When I make a decision or am completely overwhelmed by mom life, there is nothing that I want more than another mom’s opinion and unfiltered thoughts. So, here you can find posts on all sorts of topics when you don’t have time for that coffee date with your best mom friend.
Deciding on care for your child is a very big decision. The stakes are high since there is no way for your baby to tell you what is going on. It is also a huge decision because your caregiver will shape your child’s development. Now, I know how tough it …
My husband and I have the exact same spacing in our families. The first two are a 3 year age gap, the third child came 6 years later meaning a 9 year age gap from first to third. I was the first in my family and my husband was the …
Recently my mom friend told me, and I quote: “It is really important to declutter and pitch toys so you can keep everything more organized. It is better for them [kids] and will help them keep stuff clean and organized.” She has a minimalist toy room. I do not. We …
To prepare for my baby, I read a lot of mom blogs while pregnant. When it came to posts on sleep, I felt like I was already judged before I even had a baby. Just by trying to get prepared and read about newborn sleep, I had entered a huge …
Everyone has a number. A number of kids that works for them. The trick is figuring out what is right number for your family. Our number was 2. We were done after 2 kids. I didn’t always know we would only have 2 kids. However, once we started having kids, …
During pregnancy, there are two big sharing decisions. These decisions are also the two biggest questions you get throughout your pregnancy besides how many weeks are you (aka when is your due date). They are: Is it a boy or a girl? What is the name? People can either go …
Read moreWhy You Should Share Gender But Not the Name During Pregnancy
Giving your baby girl a boy’s name is nothing new. In fact, almost all girl names start as boy names. Some classic ones are Ashley and Lauren, which today are girl names but started as boy names. Now, there are a lot of beautiful girl names that I love and …
Read moreWhy You Should Consider Giving Your Baby Girl a Boy Name
Having mom friends is an absolute must of parenthood. Once you have kids you won’t be able to relate to anyone who doesn’t. They will be on an absolute opposite schedule than you unable to understand your crazy day to day. Therefore, once you start to have kids, you also …
Read moreYour Mom Friends Secretly Hate You if You Do These 7 Things
Let’s all admit together that we went over the top for that first birthday and probably spent way too much money. The next few years, we continually learned more lessons on how to be experts in throwing a kid birthday. I have now attended enough little kid birthday parties to …
Read more10 Worst Mistakes When Hosting a Birthday (Ages 0-5)
I was one of three and so is my husband. However, we decided to stop at two children. I thought I would have three simply because that was what we both had. But when it came down to it, we realized that it wasn’t what we wanted. We took a …