It wasn’t until I became pregnant that I learned how to simplify my life and in turn my motherhood. Right before Christmas 2013, I was pregnant and just getting over hyperemesis gravedarium. It was my first pregnancy, and I was exhausted from being so sick. That Christmas I only put up about one-third of my […]
Do you wash your towels only to have them smell like mildew? Mine used to smell awful too. I would add scented laundry beads and use scented dryer sheets. But those only masked the mildew smell that lingered. It didn’t matter what I tried, they still stunk! So then I started adding a cup of […]
Getting your toddler to brush their teeth can be one of the biggest tests of patience for parents. Ask me how I know! Yes, getting my 2 year old to brush his teeth was SUCH a struggle. It was the last thing we did before bed which meant he was tired and I was tired. […]
Do you ever feel run down and unmotivated? Maybe it lasted a few days or weeks or even months. I’m not talking about really hard times like a death or a job loss. Just periods of time where you feel “blah” about life and totally unmotivated. You might feel overwhelmed with everything, yet unmotivated to […]
This post includes referral links. I used to spend a couple of hours cleaning my home on the weekends….before I had kids. Soon after having my firstborn, I realized that spending hours at a time cleaning my house was just not possible anymore! Then I had a toddler and a baby and getting the housework […]
Last week I found myself crying into my pillow for no particular reason. I just felt like crying. My husband asked what was wrong, and I had no answer except that I felt sad. It had hit me. The stay at home mom winter blues. I struggled with the winter blues even before I was […]
Being a stay at home mom can feel overwhelming. Running a household while meeting the constant needs of children is a lot to figure out, especially since there is no college course or training full of stay at home mom tips. You are pretty much winging it as you go. At least that’s how I […]
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