Sometimes we have to be patient in taking care of our little ones especially during their schedule of bedtime. We may have to come up with some activities in bed to make them comfortable before going to sleep. Mothers should of course give quality attention in putting them to bed at their regular bedtime schedule so that our little ones body clock will be programmed in going bed early.
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going to bed
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pose before going to bed
My little boy has his regular time in going to bed. His body clock has been programmed to sleep early. If I can’t manage to get him early to bed he became irritable and keeps on crying, until we get him to sleep. This is because his body learns to sleep early. A lot of mother says that babies sleeping time changes from time to time. I guess that is one thing I am not convinced of because it never happens to my baby. I guess it’s just a matter of discipline.
Nowadays family usually has a hectic schedule that often propels each member bustling off in a diverse course much of the week. There are not many circumstances when a family truly sits down together for more than the few minutes it takes to eat a meal (and sometimes not even that long). We would like to prevent such occurrence in the future and while these has not happen to us yet since our son is still young, we now starts to building action plans.
walking in the sunshine
Setting a specific day for family recreation is an action-plan that eventual came into our minds. When the family gets use to it, then it would be a habit or an orientation that will be practiced until our children grows. It’s good to have a family recreation, even very simple recreational activities gives more meaning and can impact development of the family relationship, which keeps the family strong and bounded. Exercising together is one of the activities that may promote family bonding.
Exercise early sunday morning
Yesterday was a beautiful Sunday, a wonderful Sunday to our family. My husband woke up early in the morning and said that we are going to go East Visayan Academy to have morning exercise. And I got ready immediately because it seldom happened that my husband would wake up early in Sunday morning just to exercise. It feels good that the whole family is having fun together especially in first hour of the day, it make our day.
Love’s agencies have wonderful power, for they are divine. The soft answer that “turns away wrath,” the love that “is patient and kind,” the charity that “covers a multitude what power for healing would our lives be gifted.
These precious lessons may be so simply taught as to be understood even by little children. The heart of the child is tender and easily impressed. When we learn the simplicity and gentleness and love of the Savior, we shall not find it difficult to touch the hearts of the little ones and teach them love’s ministry of healing.
From a worldly point of view, money is power. But from the Christian’s point of view, love is power. Genuine love has extraordinary worth to do well, and can do nothing but good. It thwarts disagreement and despair and conveys contentment. Affluence is frequently a weight to fraudulent and destroys, but genuineness and integrity are the possessions of untainted love.
Posted in Baby Care, Family Life and motherhood, Love, Parent responsibility, Parenting, Respect
Tagged love, love is power, power for healing, precious lesson, wonderful power, worldly point of view
messing my bed
The eight month and 3 weeks old baby is strong enough to pull themselves in their feet and stay by holding in hard object. The most wonderful development of the baby is on how to get up but the baby can’t back to down again. At this age, it will stand and stand as long as they can hold on, and to end with either tumble or cry to be rescued. This time baby has a clear vision, good enough to recognize some object around the room. And try to crawl just to get the object that attract in his sight. He can use his fingers to bring up a piece of food and feed himself. He learned to open his hand to drop and drop objects like toys. He starts to grab something and learn to pick up tiny object with his thumb and first finger.
playing with his socks
standing still
My little boy in now eight months and 3 weeks old, we notice that he try to stand as long as he wants, he holds on hard object and stands, after he stands he tumble and we are in his side to protect his bump. Sometime on dinner, we bring him in the table and he tries grabbing foods. As we observe our baby, he can identify the people around him and he smile to them. If we demonstrate some sound, he can he easily respond on it and on some other day we play around by calling his name outside our home, and he tries to find where the voice from. If we extend our hand to him, he knows that we are going to get him. He crawls faster than before and can get up and sit from lying. We are happy as parent that our baby’s development has coincided with experts’ observation.
peek-a-boo
The plant of love must be carefully nourished, else it will die. Every good principle must be cherished if we would have it thrive in the character. That which the devil sow in the heart – greed, distrust, profanity, intolerance, narrow-mindedness, self-centeredness, materialism, and pride – must be displaced. If these evil values are permitted to linger, they will allow crop by which lots of shall be corrupted.
Posted in Baby Care, Child's Training, Discipline, Family Life and motherhood, Guidance, Love, Mother and Child Relationship, Parent responsibility, development
Tagged character's nourishment, good principle, love
In many cases the sickness of chidlren can be traced to errors in management. Irregularities in eating, insufficient clothing in the chilly evening, lack of vigorous execise to keep the blood in healthy circulation, or lack of abundance of air for its purification, may be the cause of the trouble. Let the parents study to find the cause of the sickness, and the remedy the wrong conditions as soon as possible.
Children should be taught to be useful, to help themselves, and to help others. Many daughters of this age can see their mothers toiling, cooking, washing, or ironing, while they sit in the parlor and read stories, crochet, or embroider. Their hearts are as unfeeling as a stone.
Where does this wrong originate? Who are the ones usually most to blame in this matter? The poor, deceived parents. They overlook the future good of their children and, in their mistaken fondness, let them sit in idleness or do that which is of but little account, which requires no exercise of the mind or muscles, and then excuse their indolent daughters because they are weakly. A proper amount of exercise about the house would improve both mind and body.
If your children have been unaccustomed to labor, they will soon become weary. They will complain of side ache, pain in the shoulders, and tired limbs. You will be in danger of doing the work yourselves rather than have them suffer a little. Let the burden upon the children be very light at first, and then increase it a little every day, until they can do a proper amount of labor without becoming so weary.
Posted in Child's Training, Discipline, Family Life and motherhood, Guidance, Mother and Child Relationship, Nurture, Parent responsibility, Parenting
Tagged children training, kindness and consideration, parents responsibilty, training
ready for a pose
After a long weekend of sleepless nights my son has completely recovered from his cough and colds today. He has good sleep and he has no clog nose any longer. He has had a good repose. Now I can concentrate in updating my blog. No worry at all. Now, he can play and smile again and is back in a good mood. We are still continuing his medication though. We have still few days left to finish his medication. He hasn’t taken a bath yet. Maybe tomorrow he can take his bath when his colds and cough has completely cured.
smiling again
playing again
All parents would do everything to make sure that their children would be healthy. But it is inevitable that there is time where our children get sick. Kids are susceptible to any form of illness as they are not immune to all some virus or bacteria, that even sudden change of climate could affect their health.
Last Friday we were so worried about our son. He’s got cough and colds. We initially planned to bring him to the hospital but had a second thought and my husband and I decided to stay home and decided to try some natural medication because we don’t want our baby to get used of some processed or synthetic medicine. We observed the baby the whole night and found that his cough and cold were getting worse. Thus, we had a sleepless night. The cough disturbs his sleep and he cries because he may have felt pain every time he coughs. The next morning and it was Sunday, we decide to bring him in the hospital for check-up. The pediatrician gives her prescription for our baby’s medication. She prescribed three medicines to give relief to our baby’s pain.
Mothers should be careful in bringing out their children especially the young ones. In times when weather seems unpredictable and climate often change, we have to presume that the immune system of our little one’s may not be enough to fight the effect that the climate may bring.
Mothers should take their daughters with them into the kitchen and patiently educate them. Their constitution will be better for such labor, their muscles will gain tone and strength, and their meditations will be more healthy and elevated at the close of the day. They may be weary, but how sweet is rest after a proper amount of labor! Sleep, nature’s sweet restorer, invigorates the weary body and prepares it for the next day’s duties. Do not intimate to your children that it is no matter whether they labor or not. Teach them that their help is needed, that their time is of value, and that you depend on their labor.
It is a sin to let children grow up in idleness. Let them exercise their limbs and muscles, even if it wearies them. If they are not overworked, how can weariness harm them more than it harms you? There is quite a difference between weariness and exhaustion. Children need more frquent change of employment and intervals of rest than grown persons do. But even when quite young, they may learning to work, and they will be happy in the thought that they are making themselves useful.
Posted in Child's Training, Discipline, Family Life and motherhood, Guidance, Nurture, Parent responsibility, Parenting, development
Tagged educating the children, learning to work, mothers responsibilities, need to learn
