Welcome to my blog!
Hello and thanks for stopping by !
I am Smitha, a wife and a mother enjoying the little moments of life with my wonderful husband and our precious girls. I’m a software Engineer turned stay-at-home mamma who now enjoys motherhood, traveling and everything homemade!
I also enjoy reading other lifestyle and mommy blogs and that is when I thought why not be an active part of this blog sphere by creating one?!!
So that’s how SMILINGMAMMA.COM was born. Through this blog, I would like to share our travel adventures (big & small), parenting tips, kids books suggestion and some delicious kid friendly recipes. Initially I did share some beauty and skin care posts but when I became a mother, I switched to mostly motherhood and travel content as I am more passionate about those topics.
Why is the blog name SMILING MAMMA?
Motherhood is a hard journey especially when you don’t have a village around you. If there is something I have learnt through this journey, it is to smile through any hard situation that comes your way. “Mamma” means mom in Italian. Hence the name Smiling Mamma 🙂
TRAVELING WTH KIDS
Traveling around and exploring new places is something me and my husband both love the most and we have always tried to squeeze mini getaways whenever possible. When I had my first born, I thought things would be different and we won’t be able to travel as much. But little did we know that my little girl would enjoy traveling just as much as we do. She took her first flight when she was just 2 months old and the rest is history. Fast forward 10 years later, we now have two little girls who are share the same love for traveling just as us. I haven’t documented all our travels on this blog but I definitely plan to do so in the future.
With this space, I want to help other families to travel with kids. I want them to know that, it’s not hard to travel around the world with kids. Along the way I do share some tips and packing essentials to make traveling with kids easier than ever before. Check out What I pack for my five year old for an airplane trip? .
Road trips are our family favorite. So, if we prefer roadtrips over air travel any day. My #1 tip for a stress free road trip with kids is planning (and also lots of activities :-)). Need ideas for kids activities ? Check my post 20 Best road trip activities for kids aged 6-9 years .
MOTHERHOOD & PARENTING
As a mother, I am continuously learning and growing with my children. I believe no matter what how old you are, one has to constantly educate and acquaint themselves with new information and strategies. I like to read parenting books every morning to understand parenting from an expert’s point of view. When I volunteered at my daughter’s preschool, I have gained so much knowledge from all the amazing teachers that worked there. It also gave me an opportunity to deal with a lot of different scenarios be it tantrums or separation anxiety or navigating friendship.
BOOK SUGGESTIONS & MORE !
Raising readers here! Before pandemic my daughter and I visited our city library and get tons of books to read for the week. But when the pandemic hit and going to the library wasn’t an option any more, we started building a home library. We now have resumed going back to the library, but also like our home collection.
I also share recipes that we absolutely enjoy every now and then.
CONTACT & WORK WITH ME
If you have any questions or you would like to work with me, please write to smilingmammablog@gmail.com
Instagram handle : @smilingmamma
I would love to review kid’s books, products, learning materials or kid’s clothes. I am also open to do vegetarian restaurant reviews and content related to traveling with kids.
Thank you
Thanks for visiting my space. I hope you enjoy reading my posts and hope to see you around. I would appreciate if you would subscribe to my blog. You can also find me on Instagram : @smilingmamma
Love,
Smitha