If there’s one thing every SAHM needs to know, it’s how to be happy at home. This sounds like it would be easy but sometimes the isolation and repetition can create quite severe discontentment. Leave the House Every Day Leaving the house is my favorite way to reset the day.…
I never used to know what to make for lunch for my toddler, so I came up with a few ideas that I knew she loved. I made a menu for her and referenced that, constantly. Here are few lunch ideas for toddlers, and a sample menu at the end!…
With Christmas coming up, we have been collecting gifts one by one. I am trying to avoid one big Christmas haul, for the sake of our bank account. Each pay check we purchase one or two Christmas gifts for our daughter. These are the best gift ideas for toddlers that…
Hiking with a toddler is no small feat (aside from the actual small feet). Here are a few things I do before every hike to make sure we are safe and successful. (I am an amazon affiliate so if you click the links I will get a commission but it…
Before moving on, I want to reframe this mindset and say you did not lose yourself. You are still in there. My first year went a little like this: three months of being too tired to do anything but take care of my baby, three months of realizing that I…
First, allow me to define the “crunchy” lifestyle. Many see it as a granola-esque, hippie, earth-loving, off-the-grid movement. It is many of those things, and more. You may be crunchy if you homestead, don’t vaccinate, homeschool. Urban dictionary describes crunchy moms as neo-hippies. Anyway, I think you get the picture.…
There are a million things I wish I knew before becoming a mother. How to transfer a sleeping baby to a crib. How to prevent cradle cap. How to make plans and see friends when your infant naps 4 times a day but doesn’t sleep at night. But those are…
This was your dream once, right? The sticky fingerprints on the fridge, the tiny shoes left all over the house, the toys everywhere. It was my dream, my fervent prayer, to be a mother. There are some days I wonder if I forgot that. I wonder if I forgot how…
When I first made my registry while I was pregnant, I was so delusional. I told my husband that we don’t need a stroller because I will carry her everywhere. We don’t need a changing table I’ll just change her wherever. We don’t need a diaper pail, I will just…
My daughter turns two in four months, so you might think I am jumping the gun with this post. Hear me out. My mom always told me that kids manifest into how you speak about them. Time and time again, this has proved true for my family. This isn’t limited…