Whether you’re a stay-at-home mom trying to get your side hustle on, or you’re a work-from-home mom, or you occasionally have to stay home with a sick kid (OR you’re like me and have had a bazillion snow days this winter), working from home with kids around is an effing challenge. Unfortunately, kids don’t understand…
Laundry. Ugh. Laundry is the WORST. If you don’t stay on top of it, it can get overwhelming and out of control so quickly. I never learned how to properly manage the laundry and ended up struggling with it for a few years. Our old house was under 800 square feet and severely lacking in…
I used to think a command center was such a Pinterest novelty. I didn’t think they were completely necessary – just something either super organized people utilize or people with nice, big houses put up for decoration. Then my daughter, Sydney, started school. Bam. Whole new perspective. Papers started getting lost. Bills weren’t getting paid….
In order to make life a little easier on myself, a big goal I have for this year is to organize. I’m talking all aspects of my life – scheduling, planning, physical spaces, and so on. I had a small victory over the weekend when I took on a project that’s been on my list…
Eight months ago, we purchased an iRobot® Roomba for our home. I was on a steep learning curve of how to manage a home and two kiddos while working full-time. Sawyer was 3 months old and starting to spend a lot more time on the floor, and the dog was in full shedding mode. Needless to say,…
Here we are, mid-December. Christmas is one week away and I already have a bad case of holidaze. Christmas has always been my favorite holiday, but it can be an incredibly stressful time of the year. Between feeling broke and being gone or traveling every weekend since Thanksgiving, it can be hard to manage. The…
I have set some lofty goals for 2019 (aka, cliche New Years resolutions): keep the house clean, save money, pay off debt, grow my blog, eat healthier and lose the baby weight. Pshh, piece of cake, amirite? Wrong. I’m terrible with follow-through, and I can attribute that to the habit of biting off more than I can…
So, you know someone that just had a baby. Of course, you want to go meet the new bundle! But what are the rules for visiting a new mom? Do you bring a gift? How long do you stay? Do they even want you to visit? So. Much. Unknown. Having a newborn is an exciting…
EDIT: After this article was published, Fisher-Price has recalled the Rock ‘n Play Sleeper. Please follow their recall protocol. When you’re expecting your first baby, you have absolutely no idea what the hell you’re doing nor do you know what you all need. There are literally thousands of baby products out on the market and…
Mornings are hard AF. I’m a natural procrastinator and, sometimes, I pay for it in the mornings. It usually ends with me becoming super frantic and my daughter becoming super defiant. There is usually some yelling involved, a couple of tears (from her and me), foot stomps, and possibly even a time-out. Seriously, what a…
Picking out which baby bottles you want to go with seems like it would be a fairly simple task, but then you find yourself staring at all of the options available and begin to feel overwhelmed. There are so many options to choose from! How are you supposed to know which ones to go with?…
Before kids, I was definitely a night owl. I could easily stay up until 2:00 in the morning watching Netflix or reading a book. I had mastered getting ready for work in a half hour, allowing me to get in a few extra minutes of precious sleep. My responsibility level at that point in my…
