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The Potty Training Wisdom No One Told Me

The Potty Training Wisdom No One Told Me

The One Thing No One Tells You About Potty Training Your Toddler There’s one thing that absolutely no one told me about potty training: it might go really well and be very easy for your toddler! I was fully prepared for a battle with my [READ MORE]

Save Your Sanity when Meal Planning (FREE PRINTABLE!)

Save Your Sanity when Meal Planning (FREE PRINTABLE!)

It’s easy to feel like a crazy person when you look at a blank calendar and try to pick meals for a WHOLE WEEK for a WHOLE FAMILY! So here are 3 tips for easy meal planning! (Along with a FREE printable at the end!) [READ MORE]

5 Stroller Tips No One Tells you

5 Stroller Tips No One Tells you

We have 4 strollers. Yes really. 2 kids, 4 strollers. 2 double strollers and 2 single strollers. And you know what? We use all of them on a regular basis! They don’t all fold the same. Practice before you leave the house, opening and closing [READ MORE]

Behind the Scenes with a 5 Month Old

Behind the Scenes with a 5 Month Old

SHOP THE PRODUCTS MENTIONED HERE! Baby update: We didn’t have an appointment this month so I don’t know her stats. I get too worried she isn’t gaining weight if I try to weigh her at home! But developmentally she rolls fully both ways and raises [READ MORE]

Behind the Scenes With a 4 Month Old

Behind the Scenes With a 4 Month Old

Baby update: Syd had a 4 month checkup this month. She’s 13lbs 5oz and 23.5 inches long and I never remember to write down head circumference so I can’t remember that. It was a weird checkup since everyone was wearing masks and scrubs! (Our doctor [READ MORE]

My Reading Life

My Reading Life

Anytime I post about what I’m reading – I get a lot of the same responses. “Wow! How do you have time to read?”“I could never read that much!”“That’s so impressive!”“Where do you get all those books?”“How do you decide what to read?” Let me [READ MORE]

Behind the Scenes with a 3 Month Old

Behind the Scenes with a 3 Month Old

SHOP THE PRODUCTS MENTIONED HERE! Baby Update: No official check up this month but I think she’s probably about 12lbs?? Mom Update: During the quarantine we have been able to have our trainer from the gym come to our house – we work out in [READ MORE]

Behind the Scenes with a 2 Month Old

Behind the Scenes with a 2 Month Old

Baby Update: Sydney weighs 11lbs 7oz and is a straight 50th percentile baby. Mom Update: Feeling completely healed from a physical standpoint. Definitely still have crazy hormones going on due to nursing! I’m easing back into working out and strengthening the muscles that are all [READ MORE]

Behind the Scenes with a 1 Month Old (Baby #2)

Behind the Scenes with a 1 Month Old (Baby #2)

Overall Update Baby: She’s 9lbs even (Birth weight was 8lbs 6oz) and 21”. She’s straight 50th percentile which feels so teeny tiny to me after 98th percentile Archer. Mom: Since I had a VBAC – the recovery has been 10x easier but that means it’s [READ MORE]

Baby Registry Tips for First Time Parents

Baby Registry Tips for First Time Parents

Start with Lucie’s List, this was THE most helpful place to begin!! I just didn’t trust the Amazon or Babylist “must haves” list because it didn’t feel like it was actually things people bought. Your first kid is totally trial and error in a lot [READ MORE]