Mom Life
Inside this post: All-time favorite mealtime hacks for busy moms to save time, money and sanity. Use one or all of these mealtime hacks to make life easy when your patience is running razor thin. My husband is awesome in the kitchen. He loves to cook for our family on Saturday nights and he makes the best dinners! Our kids just [...]
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Schedule / RoutineHow to Build Cooperation, Independence and Listening Using a Printable Schedule for Kids
Inside: Whether you're looking for a toddler schedule or school-aged routine, this printable daily schedule for kids is customizable and can work for any age! "What time do your kids go to bed at night?" a friend asked. When I responded with 7 pm, her jaw felt straight to her pregnant belly. I half-smiled because on the [...]
Raising Kids100+ Printable Chore Cards for Kids to Teach Responsibility, Helpfulness and Independence
Inside this post: How to use printable chore cards for kids to teach responsibility, promote independence and encourage hard-work. I sat in the car driving the kids to preschool, when she said something brilliant. “How would it feel to have your kids grow into adults who could make good choices without a threat, bribe or [...]
Ready for Independent Kids? 10 Totally Awesome Tricks You Have to Try
Inside this post: Raising independent kids just got easier with these quick tools and tricks. Promote independence, responsibility and hard work ethic with a few simple ideas. Multiple kids. Messy home. Work. Life is busy. I hear it every day. Consistently, the challenge that is voiced most from moms in our [...]
How to Create an Amazing Stay at Home Mom Schedule
The house smells like toast and freshly brewed coffee. I grab the Bun pot and fill my cup. The coffee is almost too hot to drink, but I sip it anyway because coffee and I belong together. Wrapping my hands around my mug, I can't help but think how much I love an organized stay at home mom schedule. In case you didn't know this is [...]
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 [...]
5 Awesome Tips for Leaving the House on Time with Kids
You are on your third attempt to run errands with two kids. Two kids. That’s it. Everyone makes it seem so easy, then you actually try it first hand and it feels like you’re on minute to win it—except the minute takes more like an hour. It goes something like this… You fed the baby, changed the diaper, asked your toddler to go [...]
Do Kids Really Need Routines and Schedules?
I was traveling on a month long summer vacation with my son not too long ago. Things were going pretty well considering we were frequently staying at different homes throughout the trip. I aim to keep a pretty consistent stay-at-home mom schedule for my son regardless if we are on the road or at home and have found that using a printable [...]
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 [...]
Easy Green Cleaning Tips for Busy Moms
There are so many convenient commercialized cleaning products on the market that it can make you wonder if using homemade green or natural cleaners is really worth your time. Of course a cleaning routine for busy moms is really important, but one thing I've learned recently is that green cleaning actually saves you both time and [...]
