Mom Life
I finished cleaning up the house, and I took one minute to go the bathroom. I was ready to be a patient mom and connect with my kids. I just needed one minute. And when I returned my son was reaching into the pantry on his tippy toes. Oh man, I knew exactly what was about to happen before it even happened. Unfortunately, I was about 6 [...]
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The Hidden Place Your Daughter’s Self-Esteem Grows
As a five year old girl, you could spot me in a crowd of 200 hundred people in about 1.7 seconds flat. I mostly looked just like every other child in my community. Until you caught a glimpse of my hair. Oh, my hair. My hair was bright fiery red, and it was my nemesis. That bright fiery red hair caused me a lot of grief throughout my [...]
The Most Surprising Way I Became a Better Mom
"Mom. Maa. Mom. MAA. MOMMMM!" Yep, you guessed it! It’s the witching hour, which occurs every day from exactly 5 pm until bedtime. It’s the time of day when everything goes downhill fast. Your kids are crying, your patience runs thin, and all you can think is mommy has a headache. Your kids yell again... "Mom. Maa. Mom. MAA. [...]
3 Things You Learn Savoring the Moment with Your First Born
It’s hard to say exactly when my heart turned into an epic pile of mush, but I’m pretty sure it occurred somewhere between my husband leaving for a 3 month work trip and my pregnancy hormones ramping up half-way through the second trimester. It hit me all of a sudden: My son would no longer be my only child. In a few short months he will [...]
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 [...]
One Surefire Way to Make Mom Happy This Mother’s Day
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Groupon for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. When I was a kid growing into my teenage years, and later my early adult life, I always seem to have a heck of a time figuring out what to buy my mom for mother’s day. Now years later, I often think my own family struggles to know exactly [...]
Schedule / RoutineWhy 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 [...]
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. [...]
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. [...]
