Tag: baby
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My Five Favorite Baby Travel Items
In the past two and a half years since my first daughter was born we have gone on ten overnight trips. In that time we learned what baby travel items are essential to a stress-free stay. I wanted to share that list with you. I should add, however, that these items are more specific for…
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How To Communicate With Your Spouse After Kids
Being married is hard work. Having kids is hard work. Taking care of your marriage after having kids is one of the most important things you could do. It can be really hard when dealing with a new baby (or two) to make time for your marriage. I am not a marriage expert, but I do feel…
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Dealing With Envy
It is really easy, when things aren’t going your way to look at others and begin to envy them. How easy we forget how blessed we are when faced with a temporary struggle. Envy is something I’ve always struggled with. I remember a time back when I was a little girl and my mom…
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Pregnancy: Singleton vs. Twins
As 2017 comes to a close I figured I should finish it out with one of my biggest accomplishments this year, which was starting this blog. As you know I am still pregnant with twins, but I am on the final countdown. One of the questions that I get the most is how is this…
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Reflections on Summer 2017: Learning To Trust
I know I have done an awful job writing this summer. I thought since I have more time that I would get more writing done and not less. It’s actually the opposite. I work well with structure. My summer was completely unstructured so it was hard to make myself sit down and write. Also, being…
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Reflections On A First Year Of Life
Yesterday was my daughter’s first birthday. Since I started this blog back in April, I have had the mental battle of trying to decide if I would eve write about her birth story. This week especially I have gone back and forth with myself. At this time I am not going to write it, mainly…
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Shout Out To All The Mamas
I want to start this post by saying that this is obviously an opinion post. I know that being a stay-at-home versus working mama is a fairly controversial topic. Mamas on both sides are very opinionated and passionate about their feelings, and I just wanted to share mine. My husband says I am very opinionated…
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Keeping Baby’s Schedule: There’s An App For That
I was recently in a conversation with someone who was telling me about a babysitting experience. She was watching a 5 month old and when she attempted to put the baby to sleep for the night it was unsuccessful. The baby would wake up every 45 minutes or so. Worried, she contacted the parents and…
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My Top 4 Pregnancy Products
I will be celebrating my first official Mother’s Day this Sunday. I was about 8 months pregnant last year at this time. So to commemorate my first year as a mom I wanted to share my favorite pregnancy products. 1. Boppy Pregnancy Pillow Somewhere around the second trimester the doctor tells you that you can…