(I wrote this piece of writing on February 28)
It's the 1st day of March which means It's the birth month of my David, the beloved! Yey! He is now turning 3-year old. I decided to write something about him. Our everyday bonding with relish is irreplaceable. Thanks to my home-based job. I will lay stress on 2 matters on this blog. First, my jubilation and challenges of having a toddler. Second, some measures I do to prevent tech addiction in my son. I start off by saying it's ecstatic to know that someone is hooked on you. When my son wakes up in the morning and if he does not see me, he cries. I usually start working in the afternoon and not able to come with him and daddy to fetch ate at school. Hence, he cries. This little man knows the arrangement between my outdoor and home apparel. if I wear my outdoor outfit and he does not, he asks me to change. There are a lot of circumstances I felt loved by this little man. My favorite perk of having a toddler is the kisses and hugs I receive everyday from my son . My darling is so sweet. My husband and I find it hilarious to know that we have a food competitor almost every day. I am glad I was able to wean him off breastfeeding. He is not a picky eater and he has many favorites, same as our favorites. For example, My son really likes watermelon and banana so does my husband. He likes sweets so do I. Of course we never deprive him, when it comes to food especially healthy foods, my husband and I are lavish to our children. I also love the feeling of having difficulties in scolding my son. Maybe other parents feel the same. Toddlers are too cute to be scolded. There were times that my kids fought, my son would say with his cute voice "it's ate" but actually he was the culprit. I am not saved from mischievousness of a toddler, I am always the dupe of his naughtiness. He makes fun out of me like he doodles my face or other parts of my body. Whenever I put a peel-off mask on my face, he waits for it to dry because he wants to peel off the mask. He is the DJ the destroyer in our house and he makes a mess all the time but he brings so much joy and laughter in our house every day. Let's move to another topic I'd like to share, some actions I do to prevent tech addiction in my son. Nowadays, children love to use cutting edge technology. We allow our son to use a smartphone, although we limit his use to a maximum of 1 hour per day. It only happens when he is still awake and fed up with playing his toys while mommy and daddy are simultaneously working at night. We can't deny that children are so behaved when they use gadgets. Some moms take advantage of it, we use gadgets as a babysitter. My husband and I endeavor to discourage our son to use gadgets all the time. 1) I invest a lot of time with my kids even though I work full time at home. Know your kid's interest is topmost. In case of my son, he loves storytelling, sometimes we read books but he prefers my own story haha. I have to think of a new story every time he asks me to tell him a story. Sometimes, I just reiterate my old stories but I noticed he is astonished if I tell him something new. He is very keen to details, he even corrects his dad when daddy did tell the story not exactly to what I have told him. My son is talkative since he was one-year-old but now, he tries to imitate Tagalog words. Perhaps English only policy should be implemented in our house. Next is I play with them. I remember, one of my students asked me how often do I exercise and what kind of exercise do I do. I paused for a while and realized that playing with my kids is already my exercise. We play hide and seek, football, running, and traditional Filipino games like patintero and bato bato pick. We sing and dance as well. 2.) Invest toys, especially educational toys but not to the extent that will spoil them. It depends on every parent's upbringing style. Some toys cost an arm and a leg! In my case, I buy them toys but I train them to be frugal. Not every time we go to the mall, they can buy whatever they want. 3.) I allow them to go outside of the house and play with other kids. Thanks to their tropa outside of our house. The dilemma here is he cries so loud when it's time to go home and he doesn't want to. 4.) We usually go out on weekends, every Sunday we go to church and they go to kids church. We always have our family day. We make them excited for weekends. My husband and I are both adventurous, we love to travel, we want to plan more trips for our family but now we are saving money for our house so we just go nearby places. Motherhood changed me in ways I never expected. It unveils my innermost character. Life is more meaningful because of them.
