Let's face it, the right 2 year-old sleep schedule can take each family member's sleep and daily routine from completely off tilt to pleasant and enjoyable. That's because when 2 year-olds aren't happy, it tends to spill over into everyone else's emotional space. I remember when my daughter went through her 2 year old sleep [...]
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Best Summer Schedule for Kids That You Can Print and Use Daily
You know how the summer schedule for kids goes right? In the beginning, you're all Mary Poppins coming up with fun and exciting ways to entertain the kids while keeping firm boundaries. By the end, you've got a serious eye twitch and back-to-school couldn't come fast enough! This summer will be the first one in a couple of years [...]
Why You Should Absolutely Wake a Sleeping Baby
Please note this is not prescriptive for something you must do with your baby. Each baby and family is different. If this works for you, I'm glad to share our experience. If this isn't something that will work for your family, I completely understand that as well. A friend of my came over for coffee last week. We were chatting and [...]
Why Every Mom Should Use a Timer (And No, It’s Not for Time-Out)
Parenting feels a bit overwhelming sometimes. I mean, it’s hard to really know if you’re doing an amazing job or screwing up your kids for life. Have a parenting problem? Just Google it and you’ll find about 1.3 million results in 2.4 seconds sharing completely different ways that are the “perfect” solution to your parenting problem. You [...]
The Day I Finally Decided to Be a Selfish Mom
It had been two years. TWO YEARS. Yes, I’m shouting that at you right now because two years is a really long time in my opinion. Before I became a mom, I swore up and down that I wasn’t going to be THAT mom. THAT mom who couldn’t leave her kids to take some time for herself. THAT mom who never got a babysitter. THAT mom who thought no [...]
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 [...]
How to Feel Happy as a Mom, When You’re Not
It’s kinda funny how motherhood is often portrayed at the most joyous time in your life. There are so many moments filled with abundant joy. Truly, there are!! But there are also moments that are really, really tough. Moments filled with frustration and anger. Maybe you feel pretty happy as a mom right now. Or maybe you don’t. [...]
The Key to Creating a Successful Stay-at-Home Mom Schedule
So excited to have my friend Katelyn from What's Up Fagans? sharing her wisdom with all of us today! When you have multiple young children at home, a good stay at home schedule is pretty important, at least if you want to have order and not lose your sanity. This schedule will look different for every family, and every situation, but I [...]
Why Every Great Mom Fills Her Cup First
It isn’t easy being a stay-at-home mom. Many days it’s downright exhausting when good enough doesn’t feel good enough. You feel like you are trying to do all the right things. You give everyone your best, and when you are done giving, you go ahead and give some more just to be sure everyone is taken care of. Motherhood is simply a [...]
3 Secrets to Raising Happy Kids
Sometimes raising happy kids feels like an insurmountable task. Someone’s in tears over not getting to eat cake for breakfast, someone’s mad over not going to a friend’s house, and someone’s mad over limited screen time. You get the idea. It’s easy to feel like parenting is equal to plummeting into a black hole in outer space. Recently [...]