I am a HANDS ON MOTHER! I am sometimes accused of being too strict on Keylon and even Lauryn. Keylon DOES NOT and WILL NOT have a TV in his room, watches limited TV, drinks 100% unsweetened apple juice instead of soda, snacks on Nutri Grain bars instead of Cheetos, is responsible for cleaning up his room and isn't allowed to play with guns! Lauryn was exclusively breastfed for the first five months of her life and just recently started taking formula supplements when I went back to work. I make her baby food with the Magic Bullet her god mother, Britt, bought for her. NO, she can't have table food! I don't pick her up immediately when she cries if I know she is just having a moment. I don't give in easily..........
The way some of you look upside my head, you would think I was holding Blanket over the balcony!
I've told you what Keylon CAN'T do so let me take a moment to brag about what he can do! Keylon turned 3 yrs old in February. He recognizes, writes and is able to give you an animal for every alphabet. He counts in English and Spanish. He can identify all shapes and colors, communicate in full sentences and recite every book in his library. He dresses himself with the clothes I put on his bed every morning, brushes his teeth, washes his face and even puts Vaseline on his lips! He is a very smart, independent and well mannered child! I am repeatedly complimented on his behavior!
It is my goal to raise the leaders of the next generation! World Changers. Entrepreneurs. Idealist. I want Keylon and Lauryn to have the foundation to become anything they want to be in life. They won't be able to do that growing up with the TV as a babysitter, little to no structure or an unhealthy body!
You are a born mother!
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