Mom Life
So you know how vacation is supposed to be really relaxing? Then you get in the car or plane for the never-ending travel to your destination, your complaining child screaming in the background, and you are wondering what is so enticing about vacation anyway. Yep, I’ve been there. Don’t get me wrong, vacation is awesome. But sometimes [...]
How to Survive Pregnancy Fatigue While Caring for a Toddler Too
The first time you are pregnant it’s all fun and exciting because you get to take naps and go grab ice cream whenever you darn well please. No one is there to judge. Life is good. The second time around, however, there is another little person present in your life. This is when life gets interesting because surviving pregnancy fatigue [...]
MilSpouse Life3 Things Military Spouses Don’t Need (and One Thing They Do)
You get a few bad apples and all of a sudden the whole tree is rotten? This is the question I think of when I see articles running rampant on the web about military families and their overwhelming sense of entitlement. There is a growing argument that military spouses are running around throwing fits and tantrums over their lack of [...]
Military Resources20 Must-Have Documents for a Stress-Free Military PCS Move
Getting ready for a military PCS move is incredibly stressful for many families. If you've ever checked out the Holmes and Rahe Stress scale, you can see that moving even within the same city is considered fairly stressful. One thing that can help reduce stress during a military PCS move is keeping important documents in order and [...]
Schedule / RoutineBest Kitchen Cleaning Hacks for Busy Moms
Cleaning your kitchen without the use of toxic chemicals is not only easy, it's also incredibly affordable. DIY essential oil cleaning recipes are incredibly quick to make on the fly and they actually work!! A few months ago we completely overhauled our home cleaning, exchanging out traditional toxic cleaners for these essential oil [...]
The Parenting Differences We All Should Ignore
When I my son was first born, I struggled immensely. Everything felt so overwhelming. Life with a newborn was not so easy-peasy for this mama. And then at 6 weeks everything changed. We put our son on a schedule and we never looked back. In addition to creating a schedule we did several other things—swaddling, encouraging full [...]
Best Moving Overseas Checklist for Military Families
If you are preparing for a military overseas PCS move then you definitely want a moving overseas checklist! Moving overseas can be a very stressful time for military families. It certainly was for us! I will spare you the long version of the story, but my husband was away at school in another state as we were preparing to move overseas to [...]
Why Moms Need Routines Just as Much as Kids Do
You probably hear it all the time—kids thrive on routines. It’s totally true, and there is a substantial amount of research to back up the idea. Routines offer children safety and security in the midst of a very chaotic world. Routines help kids prepare for what comes next in a sequence of events and eliminate frequent power struggles [...]
Running Errands with a Toddler? 2 Minutes to Save your Sanity
Errands with a toddler is like going on a trip wearing a blindfold. You really don’t know what to expect until you get there. I’ve somehow entered into this frequent errand pattern like some sort of a bad 80s rut. It’s not because I actually want to run errands that often. Believe me. I don’t have some strange love affair with errands. [...]
8 Things Only a Mother Would Do One-Handed
There is a heck of a lot of stuff that moms do crazy different after kids come into the picture. This shouldn’t surprise anyone, but it’s hard to get stuff done when a child wants to be held on and off throughout the day. This is when moms start using their one-handed tricks because they don’t have time to wait around all. day. long. [...]
