Mommying from the Heart, Oh Baby! Pregnancy 101

Oh Boy…Another Boy!🤴🏽🤴🏽 Preparing for Elisha👶🏽

Many parents pray for a specific sex of their baby when they find out they're expecting. Brandon and I have never cared. We just wanted healthy babies. So when we found out we were having another boy, there was no disappointment on our end. Just excitment and thanksgiving for another blessing from God! How honored… Continue reading Oh Boy…Another Boy!🤴🏽🤴🏽 Preparing for Elisha👶🏽

Mommying from the Heart

Potty Training: The Good, The Bad, The Poop! Part IV: The 💩 Poop Garage 🚒🚘🚗🚜

I come to you as the proud momma of a lean mean successful pooping in the potty toddler machine! He did it y'all!🎉🎉 Duce has finally made pooping in the potty a norm in the Whitaker house! It has been a wonderful 2 months of NO POOPY🚫💩 PULL UPS! 🎉🎉 We have went from putting… Continue reading Potty Training: The Good, The Bad, The Poop! Part IV: The 💩 Poop Garage 🚒🚘🚗🚜

Homeschooling

“Homeschooling Duce”📚 Part 2: The Classroom Experience

I started out sharing about the socialization aspect of homeschooling because it's the most downplayed and misconstrued perception of homeschooling out there. However, there is even more fun that goes on inside the home-in the “classroom” per se, that Duce and I have enjoyed over this last year...LEARNING! Now this is the part that can… Continue reading “Homeschooling Duce”📚 Part 2: The Classroom Experience

Homeschooling

“Homeschooling Duce”📚 Part 1: Adventures of Socialization

When my husband and I talk about what education looks like for our kids, it is filled with a solid faith foundation that curates the mind to learn and explore all the possibilities. As a former teacher and support resource and service provider in the schools, I have seen first hand how the school system… Continue reading “Homeschooling Duce”📚 Part 1: Adventures of Socialization

Homeschooling, Mommying from the Heart

Black Moms Can’t ❌… Black Moms Don’t!🚫

Black Moms Can’t❌...Black Moms Don’t🚫...sounds familiar? 3 years ago when my son was born, I had no idea that I would become a stay-at-home mom 6 months later after we decided to relocate to San Antonio. The only thing I was sure of as a new mom was that I was going to breastfeed my… Continue reading Black Moms Can’t ❌… Black Moms Don’t!🚫

Mommying from the Heart

Adventures with Duce: Only Child Status Expiring in 5…4…3…2…1…

What I pride myself on as a parent, especially as a Stay-at-Home working mommy is being intentional with my son in our quality time and education time. For me, that shows love to my son, that I his mother, cares enough about his emotions, development and overall success as a boy and future man in… Continue reading Adventures with Duce: Only Child Status Expiring in 5…4…3…2…1…