Tag: toddlers

Homeschooling journey begins

Momma Bear

The time has finally come. My little Luna is going to be four years old this April and I just can’t handle it. I am amazed at how quickly the time has gone by, and saddened at the same time. It’s very bittersweet for me because my little girl is growing. She is so smart, so amazing, so intelligent and she is just a little fireball of bravery and magic; she’s my best friend. Somehow time slipped through my fingers throughout all these amazing moments and memories and now I was faced with the question I have been dodging for months now. When is Luna starting school?

I knew I was going to have to come up with a plan and soon because time was just passing me by and Luna just seems to get smarter by the day. I swear she’s like a little sponge, so ready to absorb all the knowledge possible. After lots of consideration, research, and analyzing the contagion we are currently living in, my husband and I decided that we were going to homeschool our kids; at least for now. They are so little and nobody seems to really know what is going on with this whole COVID thing, it’s ridiculous, I am so sick of this alternate reality we seemed to accidentally slip into. I would love for my babies to live a normal life and attend school like we all did when we were small. Sure I hated going to school but I was young and didn’t know the craziness that we would one day be forced to face. Oh the things we all took for granted…

Anyway, I researched for months and came to a curriculum called Time4Learning and I really like the way they do their lessons. Since I am new to this homeschooling realm I feel like this curriculum is perfect for us because it is easy to navigate through and Luna is captivated by the lessons and activities they have to offer. At first I thought I was going to have to buy her an IPad or something because she would have difficulty using my MacBook, but surprisingly she navigated through her lessons quite well today. Today was her first day and she completed two Math lessons and two Science lessons,; I could not be more proud. My little bug is growing up so quickly, I can not even remember the moment she went from baby to toddler, and now I feel like she’s hopping over from toddler to a full on kid! She challenges me and teaches me things every single day, she is literally the most amazing girl ever.

If we continue to find success in this program then I will enroll Noah next year. He just turned two so he is still too little. Noah sat down next to Luna during her math lesson, looked at it for a few seconds and goes ‘’mama me play ball hallway”, and I just giggled to myself and told him to go ahead. My little boy, he melts my heart. Noah is very supportive of his sister Luna and her homeschool journey, he is full of nothing but love. So wish me luck guys. It does get a little frustrating at times , but that is because I am literally learning along with her and I try my very best to ensure she has the best experience possible during her schooling time because if I make her feel anxious or stressed out in any kind of way during her learning, then she might shut down and not want to try. I know we can do this! ♥️

How to help a constipated toddler

Momma Bear

This is something that my poor little girl has been battling since we began potty training her. There is something about going number two in the potty that just freaked her out, she would always tell me “mama my poo poo hurts” and it would hurt my soul because I didn’t know what I could do to possibly help her out. I would give her more fiber rich foods and more juices the way the doctor advised but nothing ever seemed to work. I attempted to give her prune juice or even baby food but the prune flavor and that never ended well, just a huge mess everywhere from Luna fighting me away. I was losing patience, I needed answers! We always ended up with my little one in tears because she would be too scared to even try to go potty anymore. One day my husband recommended we try Miralax, it’s an OTC laxative, and I honestly was very hesitant. One day I decided to cave because my little girl had not been able to go potty in almost four days and it was unbearable. I gave her just about 1/5 of the lid that comes on the bottle and mixed it with about a little under a whole cup of water, just enough for her to actually drink. AND IT WORKED! I was a woman on the moon! I was so happy! It was short lived, however, when I realized I couldn’t be giving my baby this medication every single time she was constipated. So my panic kicked in again. Then it hit me, my mom had told me a long time ago that pink salt mixed with water and a little bit of lemon was the best remedy for not only constipation but for relieving headaches! The next time my little one was having trouble going to the potty I was actually excited to try my mom’s home remedy. I filled her little sippy cup with a combination of warm and cold water, mixed in a pinch of pink Himalayan salt, and squeezed a lemon in there. I gave it to Luna with caution and a straight face because she is way too intelligent for her own good and if she saw any doubt in my eyes she wouldn’t drink it. She chugged it down and said it was so yummy thank goodness. Well, within the hour I saw her hurry over to her little potty and she was so excited that she was able to go without any pain or problems! I was soooo happy and it’s been a couple months now that I have been sticking to this remedy and I could not be more grateful to have listened to my mother! I also really upped my little girls water intake as well as fruits such as grapes, blueberries, and apples. (Just a few of her favorites) Oh and by the way, apparently bananas are not helpful with constipation at all. As a matter of fact, they make things worse! I had no idea and I definitely cut out bananas at least for a while.