Fulfilling the role of a mother is never easy. Kailangan matibay ka, matatag sa isip bukod sa pangangatawan.
Simula sa araw na ipanganak mo ang baby mo, ayun na rin ang araw na magsisimula ang role mo na panghabang-buhay. Ang toddler stage ay ang pinaka demanding na part para sa kids. Kaya kung naging toddler na ang anak mo, ito ang payo ko sayo.
You have to prepare your mind and body on this because there’ll be a lot of tantrums, struggles in changes like on their eating habits at sleeping patterns—dahil nga sila ay nasa stage ng exploration. Yes, dito sa exploration journey na ito, kailangan ng araw -araw na alalay, and this could be really exhausting for us.
Dapat tutukan ang bata at this stage para maagapang itama ang mga behaviour na hindi kaaya-ayang matututunan nila during their exploration.
One example is, possibleng matuto ang batang mandura dahil sa hilig niyang maglaro at i-explore ang tubig.
Natural lang na hindi niya pa alam na hindi magandang ilagay ang tubig sa bunganga and then, spit it on someone else. Usually, the best way to deal with this kind of challenge is a lot of patience and firmness. When you’re disciplining your child, focus and do not show any sign of smiling or laughing.
Be careful sa mga demands nila, hindi lahat ng gusto nila ay kailangang ibigay. But listen to your child if it needs to. Play with him or her a lot.
At kapag mayroon ka namang binabalak that it will give you and your kid a lot of adjustments, i-train mo na siya bago mo pa simulan ang plano mo. Or at least make him or her understand why you need to do it.
Best example is where you’re finally need to go back to work, but better do a routine of adjustment period first, like training in a week or so, bago kayo tuluyang pumunta sa actual.
But if you have a choice not to leave your child for work (lalo na kapag maliit pa), I suggest to choose to look after him or her while your child is young. Dito kasi nila kailangan ng mas maraming pagtuturo at disiplina mula sa ating mga magulang.
