3 Things To Practice of Being a Parent
Being a parent yourself is never so easy. You’re thinking of many things of raising your child or children. You never want to have mistakes on teaching them new things and explaining to them what they still really don’t know on this spinning world.
Yet, being a parent is a wonderful experience, from bearing your child from fetus to growing pains in the a$$. You also learn from them and it’s never been an ending experience. Until you’re a grandparent, and that’s a different story.
Here are 3 things to practice from day one of being a parent:
1. Never fail to give praises. Whenever your child does something right, you should praise him or her to let her know you appreciate what he’s or she’s done. In that way, he or she will be fond of doing right things and in the same way making them happy doing those. Surely, they will always wait for your compliments after. And with that also, your child will never want to commit mistakes as much as they could.
2. Know his/her potential. In your everyday interaction of child-parent relationship. You can distinguish what field your child excels. Knowing that, you should enhance whatever it is for them to have mastery of what they love. For example, you can see that he/she loves to sing, find time even every hour a day where you can let him/her hear different kinds of music and sing with it.
3. Let them be. Meaning, let them be what they want to be. As related on the above discussions, do not force your child to do what you want from them but let them do what they really want. Knowing their potentials, you must not hinder them from what they love to do and you must not also give them frustrations as a parent. In fact, you should be the one who’ll encourage them and who’ll let them explore in growing up. Otherwise, who else would? You know what’s best for them and you also don’t want them to get wrong ideas from their peers. Though we really can’t help it but we parent were also there to guide them consistently.
10 Ways To Childproof Your House
Though your children are that so precious to you but you can’t be with them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and etc. That’s why you should make your home children friendly in order for them to have more security and for us to have less worry.
Here are the some ways to childproof your house:
- Secure the room with lots of cushion. Just let your child explore your home, yet you should be aware of safety precautions they need for they are so innocent from different things from your home.
- As much as you can, buy furnitures or appliances with round edge design rather than sharp edges. Though we really don’t expect them to bump on it but it would be safer to have ones.
- Never leave an open medicine. As said before, they are innocent, and what they just know is all the things around them are toys to play with. They never know what danger it would bring to them.
- Be a “Closet Parent” literally meaning: always arrange your things respectively. As much as possible, all of those are inside your closet or anything close. Don’t leave anything in the open. Likewise, you want your valuables tore-free, scribble-free and scratch-free, don’t you?
- In connection above, keep small, pointed, dangerous (like chemicals) objects/things in safe place, necessarily keep them locked. Because your children have the instinct to explore things but these are things you don’t want them to, right?
- Always have them the proper things to write on. Give them their respective pens and papers to write on. Unless you love to clean your walls or appliances from scribbles from time to time.
- Give them appropriate toys to play with. Much better if educational yet if you don’t have one, because mostly they are expensive, make it sure that those are safe toys such as big, round-edged and colorful. So that they will not be playing around any appliances or important things they find in your home.
- Give them appropriate place to play with as well. As much as your home space can permit, a room or place that just fits with your child’s or children’s capacity not too crowded specially.
- Always keep the floor dry. Bathroom is not an exception. Aside from wet places are the living place of viruses and bacteria. Basically, the phrase and commonly title of the song of Jon Bonjovi, it is beyond doubt “slippery when wet!”
- Be with your child, always! In order to avoid accidents, and even if having a childproof home. Being a parent as well, you should also have time for your kids. Because with proper guidance and supervision, you can really take care of your children physically, mentally and socially etc. and essentially, you know what’s best for them.
These are just a handful of possible ways to keep your child(ren) safe from the dangers of you own home. I know there are tons more and please if you have an idea of another way please feel free to comment it here.
Stay safe!
Couvades Syndrome :: Pregnant Fathers?
Couvade syndrome is a medical/mental condition which “involves a father experiencing some of the behavior of his wife at near the time of childbirth, including her birth pains, postpartum seclusion, food restrictions, and sex taboos”
Everything-Daddy says that these concition really do happens and that the symptons of being pregnant really do experiences by the fathers… they sometimes call it sympathy pains.
To name a few, these are morning sickness, sore back, swelling limbs, contractions and more.
As to why these phenomenon is happening, no one knows. There are sayings and theories that these are sympathetic in nature (hence the term “sympathetic pregnancy”) or could have been brought in by stress. What ever the reason may be, it is completely psychological.
One thing to note though, this is not new stuff. Medical writings dates back to 400 ago proves that this has been experienced by fathers. In some country Couvades Syndrome is widely accepted and most of the time, is already part of their social culture.
Teach Your Child To Pray
Having faith in God and making the child believe that everything was created by Him is one of the important lessons that a parent can teach to his child.
Teach them the word “Pray”. Though I’m not that religious at all, yet I make it a point to have my child familiarize with praying:
1. Before eating, thanking for the food we’re eating. Because all of us know, who doesn’t may be an insensitive person, still many people can’t eat 3-5 times a day as much as regular family does. And we should be grateful that we have foods to eat on our plate regardless how much or how delicious it was.
2. Before sleeping, thanking of the day we’re still alive and healthy. Of not getting sick and will also pray for those who are (sick). Of how blessed we are and knowing that God bless all of us His children. and;
3. After waking, thanking that we’re still alive and is looking forward again for another fruitful and lovely day ahead.
With this, I can teach my children not to be selfish and sympathize to other children out there and appreciate how blessed they are to share it to some that are not.
3 Year Old Very Hard To Feed
My son turned 3 a few days ago. He is an active, full of energy and happy toddler. However, I noticed that it’s getting more and more difficult for us to feed him during meals. Meal time used to be fun and an enjoyable moment for us – him sitting on my lap and feeding him. But now it’s hard.
I know I’m not alone in this dilemma that’s why I searched the web and found an ‘8 Tips for Feeding Toddlers” at http://www.creativehomemaking.com/cooking/toddler-meal-time.shtml
Here’s what I read:
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