Your Growing Toddlers

 

When you have a growing baby, exposure is very critical with his or her development.  At age two kids have receptive brain and they absorb things so quickly.  It's the best time to teach and keep the kids exposed to languages and other developmental activities.  Their energy level will always be  higher than ours and will be likely to be active throughout the day.  This is better than having to see your kids very sluggish and tired all the time.  That's something we have to be thankful about as parents, that the kids are growing beautifully and strong by the day.

Take advantage of playdates when you get invitations from friends.  Your baby needs this kind of exposure in order to learn and develop social interaction.  It is not good to keep the baby always indoors and restrict from playing freely.  Every child needs to run free and play.  This is how their motor skills develop.  Activities with other kids can promote behavior development, just be watchful and keep an eye for those things that you don't want your baby to pick up from others as they tend to copy whatever they see from each other.

All parents have different ways in growing and raising their kids, all moms must know how to respect this as well.  In order for the kids to learn how to accept and respect their differences with others, they will have to see and learn it from their parents.  At this age, your baby will mostly react to how you treat him or her.  His or her mood will be dependent on yours.  Being a good role model will play a big part in your baby's development over-all.  Most importantly, spend lots of time with them.  It's worth every second of it.

Our Quaker Treat

This post brought to you by Quaker Oats. All opinions are 100% mine.

Having a kid around means you'll have to have plenty of snacks for the day as they need this for this growth.  No junkies for me and as much as possible we avoid giving sweets.  Healthier eating is very essential to our lifestyle.  Raising our boy with such thinking can further benefit him in the future.

It is not bad to have some treats from time to time.  In fact it is a good training when me and daddy eat some occasional treats with our little boy.  This gives him the chance to try other things and cut such curiosity which can lead to more craving of such treats.  It gives a sense of discipline when you do things as a family, even if it's just about food.

Quaker Oats is a big part of our diet and it would be nice to have a ready baked bars for a treat when we're on the go.  We usually would grab crackers for snack when we're out and about, sometimes we'll crave for soft baked cookies.  As we all know most soft baked cookies are packed with sugars and butter, not very ideal for our little boy to indulge in.     

We can enjoy Quaker Soft Baked Bar for a little breakfast snack or travel treat on the go.  It is a wholesome food that we can all enjoy without much guilt.   We will definitely love the banana nut as an alternative to our favorite banana nut muffin or loaf cake.  Daddy and baby will surely enjoy this quaker treat!

Mommy's Summer Garden

This post brought to you by Whitney Farms. All opinions are 100% mine.

It is best to give our kids fruits and vegetables and not all those unhealthy sweet stuffs you can get everywhere.  Making use of our own little garden can be more beneficial than ever, growing your very own produce can be a more economical option too.  This way you are very sure of the produce's freshness as compared to store packaged items.

Taking advantage of the warm days to grow plants can also be a fun activity for both mommy and baby or kids.  If you start as early as now, there will be plentifull of harvests at mommy's summer garden.  They say organic is better so planting and gardening the organic way can be a better option with the help of Whitney Farms® organic soil and organic plant food. 

Just like any other living things, plants need food to grow healthy and give the best blooms.  Using special protein-based blends infused with micronutrients and macronutrients and special microbes good for the plants, can truly help promote better growth for plants.  Imagine how healthy you and the whole family can be with your very own organic produce right in your ow garden.

Give it a try and see what Whitney Fams plant food can do for your garden with a $3 coupon.  Mommy's garden is not just any ordinary garden so it deserves a special treat too.  

General Shopping For Busy Moms

This post brought to you by Dollar General. All opinions are 100% mine.

One challenge of being a mom is being able to juggle things to make the household work and the same time taking care of the kids.  It's never an easy task because there are so many things to do and only so much time to spare.  Giving full attention to the kids alone can eat up most of her time andof course the kids are the priority.

Shopping is among the biggest task among all other chores, the trouble of goint to the store, picking up the goods, thinking what to get and the toughest part, carrying all the bags afterwards.  Good thing there's a more practical way to do it nowadays, online.   It is very convenient to be able to get what you need with just few clicks here and there on the computer.  No more commute or drive and carrying of bags, everything will be conveniently delivered right to your doorstep once you check out an order.

Online shopping is almost the same as doing it in-store though of course some deals aren't the same.  On the brighter side you can also find the same name brand and private label merchandise in Dollar General stores.  Just like other retail stores, Dollar General caters your everyday needs at low everyday prices.  If you wish to shop in Dollar General you may look up for 2900 Niles Street Bakersfield, CA 93306 or other nearest branches to your neighborhood on Dollar General in California. 

Dollar General doesn't only offer dry goods,some locations will have Dollar General Market with affordable goods and produce.  Shopping there doesn't only help your shopping needs but can also help in contributing to the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.  This foundations aims to aid literacy by reading and giving the knowledge to those who want to learn and get their GED.  To know more about DG, check out Dollar General Facebook.

 

 

Beach vacation

The article written by Alonso Kramer

Last summer we decided to go on a vacation with our grown children, their spouses, and all of their children. It was a tremendous undertaking to be able to find a place big enough to accommodate all of us and be a place that we could all afford. But after a lot of searching on our satellite internet broadband, we were able to find a place in Cape San Blas, Florida, that was for rent by owner. The owner even gave us a discounted price because we reserved it so far in advance. It was a very large condominium in a gated community. There were two large pools available to us along with some tennis courts and, of course, the beautiful white sandy beach. My daughter and her husband brought one of those canopy things that you set up on the beach. So we spent most of our time out there. Normally I am a pool personand rarely go down to the beach. But with the canopy, I stayed at the beach all day every day. I only came in to eat lunch and get ready for dinner. We had coolers on the beach with drinks and snacks and really didn’t have to come in. We had shade for the times it was too hot which made it so much more bearable. Then we found out we could leave everything under our canopy for the night. We didn’t have to bring anything in. And, no one stole anything. I couldn’t believe it. I loved our trip there so much, and it meant a lot to me to be able to have our whole family together.