COMFYMAMALIFESTYLE

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 techniq...

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 h...

    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...

     A woman's body undergoes a major change after childbirth one of which is the weakening of her vaginal muscles as it's overstretched during labour hence some women experience urinary incontinence and decreased sexual pleasure after childbirth but the good news is that your vagina can return to normal and kegel exercises is the way to achieve this. It's sad that most women don't know what kegel exercises are. I was in that category before I became pregnant but in the course of my research, I came across it and oh boy!how thrilled I was to learn about it as such I make it my business to inform you. What are kegel exercises, how can you do it and what are the benefits? WHAT ARE KEGEL EXERCISES? Kegel exercises are exercises that help to tighten and strengthen your pelvic floor

In part 1 of this topic, I shared with you my struggle with introducing solids to my little one.so far here is my progress report-he is responding to a wide variety of food now largely because of a new method I developed to handle his refusal to eat solids. It was borne out of desperation as he was loosing weight and he fell ill frequently, cold every now and then and constant trips to the doctor's office.  So I took extra measures and came up with a method I like to call "trick and feed". I call it

There's so much for every mother to know when it comes to introducing solids to your little one that's the reason I'm still on this topic. There're some vital tips a mother needs to consider before and while introducing solids to her baby. Based on the carefully researched advice of experts, here are some tips; SIGNS TO KNOW YOUR BABY IS READY FOR SOLIDS 1. He has good neck and head control and can sit upright with support. 2. He shows an interest in the food on your plate and reaches out for it. 3. He opens his mouth when you offer him food. HOW TO INTRODUCE SOLIDS

  Research shows that ages 0-3 are the most critical timeline for the brain development of your baby. At 3, his brain would have grown to about 90% of an adullts size, therefore when I came across an information  that you can increase your baby's chances of being a genius through super foods , I decided to research further to see what these foods are and how including them in our babies diet can increase their chances of becoming geniuses. Below are results from my fact finding mission.