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!…
When I had just given birth to my daughter, my neighbor brought over frozen lasagna. I don’t think I will ever ever forget this because it was so so kind. In the newborn phase my husband did almost all of the coking which was incredible, but he was tired too,…
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.…
Obviously, I like to write. But journaling is so much more than a hobby. When I write stuff down, I feel ten times lighter and I feel like I can recall things clearer. This helps when I am mad, sad, happy- all of the things. Lately, I’ve been moment after…
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…
Before I knew myself as a mother, I knew myself as a daughter, a wife, and a sister. I have been many things, and I will be many more. To be all of these things at once is more precious than I could have ever imagined. The first time my…
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…