MOTHERHOOD
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Baby Registry Purchases I Made as a Second Time Mom
As second time moms, we tend to know a lot more about what we actually NEED and what is just unnecessary when it comes to making purchases from our baby registry. If you are like me and having your kids close in age, you were probably able to save a lot from your first child. I was lucky enough to have two boys so all of my first sons clothes are able to be passed down. I did however make a lot of bad purchases with my first child so I had quite a few things to get this time around. My biggest tip for you, make a baby registry…
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Mindset Shifts To Transform Your Anxiety Based Life
Today we are talking all about mindset shifts but before we get in to that I want to share a little bit more about why this topic is so important to me Im back from my unexpected break, and while it may have been for not so positive reasons, I can always find a positive to share with you all. I have been an anxiety based human all of my life and what I mean by that is thats how I function, in worry and fear which brings me these extreme highs and lows. I let my anxiety talk me into a state of depression and then I will finally…
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4 Ways of Reconnecting With Your Spouse After Kids
Happy Valentines Day! What a great time to talk about reconnecting and rebuilding your relationship with your spouse after having kids. Having children can really change your life in 1000 great ways but it can have some negative impacts too. No sleep, less time for yourself and certainly less time for your spouse. I feel a lot of women struggle with finding the balance of it all. Especially going from having no kids to now having one. This year one of goals was to start focusing on my relationship again after it took the back seat with having my son so I thought I would share how we are working…
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The Things No One Tells You About Postpartum
Finding out you are pregnant can be overwhelming on its own right? Then you finally make it through, you have this beautiful little baby looking at you and bam. They are handing you stool softeners trying to mentally prepare you for the first “movement” after. The human body is truly amazing. WE are truly amazing ladies. WE make people, how crazy is that? Afterwards though, we kind of go through it for awhile. Today I want to talk about all the things I wish I would have known about postpartum before it was happening. This is not to scare anyone, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, it is all truly beautiful and special.…
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Top 5 Tips for Expecting New Moms
I was there, all new moms have been, you find out you are pregnant and the googling starts and if you are anything like me it doesn’t stop the whole pregnancy or once the baby is here. Thats probably how you came across this article in the first place so instead of the scary stories most posts will give you I want to give you helpful words of encouragement. Stop Googling Now i know google has plenty of beneficial information, but I highly suggest avoiding it. Pregnancy and newborn times can be really hard, every pregnancy and every baby is different. Googling can lead you to believe something is wrong…
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5 Ways to Properly Set New Years Expectations
You guys, welcome back, let’s talk New Years goals! Im sorry for my break or if you didn’t know I was taking one, I needed some time to get reorganized and get prepared for the new year as I hope to hit some big goals with the website this year! Can you believe it is 2022? Today I want to talk about how to properly set New Years goals. Im sure we have all been there, you set these huge goals with little to no plan on how you will get there and a month into the year you are discouraged or forgot about it. This is happened to me…
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What One Year of Being a Mother Has Taught Me
My baby boys birthday was this past weekend and I took a lot of time to reflect on the past year. This article may be a little all over the place as I list these things off this week so I hope you all don’t mind. Today I want to share not only the incredible things I have realized in motherhood but also the struggles I have over come or may still being going through in hopes it will make another mother realized she is not alone. I thought I had my life all figured out before my little man came into the world and now my life couldn’t be…