Category: Parenting
When you first find out you’re going to have a summer pregnancy, you imagine yourself looking radiant and glowing, wearing flowing maternity dresses and fashionable summer outfits to show off your growing bump. But what you don’t think about is how ridiculously hot you’re going to get and how on …
Breastfeeding is easy. It’s so easy you don’t need to prepare…it will be a magical experience from start to finish. YEAH RIGHT!! Breastfeeding is hard! It’s really hard! Don’t get me wrong it is a beautiful thing, those special moments shared between you and your baby are definitely some of …
Knowing what to expect during labor can be hard! Labor is scary and every labor is different. So when someone tells you what happened to them, chances are it probably won’t happen to you. There are so many birth stories out there. Some are crazy, like when that lady gave …
Not knowing ways for storing your kids’ artwork can be tricky. Those pictures will always hold a special place in your heart but it can cause a lot of clutter when you run out of places to put them. You don’t want to throw them away but you don’t know …
To the mom who feels like she a hot mess and can’t do it all. Who is always running around frantic not knowing what day of the week it is. I see you. I am you. A hot mess mom. Trying to a balance all of the things that come with …
Deciding what to put on your baby registry can be stressful. Everyone is always giving you advice. “You’ll need this.” “No, you won’t.” “My baby hated that, don’t get it.” “Get it because my baby loved it.” (All about the same thing.) And with all the advise you still have …
Part of being a mom is giving things up. You give up things like going to the bathroom alone or a clean house (heaven knows it’s almost impossible to keep a room clean when you have a toddler). Because being a mom is about service. You are always serving other …
When I was pregnant no one told me about what really happens during postpartum healing. Not the nitty-gritty details anyway. I understand that no one told me because they didn’t want to scare me but I’m a worry wart. I needed to know what to expect so I wasn’t always …
When it came to packing my hospital bag for when I was going to have a baby I had a plan. But plans don’t always go as planned. When my baby came my bag wasn’t packed, the car seat wasn’t in the car, and my mental state was a mess. …
Making sure you pack your diaper bag is the most important thing you have to do to get out the door when you have kids. And not realizing that you left something at home can be detrimental when you realize you don’t have it. I have done this plenty of …
