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Guide To Toddler Snacking: Snacks They Love With Out The Added Sugar
When my son was first born I never understood the importance of some good snacks, now that we are reaching peak toddlerhood I totally get it. Our littles love some snacks, but how can we give them things they will love with out loads of added sugar? Today I will share with you all the store bought and homemade toddler snacks that my little almost 2 year old LOVES. Lets start with store bought goodies I have found. Finding store bought treats without sugar is actually really hard so check out these options. Store Bought Snacks Cerebelly: They make granola bars that are free from added sugars but also loaded…
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The Best and The Worst of Clean Diaper Brands
I tried some of the most well known pure or “clean” diaper brands with my son so I could give you all the details on the pros and cons of each. Today I am going to give you all the info on Pampers Pure, Hello Bello, Millie Moon, Thrive Market, and Honest Company. So let’s go ahead and get to the details. Pampers Pure Price: $27.50 for Small Box between 82-42 diapers per box depending on size $43 for Large Box between 132-72 diapers per box depending on size Pampers have always been the most popular and talked about diaper brand, they are a true classic. With that being said…
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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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5 Daily Activities For Skill Building and Child Development
Today we are going to be talking all about my absolute favorite topic as a mother, child development. When I realized I was going to be a stay at home mother I quickly fell in love with child development and learning activities. I spent months while pregnant researching and still find myself doing more research as he gets older. I have put together a list of all of the basics when it comes to interaction with your child, so lets get into this. Reading Reading to our children is SO important. I believe this is stressed from most people pretty much as soon as your child is born. Not only…
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Valentines Day Fun with Toddlers
Valentines Day can be so fun but it’s also one of those like in between weird holidays, especially for kids. Today I have ideas of fun ways to enjoy Valentines Day with your little ones. Finger Painting / Bag Painting I have talked about this activity before and it’s one of our favorites, we do this every holiday. We are still doing bag painting, so I drop some paint all over a piece of construction paper and slide it into a bag, then my son will move the paint around with his hands without it getting all over. Take it back out of the bag, let dry and cut into…
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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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Toddler Meals for Busy Moms with Picky Little Ones
I think kids turn one and decide they like what they like and we just have to deal with it. At least in my situation that has been true. My son ate everything and anything as a baby and now he will literally throw food on the floor if its a certain color. Thats where the idea for this article came into place. I have found ways to sneak in the fruits and veggies he needs even if he doesn’t like them on their own so I knew I needed to share with other moms struggling with me. These are all quick options because I think we all have a…
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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…