After 3 years of trial and error, I’ve found some of the best screen-free toys for kids! Minimizing TV time is hard, but these toys help. As a WAHM to a 3 and 1 year old, having precious time to…
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Absolutely Everything You Need To Make Your Own Baby Food
Is your babe ready to start eating food? Look no further, I have compiled the ultimate list of everything you need to get started with your baby food journey! When my first daughter was at the age where food could…
The Pro Parenting Tips I’d Only Tell My Best Friend
These are my ten “top secret” parenting tips I desperately wish someone had told me before the arrival of my first child. When I found out I was pregnant with my first child, I slipped in to a deep and…
The Best Way To Prepare For Your Toddler’s First Flight
Gearing up for your toddler’s first flight can be overwhelming. I scoured the web for all the best tips and compiled my favorites here! We just survived our toddler’s first flight, so these are field tested 😉 I am an…
The Scary Complications of Mastitis That Landed Me In Surgery
This post is a continuation of my breastfeeding journey. You can read part one here. This post contains colorful descriptions of painful events, and may be triggering to some. “Option 2” I just had one of the shittiest weeks of…
The Dark Side of Breastfeeding No One Talks About
This post is a personal reflection of my breastfeeding experience, and is not the typical experience of other breastfeeding parents. It contains some colorful descriptions of painful events and may be triggering. I decided early in my pregnancy that I…
Easy Morning Rituals from a Converted Night Owl
These easy morning rituals seriously helped me finally become a morning person. No exercise or phone hiding necessary! Mornings and me… we used to have a complicated relationship. I have always wanted to be a morning person, but morning rolls…
27 Hours of Unmedicated Labor: A First Birth Story
My unmedicated hospital birth story is not what I wanted it to be, but exactly what I should have expected. Let’s go backwards a little. I found out I was pregnant on December 19, 2018. My period never showed, so…