Did you know that something as simple as a morning sickness tea could help you stop your constant nausea? Finding the best morning sickness tea is going to help you do just that. When I was pregnant with my first child, morning sickness made life so difficult. I was teaching middle school and I needed …

When I was searching Google for cheap American Girl doll accessories, the first three search results were to American Girl’s website. I’m not going to lie. When the American Girl catalog arrives in my mailbox, my 36 year old self gets super giddy and I revert to my 8 year old self. I pour over …

Inside: Are you wondering what the timeline of a breastfed baby looks like? These are the phases that your breastfeeding baby will go through, including cluster feeding, distracted nursing, growth spurts and more! A lighthearted, humorous look at the funny and sometimes frustrating stages that your baby will go through. This post contains affiliate links. …

I wanted to write this post on breastfeeding tips for new mothers because I believe in order to be successful and get through those first difficult weeks, you NEED to be educated. You need to be encouraged and informed because breastfeeding is HARD. Hard.What? I thought breastfeeding was natural. While breastfeeding is natural, meaning something …

If you’ve ever thought, for whatever reason, that you might not want to get an epidural, I’m sure your biggest concern is this: Can I make it through birth without an epidural? I remember wondering the same thing during my pregnancies. I knew that I WANTED to go med-free. But COULD I? That was an …

If your newborn wakes every hour, do you just have to deal with it? Suck it up? Learn how to function on little to no sleep? Parenting in the first few weeks is SO trying and difficult. You of course knew that babies don’t sleep for very long stretches, and that they developmentally SHOULDN’T. But …

Finding the best co-sleeper for breastfeeding is so important for so many reasons. Having your baby within arms reach for each and every middle of the night wake-up is essential. Feel like having your feet actually touch the floor in the middle of the night? I didn’t think so. The thing about co-sleepers that I …

Making it to the one year breastfeeding milestone is HUGE, and now that you’re finally here, you’re wondering what’s next. Should you continue breastfeeding and what are the extended breastfeeding pros and cons? My first baby was BOOB OBSESSED. And I was pretty obsessed too, I guess. First of all, from the very first moment …

I LOVE letter crafts for toddlers and preschoolers. They’re the best! But PRINTABLE letter crafts?! Even better! The problem that I have with any type of Pinterest craft that I do with my children is that I am, no matter how hard I try, NOT organized. This is usually how it goes: Child: I want …

As a teacher and a mom of a 3 year old, when I think of the best way to teach alphabet recognition a few things come to mind. These are the things that HAVE to happen in order for it to be a good experience for both parent and child. Letter recognition is the first …