Top 5 ‘Bribe’ Items For My 2 Toddlers

I always have the following top 5 ‘bribe’ items at home to avert a meltdown from my 2 gals : 1) Slice cheese or Laughing Cow cheese (all time favorite)2) Pine nuts3) Yoghurt4) Biscuits or crackers5) Barney DVDs, High 5 DVDs and karaoke nursery rhymes DVDs. The trick is I cannot give these items to…

Power of Distraction On Whiny Toddlers

Being a mother has never been easy. You’ve got to have tons of patience, endurance, emotional stability, physical and mental strength and a creative mind to come up with lots of ideas to distract in the hope of subduing a whining and crying toddler. Sherilyn was whining away yesterday morning after her daddy had left…

Plastic Mats

I have 8 of these plastic mats at home. I put 3 under the gals’ bed, 2 under my bed and 2 for the mattress downstairs. I find them really useful for preventing pee, vomit and water from seeping into the mattress. It’s better and more practical to place the mats on top of the…