In my time on this earth, I have been many things: a daughter, an engineer, a scientist, a wife, a teacher, and a mother. I have relished all those roles, but I have honed one skill that has seen me through every aspect of my life: research. I am an excellent researcher.
In most areas of my life, research is easy. Need to find a wedding venue? I can narrow down to 3 top contenders in under an hour. Don’t understand a new pedagogy technique? I can give you everything from its history to implementation techniques in less than a day. And scientific research is my bread and butter.
But having a baby? I spent 3 months researching what to put on my registry. I am on my second month researching child development. In the parenting space, there is either too much information (most of it tailored to a specific person) or they hide the information you need behind a pay wall if it exists at all.
I was tired of reading blogs with disclaimers about how these things work for their family only with no analysis of why they work or don’t work (all while feeling like a big ad). Here’s the thing: specific items work for specific people because of how they live and what their baby needs. Without those details, the posts are essentially useless when trying to apply it to your own life.
We are also missing big details in the parenting space. Everyone knows you need a ring stacker and stacking cups for the baby, but do you know how to play with them? Do you know what to look for to make sure your child is developing properly?
My mission with this blog is to give you enough information for you to have confidence in your actions. So you can look at your child and know if you should be worried about their development. And so you can raise a happy, healthy child on the smallest budget.
Simple, right? I will be concentrating all the research I can on how to help a child succeed and give it out in easy to understand chunks. Just remember: it is your family, it is your child, and only you know what will work and what wont (I’ll try to give you lots to pull from). Also remember, I am a researcher giving you information. I am not in your home playing with your child. If you have any concerns, want to make any major changes, or are just generally worried, please consult your doctor (I’ll give you tips for that too).
And finally, about ads. Research, especially the deep research I am doing, takes time and I have a family to feed. If I have a link in a post, I promise the item in it is one I either already own and love, have played with in my child’s developmental therapy and loved, or one I would consider purchasing. My goal is not to get you to spend money, it is to provide you with information so you are making an informed choice.
I hope you will come on this journey with me. And I hope you will ask every question on your mind so I can do my best to answer them. It takes a village to raise a child, and in our current society that village is scattered across the globe. We can work together to help our children grow… and feel less like we a flying by the seat of our pants.