Are you wanting to thank a veteran, but don't know where to start? It's easy to see that after decades of war, many Americans want to thank and appreciate veterans for their service, but they aren't exactly sure how to do that. I get it. It can feel overwhelming, especially for kids to think about that kind of stuff. But I have to share, [...]
5 Reasons the Heartache of Deployment is Painful After Kids
Nothing makes me cry like a baby more than when my husband says goodbye to our son before deployment. During our last separation, my husband left quietly before dawn. My son and I still sleeping soundly in our own beds, we were oblivious to his stealth disappearance. After waking that morning, the shock of it all hit me. He was gone on [...]
How YOU Can Support The Troops at Baskin Robbins This Veteran’s Day!
Compensation for this post was provided by Baskin Robbins via MSB New Media. All opinions expressed in this piece are my own. When I was pregnant with my son, my sweet tooth clicked on, and it has yet to turn off. Funny enough, I'm 15 months post giving birth, and I'm still sneaking off to Baskin Robbins to grab a treat. They get me [...]
5 Best Tips for Using The Baby Sleep Easy Solution
Today Kristy from Seven Graces Blog is sharing her personal experience with The Baby Sleep Easy Solution. I know that sleep is very personal to all of us, as parents. Thank you all for being open-minded and allowing her to share her baby sleep tips. When I became a mom, I didn't really know what I was doing. I had read every article I [...]
9 Amazing Baby Sleep Tips for Night Waking
I hope you find these baby sleep tips for night waking helpful! When my son was first born, I had the whole night waking thing all wrong. There I was in the middle of the night with all the lights on, eating some crunchy snack, and watching horrible late night reality TV in the midst of feeding my baby. post contains affiliate [...]
How Simple Toy Organization Can Help Toddlers Thrive
It was just last week when I was listening to a podcast on keeping a tidy home when the moment of inspiration hit me—the toys in our house aren’t so tidy after all! For as organized and as routine-oriented as I like to be, the toys certainly fell by the wayside. So I decided to get busy and go through the toys in our home, minimize, [...]
Super Secret Ways to Encourage Kids to Brush Their Teeth (+ $100 Amazon Giveaway!)
For the last several months, tooth brushing was an epic battle in our home every night before bed. I would try to brush, and my son would resist. The more I pushed, the more he resisted. Parenting is never simple, is it? While it would be easier just to give up and forget about brushing, I recently learned a few startling facts. And it [...]
Toddler Night Waking? 4 Steps to Help you Deal
When my son was a little baby it was way easier to lull him back to sleep in the middle of the night. And then he got a little bit older, and he wasn’t so tired anymore. When he woke during the night, he was just that…awake. Many of the sleep disruptions that an older baby might experience are sleep disruptions that a toddler may also [...]
How to Grow Long Distance Friendships after Moving
Lately I’ve been talking a lot about making new friends because we just moved half way around the world, and starting over in the friend department is no small task. There are tons of amazing ways to meet new people and make new friends after moving. But what about your old friends? There are a handful of best friends that I [...]
How to Balance the Schedule With Real Life
I’ve been asked a lot recently from readers, friends, and family how I balance a good schedule with living real life. I understand the inquiring; balancing the two is a legitimate challenge. I love a good schedule so much that friends and family probably wonder what crazy assembly line I'm running in my house. But there is a whole other [...]