Hi ,

I am currently based in Delhi and living with my parents.I have a 7 month old son Soham. My husband who is working in Bangalore right now is now planning to move to California in the US. We got our visas as well.

This is a very big move for me as over here I was having support of my parents and a full time maid for the baby.

I have a few questions for moms who r already living in the US with their babies as to how they manage it over there.

1.Do you use cloth nappies or r ur babies in diapers all the time? Over here in India we use cloth nappies or bloomers during the day and use diapers only in the night. We have a maid to wash the diapers with hand.So how do u mommies manage in the US?

2.What about home made food for the baby ? Do u prepare urself or use the readymade variety of foods

3.Do u get part time maids /full time maids in Calif ? What about getting cooks and cleaners?how expensive?

4.Can i send my baby to day care if i start working over there (which i plan to eventually)? How r the day cares ? How expensive?

Pls tell me so that my move becomes much more smoother.Although I have travelled to other major countries but only for short visits and this is the first major move which is long term

Pls help.
krithiks replied. Congrats and best of luck on your move. It is definitely not going to be easy to manage the baby on your own after having so many people around.. but dont let that disappoint you... there are some facilities here that you may not get in India! Here are answers to some of the questions

1. Most of the babies here are on diapers unless it causes some problems. Cloth diapers are troublesome.. washing, drying and since most of the floors are carpeted, leaks are more troublesome to clean. From what I notice diapers here are of better quality than what is available in india.. so it shudnt be a problem for the baby to be in diapers thru out the day though it may take a while to adjust.

2. All groceries that are available in India are available here.. so no problem with home made food. Ready made food is widely available and is very convenient for travel/on-the-go or for feeding at home. You can check out gerbercom for the varities available.

3. I'm not the right person... I live in East Coast

4. Day cares are good. Get recommendations from friends. Try to enroll in a day care that has some indians rather than having all americans. Costs vary. They normally start in hundreds depending on time spent in day care and number of days per week.

Hope these answers help.

Krithika