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How to Create the Best Morning Routine for Meltdown-free Mornings

I think all moms can agree that mornings can truly make of break your entire day. The flow of the early hours sets the stage for the rest of the day. We will forever be chasing after all the minutes we overslept and the mood of our kids' paint every hour thereafter. Sprinkle in a little bit of View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Parenting Tagged With: Baby, family, live in the now, Motherhood, work life balance

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

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The Best Guide to Experience Gifts for Kids and Teens

I am honored to feature another post today from Sidney Young from Need Organizing? She is a “regular” on my blog because I love her down-to-earth common sense ways to combat clutter and keep your home organized! I know you will love this article from her too! Here is Sidney’s: "The Best Guide to View Post

Filed Under: Gift Guides, Hygge, Life Style, Parenting, Winter Tagged With: Baby, Guest Blogging, Kids, Toddlerhood

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20 Potty Training Reminders for Desperate Parents

If you find yourself knee-deep in potty training, chances are you will LOVE these potty training reminders. You will feel validated, I promise! I have never been an overly ambitious mother, especially not when it comes to potty training. I always figured that the boys would catch on - eventually. View Post

Filed Under: Parenting, Potty Training, Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: Baby, Cloth Diapering, Kids, Parenting Shortcut, Potty Training, Toddlerhood

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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

Breastfeeding supplies every new mom needs. Set yourself up for breastfeeding success with this comprehensive breastfeeding supply list. What to buy to prepare for breastfeeding. New mom breastfeeding supply list. #Breastfeeding #Breastfeedingsupplies #BreastfeedingAccessories #BreastfeedingTips #MamaintheNow

Everything You Need to Breastfeed, in Addition to Breasts

Starting to breastfeed can be overwhelming. Get these breastfeeding supplies and you will be off to a wonderful breastfeeding journey. As a mother of four who breastfed for a total of 90 months over the span of 10 years, I found that being prepared for the “unexpected” gave me an advantage when View Post

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

Breastfeeding support for breastfeeding moms. Breastfeeding advice for new moms. Breastfeeding tips for nursing moms. All the breastfeeding support you need to get through your breastfeeding journey. #Breastfeeding #Breastfeedingsupport #BreastfeedingAdvice #NewMom #MamaintheNow

Breastfeeding Advice From 67 of Your Breast Friends

Where do you find your breastfeeding support? I recently reached out to YOU (aka my readers/ friends/ fellow moms) to hear the best breastfeeding advice you ever received… and now i have bundled this fantastic package of 67 estrogen-filled, supportive hugs into one big article!  Bookmark View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Motherhood, Parenting Tagged With: Baby, Breastfeeding, friends, health, Kids, Marvelous Mammary Memories, Motherhood, Pregnancy

how to bottle feed your breastfed baby, without tears! Learn how to switch from bottle to breast with ease. Whether you pump or supplement with formula, switching from bottle to breast CAN be done without stress. Reduce nipple confusion. Feed your baby with breast or bottle. Breastfeeding tips for pumping moms. Breastfeeding tips for supplementing moms. #MamaintheNow

How to Bottle Feed Your Breastfed Baby – Without Tears!

Bottle Feeding a Breastfed Baby I need to start planning for the end. The end of my maternity leave is only two weeks away, and I have not wanted to think about it until today. My breastfed baby will have to take a bottle once I go back to work, and he has yet to try one. But today is the day, he View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Parenting Tagged With: Baby, Breastfeeding, Motherhood, Pumping, work life balance

When should you introduce the bottle to your breastfed baby? (Don't do what I did!) Bottle-feed a breastfed baby with ease. Right timing for introducing the bottle. Pumping and bottle feeding tips for breastfeeding. #MamaintheNow

When Should You Introduce The Bottle? Don’t Do What I Did!

The key to bottle-feeding success is planning! As a breastfeeding mom it is very easy to feel like you will forever be walking around with a baby hanging off your breast, especially in the first couple of months. Your life is full of cuddling, nursing sessions, diaper changes and smelling the View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Parenting Tagged With: Baby, Breastfeeding, health, Pumping, work life balance

Hand-me-downs done right can save you thousands of dollars. Take the advice from a mother of four boys.

10 Steps to Getting the Most out of Your Hand-Me-Downs

It's that special time of year, the one that everyone looks forward to... well, at least I do. Bringing out big boxes from our storage closet, opening the lid, emptying the content and looking at everything is a long afternoon walk down memory lane. Each and every item has a story and the older View Post

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learn the 8 signs of teething so you can calm your baby. Drooling infants, sleepless nights and runny noses can all be signs of teething, but there are a few surprising symptoms too! Motherhood teething tip!

Learn the Eight Signs of Teething!

Teething bites “Teething bites!” - All parents (and babies) agree on this. There is no worse feeling in the world than watching your child in discomfort or pain - and being completely helpless. Teething is definitely a milestone I deem as a necessary evil. Your otherwise sweet and wiggly View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Health, Our Life, Parenting, Popular, Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: Baby, family, health

A simple solution to end separation anxiety. Using a tool from the Conscious Discipline approach to parenting, we no longer have tearful drop offs or mornings. Working mothers and parents of preschool children, this will save your mornings.

A Simple Solution to End Separation Anxiety

Motherhood is part creating attachment and equal parts detaching, ever so lovingly - at JUST the right time. Today I witnessed a beautifully executed loving detachment, made possible by a mutually strong attachment. This miracle happened because I used a incredibly simple (and effective) solution to View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Motherhood, Our Life, Parenting, Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: Baby, Danish, family, Happiness, Kids, Motherhood, Parenting, Toddlerhood, work life balance

The best parenting advice, tips and tricks from a mother of four boys. These posts will encourage and empower you to go out and be the best parent you can be!

The Best Parenting Advice

As the mother of four, there are a few things I have learned and am reminded of on a daily basis. First and foremost, little boys have poor aim, they just do. The things that are favorites today are considered poisonous tomorrow. Last but not least, you are not “better at” parenting just because you View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: Baby, Expert Answers, Kids, Parenting Shortcut, Potty Training, Toddlerhood

Everything you need to know to keep your baby warm and healthy this winter. This is a one-stop resource for parents with babies this winter. Awesome tips and advice.

Keep Your Baby Warm and Healthy This Winter

I am excited to have recruited help from a non-Floridian writer for this particular topic! Jennifer Taylor from MomTricks is guest writing. You will need her tips if you live anywhere but South Florida, so please read and share this with your other cold-weather friends. Everything You Need to View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Health, Parenting, Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: Baby, health, Kids, Parenting

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