The Idea Behind My Blog And How To Navigate

 Welcome to Inner Thoughts Shared! 

My site should be simple and easy to maneuver. I understand that most people enjoy looking at vibrant things but, too much stuff on a page can become annoying especially if you’re trying to find out what a particular site is about. With it being hard to browse through, you’ll probably lose your interest and move on. 

I explained the idea behind this blog since I’m sure many don’t know what most of the options on my page are or what this blog is about.

About my blog

The whole idea of creating this blog is to share my journey of becoming an entrepreneur and about other things in life I believe should matter. 

Sometimes we need a little encouragement so we would look online. Other times we need things that will cut to the point and not leave us thinking. There’s also time’s we just need something that relates to us, which is what I hope to share in my different entries. I hope not to have one topic I discuss that only captures a few audiences, but to have different things that many can relate to.

I base most of my entries on my experiences and the novel approach that I took. Some are lessons and ways that even I can apply to my daily life.

Many writers/bloggers put an entry based on research and some just write based on experience, I hope to do both here because I feel research is good but when it’s something you can relate to it’s even better.

What you can find?

On my website, you can find my different entries on the left side, after the page logo and name. You will then see the featured post followed by some business quotes that I so much love. Below that you will find the blogs that I follow. 

Under each of my entries, there is an option available to leave a comment about my post. If you wish to leave a comment, you can click on comment and it will lead you to the box for comments. There are three options you can use to leave a comment:

1. Leave a comment with your email 

2. Leave a comment with your website 

3. Leave a comment as an anonymous person. 

There are also the options you can use to share through email, blog, Twitter, Facebook, or Pinterest.

On the right-hand side, you will find the option to follow by email. Below that you find the search bar to look for something on the blog and below that, you will find a list of options: 

1. Home takes you back to the home screen where you can find all the blog entries.

2. Personal Facebook Blog leads visitors to my inner thoughts blog on Facebook. It contains entries different from my website.

3. 4Life since I am an Affiliate of the US-Based company called 4Life, I included it on my website for anyone who wishes to become healthier.

4. Inner Thoughts Group I’ve created a Facebook group that you all can join, follow and use to express yourself. I’ve made the group private so that only members can see whatever anyone would post to the group. We all need to share our thoughts sometimes, so to have people that can share encouragement with you is wonderful.

You will also find an about section, a section for Wikipedia, and a contact form if you need to send me something in an email. I’ve also included an option for the translation of the site since not everyone understands English. You can change the language to what you speak and understand.

Having a blog is being able to share your experience, knowledge, and thoughts with everyone. With my site, I hope to cater to everyone or get everyone’s interest in my different entries no matter your culture, language, or region.

Celebrating Birthdays Each Year Is A Blessing

 It normally takes nine months to bring new life into this world and for mothers, fathers, grandparents, and many families, it is the greatest gift of all times. Holding your baby in your arms for the first time, feeling those soft tiny little hands, those tiny little feet, and watching your recent addition to the family sleep so peaceful is one of the happiest moments.

Watching them grow is so wonderful from their first coo to their first time sitting up, creep, walk, and first words, talk about many memorable moments.

What is so wonderful though, is being able to celebrate every new year of life with them. 

For many, the biggest excitement of all time was seeing your baby turn one since that is because they have reached the first year in life.

I bet for most it’s the time you just want to make things so special since you want to make it memorable and have in an album somewhere to show your kids when they get older. 

I know for me every year I get excited for my children’s birthday since even though I try to put a smile on their face every other day, this one day out of the entire year I am so extremely blessed to have another year of life with them. 

When you celebrate a birthday, it’s not always about cake or parties but it can be about just doing things that the person whose day it wants to do.

 Every time my birthday comes around I love celebrating them by going out to dinner or by getting to relax all day. I know it sounds boring but since mostly I’m busy, it’s really the one day that I just want to have “me” time (you know since it’s really the only time anyone will allow you to do what you want) lol.

With kids, however, you know how some are. They always want a party with cake, pinata, party bags and gifts and don’t forget about food. It’s the time I see they always look forward to aside from Christmas and Easter. 

Birthdays are a blessing and something just worth being thankful for since, just like the 1st of January each year, is a celebration to see the new year, being able to see a new year of life is just as important. 

For many, they don’t look forward to birthdays because they remember the passing of a loved one, but I believe the loved one that you would remember would want you to enjoy the blessing of seeing another year.

I remember being told that you're to cry when a baby is born because you never know the struggles they will face in life and you celebrate when someone dies because it means that their struggles in life are over. 

Celebrate your birthday each year because it’s a blessing to grow older. 

Coping With Them Sick Days Of Your Baby

 When you become a mother or a parent, your child becomes your happiness and joy, and the love you feel for those tiny little hands and feet takes more of your heart than anything else in the world. This is why as parents we are overprotective and we become a little too scared when anything would happen to them. So we try to protect them as much as we can. However, as parents, we can't keep them from getting sick since sickness can happen to anyone especially our little heartstrings whose immune system is still learning how to protect them. 

I remember when I had my first child, after a day or two of hearing him cry and I thought I did everything I could to calm him, I quickly went back to the clinic and was told that he wasn't getting enough feed and so that is why he was extremely fussy. I believed that in my first couple of months I lived at the clinic more than I did at home because I was more scared that I wasn't doing something right or that there was something wrong with my son.

Now after having experienced them frightening days, I realized that as a first-time parent it is ok to be fearful of not doing something right or that there might be something wrong with your baby, it shows how much you love them and you just want to make sure everything was alright. I got to say that I was really thankful that the nurses were so helpful and kind, especially being that they saw me often.

When you have a child for the first time people always tell you that you'll know what to do when you have your second but, to be honest, that's not the case. 

Every child is different, every experience is different and so what you need to do when they are ill is going to be different as well. You see my first child when he got sick I cloaked him up, made sure he took the stuff for his fever and his antibiotic and he was good in no time, however with my second son the more he was cloaked up the more his temperature raised and the stuff for the fever didn't work. I actually had to bathe him in cold water to take down his temperature and that didn't work for long. I honestly tried a lot of things and they didn't work. He caught seizures a few times and we had to go to the emergency room each time and it was only then we got his fever under control. Not even antibiotics helped him. It was something that he had to grow out and even now I still fear for those days to return even though he's already big.

Many children require little things to get them better but, there are kids that need so much more attention. I believe as parents we give all our children the majority of our attention because when they are in pain so are we. As well when you have one child that was easy to get better and the other that needed serious medical attention to get better, your response to your children's illness becomes so much unsure. 

Having experienced what I did with both my older kids when it comes to my young baby I practice what I've learned from his older brothers for the times he is ill and many days I am grateful that each time it doesn't require much for him to get better but to be honest he is also different when it comes to making him feel better.

So you see when it comes to coping with the sick days of your baby don't assume that you can just try what your mama did for you or what you had done for your other children because each child is different and requires different care. You can however try different things and see how it works because whilst doctors like to say that it's an infection sometimes it could just be little things like teething or change of weather. 

Here a few things I do for my children:

-Once my child is just starting with a fever I give him Tylenol based on the doctor's dosage.

- If my child's fever doesn't go down I then give him a cold bath and rub him up with Vick (not for kids under 2 yrs since it might be too strong for his/her skin, but can use baby Vicks).

- If his fever still doesn't go down I would put Scageneal and salt under his foot and then put a sock on his foot to keep it there. 

-Now I normally leave wrapping him up for last since the warmer he gets the hotter he gets since that is what happened with my second son, however, if you want, you can try wrapping up your child from the start, sometimes it works faster. 

Now after I've tried all this and he still isn't better then I would take him to the clinic. This is normally after 24 hrs because a fever that doesn't go down after 24 hrs means something is wrong and needs medical attention. 

For colds, I normally use natural stuff that is not harmful to young children, such as hibiscus which helps with cold, lemon, and honey with garlic which also helps with cold (honey is not for a child under 1 yr). Fever grass which I find works really fast. Also, a little something I learned is leaning your child a little front and giving a pat on the back in an upward direction for a little 5-10 min helps to clear the lungs. Normally a cold lasts about a week, however, if within 48 hrs you see no improvement but you see it getting worst then a doctor's opinion is needed especially if it affects breathing.

Before I use to follow these steps I would sit online and look for ways that would help my kids if what my child pediatrician had prescribed hasn't helped and I found that some of the things I've mentioned above work way better. I must say though that if your child has a major health condition like my second child did the quicker you get to the doctor's office is better once there is a fever included that doesn't go down. Plus praying is also helpful because what I felt would have been many years of dealing with seizures stopped at an early age and since then there have been no more of those dreadful days.

There's no easy way of coping with the sick days of your baby but keeping it together is the best way. Keeping positive helps to give positive endings and helps to keep you in your well-being state of mind.

 I want to say that I applaud all the strong parents that have to cope with their kids suffering from major illnesses since fever and cold are minor compared to the parents that have to leave their children in the hospital because that is the best way to help them. I can't imagine how hard that is for you but your strength becomes your children's strength so never forget that and never lose hope. Hope opens the door to making all that is impossible seem possible.