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HOW TO STOP BEING A MOM THAT YELLS

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I have been down the road of constantly yelling to get my voice heard and exercise my authority as a parent but i realised it doesn't yield much or positive results rather it led to my son being more aggressive, expressing himself less and withdrawing from me. As a parent, I feel terrible afterwards, having headaches and stressed after a yelling episode. To counteract these negative effects, I had to make a U turn to change my approach and parenting style.    So do you find yourself shouting or yelling at the top of your voice just to get your kids to listen to you?  Do you loose your cool and flip out on your kids for every mistake they make that annoys you? Would you like to stop this cycle of yelling, get your kids to listen to you without yelling? You might reason that dealing with kids and getting them to listen to you can be frustrating(i agree with you). Parenting is hard no doubt but we can make little adjustments here and there in our parenting techniques  just

7 PROVEN AND TESTED WAYS MOMS CAN FIND RELIEF WHEN THEY ARE STRESSED

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Image courtesy clip art    B eing a mom to two toddlers ages 2 and 4 is like a roller coaster ride which kickstarts from the moment i wake up till when I can finally get some sleep at night. I'm sure most most moms can relate to this. For a stay at home mom/mompreneur like me, my typical days starts as early as 6 a.m ( when the kids are on holiday ) and 5 a.m ( when school begins ) between preparing breakfast, cleaning the house, bathing the kids, preparing the them for school, dropping them at school, preparing ahead of when they come back, sparing time for my business( production and sales of my pregnancy pillow, nursing pillows and baby wraps and blogging to share my 2 cents on motherhood ) picking them up, working on their homework together, bathing them ,squeezing in some mommy and kids time (playing hide and seek, reading together), feeding them................. Just writing down how my day pans out is making my head spin already( would love to go on and on about how my

make your diy zip book in 4 easy steps

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    Every mum needs a bit of quiet to get some work done or simply to relax. One key to achieving this with little toddlers vying for your attention or trying to bring the house down is to give them some sort of distraction or diversion depending on what you want to term it.When kids are busy or preoccupied with an activity or object, then you can take advantage of this window of opportunity to either rest or get some pending work done. I have a number of ideas up my sleeve that I intend to execute to achieve this, one of such is the zip quiet book that was originally designed to develop fine motor skills and sensory awareness in kids ages 1-5 .It doubles as a quiet book for my kids especially my 2 year old daughter. It keeps them busy for a while till they bored and want to move on to something else. It's a learning ground to initiate skills such as dressing themselves with the use of zip effortlessly.  With the positive feedback and interest many mothers showed in this q