Life has definitely gotten much busier in our household since having our son last month. We now have two babies under two and although I’m more tired than I have ever been in my life, my heart is so full! New Mom Must-Haves These are a couple of my favorite products that I’ve been using…
New Moms
A Baby Shower For Stacie
Last weekend I gathered with a small group of friends and family to celebrate my sister, Stacie, with a baby shower for her son who is coming in December. This has been such a strange year, it’s great to have this new little nephew to look forward to meeting. It was a beautiful day for…
Love Made You My Daughter
My bonus daughter was told I’m not her real mom, because I didn’t birth her… Ouch, that is a fact. No, I did not carry you or birth you, but if I had to, I would give you life by giving mine. The only way I know how to love her is unconditionally like mothers…
Cloth Diapers Vs Disposable Diapers
There are a lot of choices to be made when you are a mom – breastfeeding or formula, pacifier or no pacifier, co-sleeping or crib, baby wearing or stroller…the choices are endless. One big choice moms have to make is how they are going to handle diapers. It seems like everyone you know has a…
How To Create A Great Baby Bedtime Routine
The first few weeks and months of parenthood fly by in a blur. The days flow into each other, and it seems impossible to find any time to sleep at all, let alone get into a regular routine. After a little while though, you start to get the hang of things. Before you know it,…
Lactation Lab
Breastfeeding was both a challenging and beautiful journey. Sometimes it felt like it would be forever before I could be done, but other times it almost felt like it was going by fast. Until he started biting. You heard me – when my baby’s teeth started coming in, his need to explore biting did, too….
Advice For Moms With Picky Eaters
We’ve all been there – you’ve just cooked a lovely dinner, and your kids take one look (or sniff), and flatly refuse to eat it. Sometimes that is just kids being kids (and not being excited about spinach), but if it’s happening all the time, you might just have a picky eater in your house….
Don’t You Worry Your Pretty Little Head
Do you ever look at your children and think, “How can two kids who come from the same parents be so absolutely opposite?!” This is definitely the case with our four-year-old daughter and almost two-year-old son. With our third coming in three weeks we have zero predictions on what type of personality will inhabit his/her…
Kids And Technology
In the digital world we live in today, it’s hard to set boundaries for kids with technology. These days It seems like every kid has an iPhone or some sort of electronic device. It absolutely blows my mind to compare my childhood with the ones of today’s modern kid. Let’s face it, it’s unavoidable, but…
Love Letters
You know those days when your kids are behaving so badly in public you wish you could crawl under a rock and hide? Then an older woman walks by and tells you to enjoy it because it goes by so fast. I always mumble to myself “I sure hope so.” Love Letters Well, I’ll tell…
Fit4Mom
Tears welled up in my eyes on a hot summer day in July as I watched my husband head out the door for the day. He was going back to work after spending four weeks together as a new family of 3. I remember feeling nervous, lonely, and terrified of being left at home alone…
My Little Miracle
There is something to say about a mother’s intuition. I had that sinking feeling while my 3rd baby was in utero, that feeling that something was wrong. When I was about 7 months along, I was sent to a specialist because Eli’s head was measuring off the charts, and the doctors wanted to rule out…