Step (bonus) Parents

 Wow, what a touchy topic for me.

I have been a step-mother for about 7 years. It was hard in the beginning you know dealing with the awkwardness of being around another woman who had a relations with my boyfriend.

But over the years things have gotten better.

Do you know it took my oldest daughter about 4 years to tell me she loved me. That was because all she heard was negative things about me, from her mom. But as she spent more and more time with me she noticed I am a good person and love her and her sister.

That was a very special day for me, because i would kiss her and her sister goodnight and she would never say "I love you," back to me.

But I love them to life especially now since  we have bonded over the years and they have high respect for me and that makes me happy! I have a total of 7 precious kids now!

On that note I love you Brenaya, Senai, M'kylee, Makhari, M'kya, Cory, and Zahara! 😍❤️💯

Domestic Violence against children...

Trigger warning...

 This again, I went to the store and saw this young lady yank her child up by his shirt because he would not stop running in the store.

I mean really is all of that really necessary?

It's so sad, as an ex-abused child I could feel this little boy pain. He was already embarrassed because she was yelling and cursing at him but to yank him up he look shocked and hurt.

Whoo, as mentioned in a past post I am totally against hitting of any kind toward a child. I mean they are so innocent. And to me hitting is an unnecessary way to gain and maintain control.

I have control without the hitting. My daughter has her timeouts for anywhere between 1-5 minutes. Then before she is released from timeout she must acknowledge what she did, then apologize.

The catch to time out though for me is that wherever she acts out she goes in time out right then and there.

For instance, if we go to the Kmart and she acts up I give her 2 warnings and if she still does not listen then she will go in timeout right there where she is misbehaving.

On that note I am against hitting of any kind towards a child that cannot properly defend him/herself.

Quick thought...

 To baby talk or not to baby talk?

Personally, I recommend "No Baby Talk." Why because while baby talk is cute it will become very confusing.

What I mean by this is, you are an adult so how can you teach a baby, baby talk? They already speak baby talk and our job as parents is to teach them whatever language we want our child to know.

To me it just causes confusion. Baby voice okay but no baby talk please!

In my case we have never spoken baby talk to her and I wanted my child to know English, Spanish, and American Sign Language, and she does.

Signing may help your child...

 American Sign Language  employs signs made by moving the hands combined with facial expressions and postures of the body. 

I was flipping through the channels one day when my daughter was 7 months old and came across a show called "Signing Time."  My daughter and I watched it and the signs I learned that day I worked with her the entire day, over and over.

I did this continuously and by 13 months she showed me she could sign. Her first sign was  "all done!" 

Now of course in the beginning I was getting discouraged because she would not mimic me or anything. But that day she first signed was great, and very much unexpected. I felt a sense of relief, like yes, she was paying attention.

Anyways her signing definitely reduced her tantrums. 

Do you know why babies cry and throw tantrums?

This is due to lack of knowing how to communicate and get their point across.

If your baby could say "mom, may I have milk please," there would be no need to sit and cry and scream until you figured out your baby wanted milk. Right?!

Now she is 11 years old still watching Rachel, and she still loves it. She still watches the SigningTime dvd's every day as part of quality time with her younger siblings. Plus kids are full of energy why not teach them a hands on second language that will keep them moving.

Below is a video of my daughter before she could speak well, at about 21 months old signing.

Enjoy!

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Birthdays are our Favorite!

I've been so busy this year with birthdays and I'm still not done.  In the last 2 weeks I've celebrated my 2 years old bday and my 9 years old bday. And quite frankly, I'm exhausted😪

We went to Chuck E. Cheeses, beachside arcade, every Wal-Mart in town,  Dave and Busters,  and TGI Fridays. Had 2 successful birthday parties and we aren't even done yet.

We're going bowling tomorrow to close off this birthday weekend celebration. Then have to get ready for birthdays again in November and December.  Our oldest daughters are turning 16 and 17 so a lot of new adventures, for sure.

I mean 16 and 17 that's big,  they're already talking about a car😒😔 i know its a necessity but that's a lot of responsibility.  I'm not ready but I'm sure they are.  We'll see I'm not telling any surprises,  it's hard enough trying to keep things quiet.

So in the mean time in between time I'm going to focus on finding a more comfortable position to tandem nurse my 6 month old and 2 years old. I had my 2 y/o down to about 1 time a day before baby came and guess what!? Once he got here she felt the need to nurse 3-5 times a day.

Awwww man I never imagined breastfeeding literally 20 times a day.  Talk about staying hydrated.  The more I drink helps with milk production and keeps me going throughout the day! I love it,  because I know my children are getting the BEST!

Again, if you'd like anything in particular discussed just comment or message me.  Thanks for the support... until next time!

Welcome Back!

 So it's been a while since my last post and I've decided there's always room for improvement. Please stay tuned to upcoming posts and events!. I'm the mom of 6 beautiful children, so I'll be sharing plenty of stories,  advice,  resources, etc.

If there's anything you'd like discussed please feel free to comment or message me anytime.  I usually respond between 5 minutes and a few hours. Stay amazing!