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When Motherhood Feels Heavy, Remember This…

How to survive the tough mom days when you're a tired mom. Such an important story. I'm go glad I read this today!

When I first learned my friend Sarah fell pregnant with her second baby, I was beyond elated for her. Pregnant with my second baby as well, it’s always a fun feeling when your friends are pregnant right along with you. Plus, Sarah was already an amazing mom to her toddler boy. I knew this next addition to her family would be so incredibly [...]

Mom Life

5 Unspoken Truths About Being a Stay-at-Home Mom

5 secrets about being a stay at home mom. The tough days of motherhood we don't talk about, but we should.

I grabbed my keys while staring blankly into the distance and simultaneously uttering one simple sentence to my husband, “I’m leaving now.” Through my peripheral vision, I could see him raise his brow, glance in my direction, and nod once. I think he knew better than to ask where I was going or what I was doing. Maybe he knew I [...]

Raising Kids

How to Stop Your Child From Whining – Immediately

Boy covering his eyes with his hands.

I sat at the kitchen table, looking across the room as he struggled with the button on his pants. Using both hands to firmly grasp the button and hole, he attempted several times to secure his pants around his waist. I wanted him to stop whining and saying that he "couldn't do it." No luck. It’s hard to sit back and watch [...]

Schedule / Routine

5 Sample Daily Toddler Schedules From Real Moms

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I regularly get questions from readers about how to create a good sample daily toddler schedule. While not every toddler is the same, I do think it’s very helpful to see what other moms are doing in their homes. Five stay-at-home moms were asked to share their schedules. So I use the word "real" intentionally because these are not [...]

Mom Life

50+ Open-Ended Toys That Will Keep Your Kids Busy for Hours

50+ open ended toy ideas for kids

Inside: Inspire your child's imagination and creativity with these open-ended toys that last for years! Open-ended toys result in open-ended play, encouraging problem-solving, self-regulation, creativity and more. This post may contain affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I may earn a small commission. Updated Nov [...]

Raising Kids

Your Strong-Willed Toddler: 3 Shifts to Turn Defiance Into Cooperation

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I stood in the elevator looking down at my strong-willed toddler on the floor. He sat up, swung his head backwards and let out another ginormous “WAAAAAAAA.” When the elevator stopped on the third floor my heart skipped 3 beats before sinking into the abyss of anxiety in my stomach. The doors opened to another family needing to ride [...]

Schedule / Routine

10 Baby Sleep Tips That’ll Help Baby Sleep Longer Stretches

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Sitting on the couch with my swollen legs propped up on pillows, I looked over at the stack of newborn baby sleep books on the coffee table. Over the course of several hours, I devoured each book, skimming through the pages. I was determined to learn how to make a newborn sleep. Then...my son was born. And....he didn't [...]

MilSpouse Life

A Letter to Every Military Girlfriend Who Feels Discouraged

One of my most vivid memories of military life was during a time when I was a military girlfriend. Nearing our thirties, my boyfriend and I had been together for several years already. In the beginning we were long distance, and after almost two years together, I moved from the Midwest to Coastal North Carolina to be with him. It was [...]

MilSpouse Life

The Secret Life of Military Spouses and Their Curtains

Every military spouse I know has one. It’s some sort of marked box or storage bin; usually shoved in the back corner of a closet. Sometimes the lid closes nicely. Sometimes it’s crammed so full that we have to stack other boxes on top to keep it closed. This box is filled with curtains. And it is more than just something that takes up [...]

MilSpouse Life

To My Military Spouse Friends, You’ll Never Know…

Military spouse friendships are unique. Without them military life is challenging.

As we prepared for our final hours in Okinawa, my husband and I packed up our loaner van with five ginormous suitcases, two strollers, two carry-ons, one diaper bag, one camera bag...and two kids (can't forget the kids). I hopped in the way back with a cup of coffee that tasted a lot more like burnt toast than actual coffee. The kids [...]

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