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A corner of the internet where I share no-nonsense lifestyle and mommy-hood tips, tricks, and hacks.
Seven Super Practical & Smart Gift Ideas for New Moms
Seven super practical and smart gift ideas for new moms to help before and after baby comes!
The Practical and Smart Baby Registry Guide, Plus Registry Do’s and Don’ts!
A baby registry can be overwhelming. I spent several months on my registry. I constantly changed it, asked other moms for their input, reviewed it, and still modified it as people started buying items. I researched other registry lists as well to give me inspiration....
SEVEN Budget-Friendly IKEA Hacks for a Dream Kitchen
SEVEN Budget-Friendly IKEA Hacks for a Dream Kitchen including what to buy and what not to buy through IKEA.
Preparing for Your Baby’s Birth: Packing Your Hospital Bag
Things to think about when preparing for your hospital birth (Mom, Baby, and Partner)It never hurts to be too prepared, especially when it comes to the birth of your baby. Here is a list of things you will need for your baby’s birth, things that are important to pack...
The Importance of a Visual & Natural Birth Plan
My birth plan was an important key to my natural birth success. When I showed the nurses my plan, they were both thankful and impressed, and pinned it to the bulletin board in my hospital room. They even wrote ‘A+’ next to it (teacher reference since I’m a teacher)...
How I Had a Natural & Unmedicated Hospital Birth
I wasn’t married to the idea of having a natural birth. In fact, I planned loosely on getting an epidural or managing the pain in other ways, but as my labor progressed, the plans I had in place for a natural birth were followed through, and in the end, I...
The Easy and Clean Cloth Diapering Routine
It took me a few weeks to finally get into a smooth cloth diapering routine. I didn’t have all the necessities when my baby was born and, because of this, my cloth diapering experience didn’t go very smooth. My hope is that this...
The Case for Cloth Diapering
I didn't always cloth diaper my baby. When she was born, I used disposable diapers. I had, however, collected a somewhat decent collection of cloth diapers through hand-me-downs, registry gifts, and my own splurging over the course of my pregnancy, so I knew in the...
How to Survive the Fourth Trimester
You may have heard of ‘the fourth trimester.’ It’s a time period referring to the first 12-14 weeks after baby is born. I hadn’t heard of this ‘fourth trimester’ until about 4 weeks into a very sleep-deprived month, and I wished I would have read about it beforehand....
Eight Things I wish I Knew About Breastfeeding (and should have done) Before I Had My Baby
Breastfeeding is a natural thing, I thought. You either do it or you don’t. There’s no right or wrong way. It will be amazing. My baby should know how to do it. It will be easy. While some of this is true, my breastfeeding journey was anything but easy in the...