If you’re new here, my name’s Ciara. I am married to my best friend and we have two (soon to be three) beautiful children together! We are both originally from Southern California, we moved to Montana after we got married, and now live in Utah and love it. My husband works as a firefighter paramedic and I am a former high school teacher – turned wannabe stay at home mom. Currently, I work from home a few hours a week as a data analyst in education and I also dabble in content creation on social media. In a perfect world I’d really love to be a full time stay at home mom with all my babies!
I’ve always loved being social on social media, but after having babies – it really became a huge outlet for me. We didn’t live near many friends or family and there were many days that felt so lonely as a new mom. Sharing on social media and connecting with other moms all over was so amazing for me!
With my husband’s schedule I end up solo parenting many days at a time and for awhile I’d use the TV as a huge crutch during those shifts. I don’t have a huge issue with screen time, but I really wanted to stop relying on it so much with my toddler. I wanted to implement some activities that my toddler would love and would give us a little less screen time, but I wanted them to be super simple. We’re talking a 5-10 minute preparation and then my toddler can have at it. I was so overwhelmed with the intricate activities and sensory tables that were popping up on my feeds. They were beautiful, but as a mom of two I was craving easy to set up activities.
And thus the “Toddler Mom Trying to do Less Screen Time..” series was born. I started the series on instagram to share the easy activities I was doing with my 3 year old and to no surprise – other moms were in the same boat as me and loving the activities! It’s become such a fun outlet and my toddler absolutely loves the one on one time it brings us.
This blog will be a place to find all these easy activities as well as a way to connect with other moms. I’ll share my favorite easy recipes for solo parenting, all my must have items, and any lessons I learn along the way. If you ever want to connect – the easiest way is to DM me on Instagram! I love connecting and sharing with other moms!
And don’t forget – you are an amazing mama! xx Ciara
