-04:00aww that was a good flshback, Suj! Washing Pratik'...aww that was a good flshback, Suj! Washing Pratik's hair was a bit of a hassle, I have to admit. I wud have welcomed the mug contraption!!DesiGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719027278943104286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-63251348268348955142007-07-23T00:46:00.000-04:002007-07-23T00:46:00.000-04:00Hi,I share your thoughts on this mug :) I thought ...Hi,I share your thoughts on this mug :) I thought it would help washing Ab's hair and he wouldn't wail as much but it doesn't work with him yet!<BR/>Btw,I've tagged you, so do get to it when you have the time!Shobhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09050664628068049626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-21594331327095686872007-07-22T23:23:00.000-04:002007-07-22T23:23:00.000-04:00Hi Sujatha,I read ur blogs when ever i have time.T...Hi Sujatha,<BR/>I read ur blogs when ever i have time.<BR/>This time i couldn't help leaving a comment about the bathing ritual.My older daughter was born in India(South) and we used to have a lady come and do all those things you have explained and then we moved to Sydney,Australia and my mum came over for my second ones delivery and she tired everything she can in the small bathroom here.She Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785073704647664321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-53674791945020173502007-07-22T16:32:00.000-04:002007-07-22T16:32:00.000-04:00hi sujatha! what a lovely description!i had my 1st...hi sujatha! what a lovely description!<BR/><BR/>i had my 1st baby in india. had a maalishwali come everyday - she did pretty much all that you described except that the saambraani was done just once a week. she massaged me too. both baby and i used to lseep for hours after the massage/bath.<BR/><BR/>with the 2nd baby abroad, no such luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-9336619954146892402007-07-22T07:26:00.000-04:002007-07-22T07:26:00.000-04:00Yes, these bather nannies were simply amazing. But...Yes, these bather nannies were simply amazing. But you cant find them anymore even in India. Just watching them give the child the massage makes you long for one yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-30828470884981603142007-07-20T21:08:00.000-04:002007-07-20T21:08:00.000-04:00Does this ritual happen everyday? What a wonderful...Does this ritual happen everyday? What a wonderful way to catch up on village gossip! <BR/><BR/>By the way, that's one of the cleanest bathrooms I've seen, with not one strand of hair on the floor. A mother bird can comfortably line her nest with the hair from our bathroom floor.Terri the terrifichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17727012725113389350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-7625747577823430772007-07-20T17:50:00.000-04:002007-07-20T17:50:00.000-04:00omg!! thank you for that elaborate description...n...omg!! thank you for that elaborate description...newborn baths are a ritual by itself! I have very fond memories of watching my grandma bathe the littlest of cousins...and your post brought them all back :) <BR/>-first time commenting here, I couldn't resist delurking!Anushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887052887207435095noreply@blogger.com