Encouragement and Support for Christian Stay-at-Home Mothers
Before you even start to encourage your baby to sleep by himself, pray, pray, pray! Pray that the baby will develop good and healthy sleep habit quickly. Actually, it would have been better if you had prayed this even when baby was in the womb! But better late than never! And then, be consistent. Don’t confuse your baby. Read more…
Why do I ask this question? In the past month, I have had mothers asking me either about their babies/toddlers sleep or lack thereof or their own. There seems to be this concern about how much sleep a baby or toddler should have and how a mom is to cope with the lack of sleep. […] Read more…
Do you have a “I Can!” attitude or do you have a “I Cannot!” attitude? A Can-Do attitude makes life interesting and always exciting. The opposite attitude makes everything dreary and overwhelming. Which camp do you fall into? Recently, I have come across a few people with what I call a “victim mentality”. People who […] Read more…
I have been asked many times what we do and what we use with the children for their devotional times with the Lord. Ahhh! Doing devotionals with the children can be very, very trying! Family Devotions – Fail! We used to do our Family Devotions once a week. Honestly, it was a t-o-r-t-u-r-e! Why? Well, […] Read more…
So after I wrote of The Necessity of Quiet Time, I fell off the Quiet Time wagon! Yeah, it is easier to write about spending quiet time with the Lord than actually doing it, isn’t it? Later, Later! I confess that in the midst of much busyness, the first thing to go is always Quiet Times […] Read more…
It is often very hard to watch your child being ill, more so when it is an infant who has a congested nose. The feeling of helplessness certainly frustrates me. But I have learnt over the years – and 5 children later – that there are certain things that can help. Besides continuous prayers over […] Read more…
Many times, we rush our children to “grow up” before they are ready to and create unnecessary work (and stress!) for ourselves And yet, at other times, we hold back our children so that they are unable to progress. Aren’t parents funny creatures? Grow Up!- Food Many 1st time mums are eager to start their […] Read more…
When I got married, housework was easy. Our apartment was small and we were hardly in the house, as we were both working long hours in the office. My lack of cooking skills was a non-issue. We ate out every day – all 3 meals! Then we had our first born. And we decided that […] Read more…
We often hear about sibling rivalry and how to prevent it. But we almost never hear of sibling closeness and how to encourage it. It is as though preventing rivalry will cause the siblings to be close with another. Oh this is so not true! I am testimony of it. I don’t have any sibling […] Read more…
Have you heard the one that goes, “Oh my child is not naughty. He’s just a very active boy who’s very curious about the world.” All this said with pride in the voice Meanwhile, this wonderful child is jumping on your brand new sofa and trying to hit your child next to him with a […] Read more…