Tailor-Made Toddler: An introduction

Hey, I’m so glad you’re here.

If you have clicked on this page, most likely you have a toddler yourself, care for a toddler, or are just curious about what the heck this other page is. (:

Tailor-Made Toddler is a little offshoot of Tailor-Made Teacher. Content is currently only being created for Instagram and then I am pulling from some of those posts to create blogs here.

So…the question is, why does this offshoot now exist?

As I was doing work for Tailor-Made Teacher and writing blog posts, I was finding that the kind of content I was writing about was getting farther and farther from my current life. In other words, even though I only left teaching two years ago and am still in touch with many teachers, traditional school is not my world anymore.

Toddlerdom is.

I wanted a space where I could create and share things I was already doing with my own toddler. I wanted a space where the pressure was off and I could be more of my authentic, raw self. I wanted the chance to create a deeper community that was willing to be vulnerable and honest as well. All of these things are what the Tailor-Made offshoot is to me.

It’s not that I’ll never create materials again or that my shop is closing down, but moreso that I am taking a creative pivot to do what more naturally fits into my life. My hope is that Tailor-Made Teacher can remain the umbrella under which these other passions can exist and thrive.

Finally, my mission has shifted slightly as I have seen my own self struggle with identity post teaching. It has been hard to own being a mom and see that as valuable and exciting and worthy. I’ve since learned through these past two years that I don’t have to give up being a teacher. I will always be a teacher to my child. My goal is that through the Tailor-Made Toddler account I can encourage other parents to have confidence in the fact that they are their child’s first teacher. It’s a beautiful responsibility and challenge. I hope that I can give a few ideas and tips to help along the way and encourage parents and caregivers to see that everything is an education.

-Erin