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 …
I have studied language as an adult. I have studied abroad twice. I have learned both Spanish and German. However, I have never learned one well enough to teach my child a second language. In addition to the benefits of brain development, there is a bigger reason I want my …
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After baby “hood”, I thought nothing could be harder. I had no idea that a toddler would make me look back on that first year and think no, that was the easy part. That was Parenting 101. My toddler gave me a run for my money. I was in way …
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 …
Once I became a mom, I realized staying fit was an entirely new beast. Before motherhood, I really just needed to find the motivation to eat healthy and work out. Looking back, I had no idea I was on easy mode. Motherhood is hard mode. It starts with having to …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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