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Black Children’s Shows For Toddlers And Preschoolers
As a black stay-at-home mom, I always looking for new black children’s shows for toddlers and preschoolers that I can introduce to my 3-year-old daughter. If you have read my previous post on some of the black children’s books that I read to my daughter, then you already know that representation matters to me. I want my girls to be able to see themselves in what they are reading and watching. And considering screen time is something that I allow in my home, I want them to know that people of color do exist on the screen they are watching.…
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What To Expect As A Black Stay At Home Mom
If you all have been following me on the blog and read about me, then you know that I am a black stay-at-home mom. I didn’t plan on being a stay-at-home mom, but it just kind of happened. Shortly after, I became a mom in my mid-twenties while finishing up my degree, my husband and I decided that I would stay home with our daughter. With the way daycare prices are set up, we figured out that it would be cheaper for me to stay home. So I did. But I was not prepared for what being home with a…
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Black Children’s Books For Toddlers And Preschoolers
With Black History Month here, I wanted to dive into some black children’s books for toddlers and preschoolers. I have been building my 3-year-old daughter’s home library since she was born and she has grown to love books with time. She has even developed some favorites that are classics that I used to love as a kid. Whether we are reading books at a fun place such as the library or reading a book in the evenings during her nighttime routine, she seems to really enjoy it. But now that she is older, I want to start incorporating books with…
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What I Learned About Becoming A Mom In My Twenties
One of the biggest things that happened in my twenties outside of moving to a different state and becoming a wife was becoming a mom in my twenties. As I enter my thirties, I started reflecting on the previous decade of my life and realized that some big changes occurred during that time. And the biggest change was becoming a mother. If you all read about me, then you know that I got pregnant in the last year of my Master’s Program and found that I was going to have a baby girl pretty much around the time that I…
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Feeding Schedule For My 7-Month-Old Baby
After my baby girl started solids a couple of months ago, I created a feeding schedule for my 7-month-old baby now. Babies starting solids is such a big milestone that many parents look forward to with their little ones. A lot like crawling and walking, these are all signs that our babies are progressing and growing up. But starting solids can be a little scary. When I became a mom for the first time, I was a little nervous about starting solids. What if my daughter wouldn’t take to solids? Or what if she got choked while eating? These were…
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My Daily Routine With A Baby And Toddler
I think I finally have my daily routine with my baby and toddler done. After giving birth to my baby girl, I knew that going from one child to 2 was going to be an adjustment. If you have been following along with me on my blog, then you probably read about my oldest daughter’s toddler routine when she was 21 months old. It is still one of my most popular posts here on the blog. Even though that routine worked when it was just my daughter and me, things have obviously changed since our baby girl has made her…
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Caring For My Baby During The Winter
Winter has definitely hit where I’m at so I’m caring for my baby girl a little differently than I would during the hotter months. I currently reside in Texas where the weather is all over the place. And where winter usually only comes around for about a month and then it is hot for the rest of the year. Usually, temperatures drop right about now in January and it will stay cooler for the rest of this month and will start to heat back up in February. As much as I would like to keep my 6 month old out…
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New Year’s Resolutions To Make As A Family
With the new year right around the corner, I like to make some New Year’s Resolutions as a family. We will be heading into the new year as a family of 4 this year which is really exciting since last year, I was pregnant with our baby girl. There are so many things to look forward to next year such as our baby girl turning the big one. And my older daughter possibly starting Preschool. She has been asking me a lot recently about going to school so I have been considering getting her enrolled early so she can get…
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Travel Tips For A Road Trip With A Baby And Toddler
Now that we are a family of 4, if we take a road trip, it will likely include our baby and toddler. And I thought traveling with just one kid was something. But taking a road trip with a 6-month-old baby and a 3-year-old toddler is something completely different from traveling with just one child. Our baby girl is the latest addition to our family so she is another person that we have to account for when packing. If there was anything that we learned from our first daughter when she was a baby, it was that babies require quite…
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Great Christmas Gifts For Second-Time Moms
For all the second-time moms out there, I like to think I have an idea or two on some good Christmas gifts that we would appreciate. After giving birth to our second baby, things got a little chaotic going from one kid to 2. I became a mom to 2 under 3 overnight. Since I am a busy mom to a toddler and a baby, I like things that make life easier with small children as well as things that can help me unwind. There is obviously nothing wrong with getting things that don’t do these things, but that is…
