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Mama, Stop Trying to Carry All the Things
His cherub face looks up at me, 5 stuffed animals in his arms, “No, Mama! I do it myself!” This picture was snapped almost a year ago, but both of my boys still like to carry ALL the THINGS. We’ve tried reasoning (“Hey bud, you can’t hold all of those things. God gave us only two hands”). We’ve tried giving…
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Bright and Cheery Kids Bathroom, with links to free printable
I couldn’t wait to have a happy and bright bathroom for our kids! I wanted to design a place that made me smile when I peered in, but also one that wouldn’t break the bank. shower curtain was purchased at Target: Fat Brain Toys Personalized Name Puzzle – NEW! Having a name puzzle is also a great way to practice…
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Swaddle Review from a Mama who’s tried {almost} all of them
There are so many swaddling options for babies these days! How is a Mom supposed to choose? Sometimes I am envious of our moms’ generation. They didn’t have to worry about which swaddling blanket was the best (or which anything was the best for that matter. They didn’t have the blessing or curse of amazon reviews. They didn’t have to…
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Must Have Baby Registry Items for your 2nd (or 3rd) Baby and Why you should still Register
It was 4th of July. I had finally gotten into the groove of working out again (after being diagnosed with a heart defect a year and a half before and being pregnant and then working through his extremely hard newborn days). C was 9 months old, and I was doing Baby Boot Camp. I remember being SO excited when we…
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Our Farmhouse Kitchen
When we saw our house for the first time, the kitchen definitely caught my eye. My realtor knew I would LOVE it, and she was right. I was SO happy to see that the seller had chosen things I actually would have picked out myself when he redid the kitchen! It was a huge gift after enduring having our house…
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Ultimate Guide to C- Section Recovery
I’ve noticed over the years that people have a lot of strong opinions about the way they give birth. Some of my friends are huge proponents of the all-natural route (doula, water birth, home births or birth center, etc), some of my friends praise God for epidurals, and some delight in scheduled c-sections. Before I found out about my heart…
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5 Best Morning Sickness Remedies
Congratulations! You saw that beloved pink (or blue, or read the digital screen), and you are pregnant! So many emotions. SO many hormones. Exhaustion. Sickness. Welcome to the beginning of motherhood, a road paved with so much joy and also so many trials, the first of which for many is “morning sickness”. Who thought of that name, anyway? Mine was…
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Best 10 Tips for Increasing Breastmilk Supply and the 1 Thing that Harmed it
I was SO determined to make breastfeeding work with our first. My mom and best friend had both warned me how hard it could be, so I researched and prepared. I even bought a book. I went to the classes. I watched some youtube videos. Unfortunately, I took the advice of the Lactation Consultant in the hospital (because I didn’t…
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Baby-wearing 101, a comparison of my 6 carriers
Baby-wearing! This is something I SO looked forward to before I became a Mom. I just LOVE baby-wearing, for so many reasons. It helps you bond with your baby, it makes him feel safe, it allows you to have your hands free to do other things (like eat lunch for instance), you can run errands feeling “light” (without carrying in…
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My First 6 weeks as a Mom (spoiler alert, it’s way HARDER than I thought!)
**Note*** This was originally written and published on my blog dancinthroughtheminefields.blogspot.com in October of 2013, and you can read the full post here Thoughts on motherhood so far: It is hard. Way, way harder than I imagined. I read an article the other day that defined happiness as reality-expecations. I expected motherhood to be difficult. Everyone says it is, but…
