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This is How You Too Can Have a Baby on a Budget

Get money-saving tips, frugal living ideas, and learn ways to save on everything for a new baby from a mother of 4! Learn how to have a baby on a budget! This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone.  This is how you too can have a View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Financial Life, Pregnancy, Reviews

The 10 Must Have Items For Your Baby’s Medicine Cabinet

The 10 must-have items for your baby's medicine cabinet. These supplies will get new moms and veteran moms through baby's first colds and fevers with ease! The 10 Must-Have Items For Your Baby's Medicine Cabinet Whether you are an expecting mom, new mom or one who has trudged through the trenches View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Health, Parenting, Pregnancy, Special Needs Tagged With: Baby, health, Heart, Kids, Pregnancy, special needs

toddler getting a new sibling, kissing mother's pregnant belly.

Super Smart Ways to Prepare Your Child For a New Sibling

Congratulations, you are pregnant! You have been down this path once, twice (maybe even more times). You know what to expect from your body, your spouse, and friends. But there is one unknown factor this time - your toddler! The little being who up until now has been your baby. The cherub who View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Motherhood, Parenting, Pregnancy, Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: Baby, brothers, Kids, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, Pregnancy, Toddlerhood

Don't succumb to baby-book guilt. These are fun and easy ways to record milestones for your baby, toddler and older kids. Enjoy motherhood without guilt!

10 Better Ways to Record Milestones Than in a Baby Book

Frugal and fun ways to record milestones for your baby, toddler and older kids. Save your sanity, time and money! Spend the extra time enjoying your kids! This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Mott’s®. All opinions are mine alone.  “Mama, watch me!” - those words normally View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Motherhood, Pregnancy, Reviews, Toddler (2-5 years)

Before motherhood we are all parenting experts. This mother shares her hilarious bold predictions of how she was going to ace motherhood and parenting. This will make your day!

5 Bold Predictions I Made Before Motherhood, and Boy Was I Wrong!

We were all parenting experts before we became parents, right? This true and funny motherhood story will leave you validated - and smiling. “My kids will never do that.” “I’m never going to be that kind of mom.” If you’ve ever said these things, you probably don’t have kids, or you said View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Motherhood, Parenting, Pregnancy

50 things every tired new mom needs to hear. Encouragement and empowerment for the newest members of motherhood.

50 Things Every Tired New Mom Needs to Hear

The living room was a disaster. There was laundry piled everywhere. Dishes in the sink, patiently waiting to be loaded in the dishwasher. The ones in the dishwasher were also patiently waiting for their turn to be put away. In six short weeks our lives had turned from “domestic bliss” to “I think a View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Motherhood, Pregnancy

Top 10 baby registry items for baby # 2, 3 and even 4. Are you pregnant and wondering what to put on your registry? This list is your answer!

Top 10 Baby Registry Items for Baby # 2

Your toddler is anxiously banging on the bathroom door. No, don’t think you get two minutes to yourself. Wait, what is that? Two pink lines?! Your head is reeling… all of a sudden your exhaustion is starting to make sense. After all these months… It FINALLY happened! Fast forward 5 MINUTES, View Post

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Life with Twins! Your guide to twice the happiness and sanity!

Life with Twins! Your Guide to (twice the) Happiness and Sanity

Twins! Twice the excitement, the enjoyment, the diapers, the sleepless hours and unsolicited advice. If you are expecting or have twins, you have heard all the comments from (well-meaning) strangers, relatives and your mother-in-law! I figured that you might be tired of hearing the same commentary View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Kid (6-9 years), Motherhood, Parenting, Pregnancy, Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: Baby, Guest Blogging, health, Kids, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Sleep, Toddlerhood

The ultimate guide to buying the perfect stroller. Tips for new moms, twin moms and veteran moms!

Find the Perfect Stroller! Read This Before You Shop!

For most new parents, strollers are an essential piece of baby equipment. However, much like all the types of car seats, the array of stroller options can be overwhelming. New parents will need to do research before picking a stroller best suited to their unique situation. This is a guest post View Post

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Having a Doula present at your birth and in the days/ weeks afterwards can help you in SO many surprising ways. Here are 36 amazing facts about doulas!

36 Amazing Facts About Doulas

It truly takes a village to not only raise a child, but also to support the parents in their journey. I recently discovered two incredibly strong, smart and loving women in my village, Jeni and Tina from Doulas of the Palm Beaches. These women make a living helping and caring for mothers and their View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Pregnancy Tagged With: Baby, Breastfeeding, health, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, Pregnancy

Letter to the Mom Scared of Having a C-Section

Letter to the Mom Scared of C-Sections

Dear Mom Scared of C-Sections, You are now faced with the reality that your child may be delivered via c-section - and you are naturally scared! Your carefully scripted birthplan will need to be drastically modified, the childbirth prep classes were hours you could have spent napping at home, and View Post

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Ten ways to Help a New Mom (Visiting Is NOT One of Them!)

As a new mom your emotions are running high and your energy is at an all time low. While you want to show off your precious bundle, you may have older kids at home adjusting to the new dynamics, you are recovering from labor and/ or surgery and quite frankly - having a parade of (well-meaning) loved View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Pregnancy Tagged With: Baby, Breastfeeding, Guest Blogging, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, Pregnancy

Design an Awesome Baby Nursery WITH Your Toddler

How to Involve Your Child In Designing the Baby’s Nursery

(Today's article is written by Patricia Dimick, a freelance writer - check out her social media outlets and bio at the end of her awesome baby nursery tips!) When a new bundle of joy is soon to arrive into your household, you'll need to prepare a nursery for the baby. Moving your toddler into a View Post

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Prepare for pregnancy without stress. Enjoy your journey into motherhood with these tips to get healthy before your pregnancy. Trying to get pregnant, prepare for pregnancy, plan for pregnancy stress-free.

Everything You Need To Know To Prepare For Pregnancy!

Starting a family can be overwhelming. Here is everything you need to know to prepare for pregnancy and to enjoy every step of the joyous process. Let me just start by saying that “NO! I am not pregnant, nor are we planning on having more kids!” However, I have been pregnant once or four times, View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Pregnancy Tagged With: Baby, health, Motherhood, Pregnancy

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