Happy Children's Day to Every Child!

When I was a child, 2 things made Children’s day extra special for me. One of them was ice cream while the other was the Match Pass in the public field.

Children’s day was the only day in the whole year that I could have an ice cream. I still remember how it felt, in short; I can practically taste the sweet melting feeling of the ice cream in my mouth as I type. It used to be in a blue and white paper wrap with a stick stuck in it that we held while we happily licked on the ice cream. Christ, it was glorious.

Where do you get cute baby clothes for your Little ones?

One of the most wonderful things of being a mum is that you get to choose some really lovely clothes for your little ones. It's usually more exciting for a Mum to get stuff for her baby than for herself and they're usually so excited when the baby items arrive.

I'm going to talk about only 3 of my favourite shopping sites after the cut and how  I get them delivered to me. 

Making knee pads for your crawling baby

I picked up my baby while he was crawling and noticed that a part of his knees looked lighter, like he had light bruises on them.

That was when I started wondering what I could do to protect the tender skin on his knees against the rough carpet while he crawled. I checked a few sites and only found something on Amazon with very low reviews and high price. Aside from the fact that they were expensive, there was still the problem of how long I will have to wait to get them while my poor baby suffers knee bruises so, I put on my thinking cap and came up with these wonderful knee pads for him. 

I'll briefly explain how I made them with pictures, after the cut.

Keeping Baby's Bum Diaper Rash Free

Picture Credit: momtastic parenting. 

Diaper rash can be very painful and extremely uncomfortable for babies.  

Fortunately, it's quite easy to ensure that babies never get diaper rash at any stage with the use of good old petroleum jelly, precisely, Vaseline or Pears baby where Vaseline is not available.

How to stop babies from thumb or pacifier sucking

Some babies  learn the art of sucking from the womb and master it in the first few weeks of their lives on earth or learn to suck as soon as they are born. Sooner than later, the finger sucking becomes a habit which is usually very very hard to break. The good thing about babies that suck is that they always seem to be at peace and can easily sleep on their own without fussing. This also applies to babies that use pacifiers. The big issue, however is always how to stop them; and which is the lesser evil,  pacifier or thumb.

Keeping baby's big Afro

My cute Little One with his adorable Fro

All babies, including black babies are born with very soft and easy to manage hair but after a few days or weeks, some black babies' hair toughen up and become difficult to comb.

My Child and I

Introducing my Little speedster

Finally, I succeeded! . 

I've been trying to create a page with multiple posts but because I've been away from my blog for so long, I couldn't remember how to create it. I finally figured it out and created a page titled My Child and I. 

This page is going to be about the sweet experiences and the challenges mothers (and fathers too) face in the process of bringing up their little ones. It will be a place where you can seek advice, share yours, tell people what to expect, share tips on where to shop for the little darlings, parties and all other baby gists.