Parenting
Learn tips and tricks for parenting solo. These articles will provide experiences and guides to help you along your journey as a Successful Solo Mom
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2nd Grade Sight Words
If this is your first time coming across the term ‘sight words,’ you’re not alone. It can be quite a task keeping pace with the various learning concepts for toddlers and young children. Well, let me help you out. Sight words are words that don’t really follow the rules of spelling or six syllable types. These are words that children are taught to learn by heart since they’re not easy to learn by spelling alone. So why are they called sight words? Children are taught to identify such words as a whole by sight. Examples of these words are ‘does’ or ‘come.’ We teach children to learn these sight words…
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Best Books For Beginning Readers
If your kid is just learning how to read, it’s important to find the right books that fulfill their needs. This means looking for books for beginning readers that are simple and easy to read. There are many books in the market meant for kids in preschool, kindergarten, or early grade school. I’ll give you a list of 7 books that you can get today to kick-start or boost your child’s reading journey. These are fun books that use engaging stories and expressive illustrations to pass their message across while improving reading skills. Whether your kid is learning their first words or having reading difficulties, the books in this list…
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Best Educational Apps For Toddlers
Teaching a toddler how to read and write is no mean feat considering the miniscule attention span they usually have. However, there’s a way around this. Toddlers enjoy using apps just as much as you do, if not more. But how do you know which are the best educational apps for toddlers Well, the internet can be a tricky place to navigate when it comes to choosing age-appropriate content. Common concerns most parents have is how to select apps that are safe and easy for their children to use as learning tools. The app shouldn’t just be educational, though; it should be fun as well. I hardly need to mention here…
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Best Books For 3 Year Olds
Three-year-olds like to listen to stories being read to them and flip through the illustrations. If reading has been an everyday activity from a young age, then your child, by this age, would have imbibed plenty of words and can recognize a lot of things. Additionally, they start to grasp long, complex storylines and display a growing inclination to read on their own. There are many books out there, such as picture books, rhyming stories, fantasy tales, fables with valuable life lessons, interactive books that are both fun and educational, and many more. I’ve narrowed the list down to 7 books with varied content for 3-year-olds. The books are listed…
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Best Tablet For Toddlers
If you’re reading this article, perhaps you’re here as a parent or aunt or uncle needing the Best Tablet for Toddlers for a little loved one. And let’s be real…When you look at a four-year-old child, they may be better at handling a smartphone or a tablet than you are. Strange times right? But that’s how it is, and that’s how it’ll keep changing. Tablets could prove to be a distinguished platform for your toddlers to learn and have fun at the same time. Now isn’t that a moment of relief for you?! In today’s article, you’ll find out about tablets that could be suitable for your children to have…
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When To Introduce Kids To Boyfriend
Dating as a single mother can be quite challenging. Chances are you’re also taking care of your kids more or less full-time, and balancing the responsibility of raising kids with your own personal desire to lead a romantically-fulfilling life is definitely not the easiest thing to do. When dating someone new as a single mother, you might also run into the problem of how to go about introducing your new boyfriend to your kids. You may be worrying about whether or not your kids will like your new boyfriend, whether or not your new boyfriend will be a good fit within your family, or whether or not your kids are…
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A Guide to Handling A Newborn Baby Alone
Most new parents dread their partners’ maternity leave nearing its end. It means you get to be the sole participant in the endless hours of crying and the diaper changes. Handling a newborn baby alone is a continuous battle, and you usually end up on the losing side. Your baby runs the place, and you have to cater to all their needs. You may be a single parent or someone who stays at home while your partner handles work life. Work seems so much better now compared to the thousand smells in your house, doesn’t it? To add to all this, you’re running massively low on sleep. A disturbed sleep schedule…
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Motivation For Single Moms
Being a single mother is no easy feat. You have to take care of your family on your own, and it’s easy to feel like you’re losing grip at times. Many single moms feel overwhelmed at some point, so if you do, you shouldn’t feel as if you’re lacking. It’s part of your growth as a strong and independent parent who will eventually be able to support their family despite your circumstances. In this article, I’m going to share with you tips on how you can hold down your fort in terms of money, parenting, and self-care. As a single mom, all of these things overlap, and you’ll find that…
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How To Take Care Of A Baby Girl
Having a baby is simultaneously the most terrifying and exciting thing that will ever happen to you. Finally, you get to bring your beautiful newborn baby home. That’s usually when the panic sets in. Now what? You have so many questions, so many concerns. You want to do the absolute best for your baby, but if it’s your first child, you might feel too inexperienced. You might face challenges you hadn’t anticipated, and parenthood isn’t always roses and sunshine. Let’s suppose you have a baby girl. You might have heard that there are differences between baby girls and baby boys, but how true is this? If there are differences, what…
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How To Be A Single Mom Of 3
Being a single mom comes with its own unique set of challenges. If you’re a single mom of 3, your situation gets even more drastic. I mean… it’s challenging enough to take care of a single kid by yourself, but 3? You surely need some superpowers. While it might seem like an uphill task, it’s not impossible. I’m a single mom of 1 child, and sometimes I almost gave up. Sleepless nights, toddler tantrums, constant demand for attention. All this while I tried to keep up with my work and give my family a good life. But I was able to sail through, and that’s why I’m writing this article…
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