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. preeti. replied. hi,ruchika..
i'm from new jersy in usa..u dont need to worry much ..i'll try to ans the queries by u.
1..i guess mostly mothers or almost they keep their babies in disposble diapers only cos its painful here to keep n eye n changing the clothes diapers time to time ..cos v dont get maid here everything we have to do by self only. so urs wish.
2. abt baby food depends on you...u can either cook or can use readymade foods o yes their is lot of vairety of these foods hhere ..but i prefer cooking fodd for my baby u can try those food also its easily avialbe n its handy in case u r working .
3.Keeping maid in Usa is costly issue o very costly i'll say ppl here prefer doing thier wrk by self only .
4.yeah def..u can send urs baby to day care they r costly but u cant help when u've to work.
hope i answeres all urs queries..dont worry here u'll meet lots of indians fren o yes@ in Usa lots of indians r there n also everything indian foood dresses everthing is avialbe.