When Your Child is Sick
Natural Medicine at Home: For coughs: I have serious anxiety when my children start coughing, I know it sounds ridiculous but it’s true. My neurosis is partially due to my third child who would go from a cough to not breathing in less than an hour, due to his asthma, but I do still recognize that I have a problem. However, because of this anxiety I have loads of suggestions on how to naturally stop a cough or at least subdue it. Here they are: Have a vaporizer in your their room. Best money...
Read MoreTrying To Be Healthy Without Being Obsessed
I was raised on ice cream and soda so healthy natural eating is not exactly my expertise. However, I have picked up a few great tips along the way that have helped me provide healthy food options for my family. A few years back a friend of mine made me aware of trans-fats (Hydrogenated oils). Trans fatty foods tantalize your taste buds, then travel through your digestive system to your arteries, where they turn to sludge. Most trans fats come from processing liquid vegetable oil to...
Read MoreLiteracy Helps
Literacy 1. Literacy Rich Environment: The biggest teaching reading advice I can give parenting of pre-schooler, is to have a literacy rich environment for your kids. Have books easy to grab and read if you have a few minutes. Play games that encourage phonetic awareness. My second child thrived on games and seriously about 90% of his pre-school education was game related. Here are some other ideas I do with my kids: 2. Don’t Stop Reading to Your Child: Studied show that reading to your child...
Read MoreIntroduction
Introduction One thing I want all my readers to know is that there is not meant to be any guilt in these pages. This is not an inspired declaration on how to parent; rather it’s just a few things that I have learned along the way. The most important lesson I have learned through the parenting journey, is that I have so much more to learn. My hope and prayer for this website is that you would find encouragement and support to be the mother that you want to be. There is no secret formula...
Read MoreParenting Problems
Making Time For Each Child: We have a large family, so making time for each child’s individual needs can be tricky. I wouldn’t say that my husband and I have mastered it by any means but we have learned a few things along the way that may help. One idea is my husband takes each child out for breakfast on the day (1st or 14th, etc.) they were born each month. We both look for opportunities to take the kid on little dates. It may be a walk to the park, a quick trip to get a slurpee, throwing the...
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