Motherhood, Babies, Home, Toddlers

I’m Not a Super Mom and I Don’t Care

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I'm Not a Super Mom... and I Don't Care: I'm not a Pinterest mom, as much as I try to be. I feel like I come up short as a mom, wife, and everything else, basically all the time. But at the end of the day, my kids are loved and that's all that matters. A mom's reflections on why it's OK to not be a super mom.

A few days/weeks/months ago [who knows, because I’m terrible at keeping track of time], I published a post called Day in the Life of a Stay-at-Home Mom of 2. Since then, it’s been my most-viewed post. It’s made the rounds on social media, and I’ve received feedback–publicly and privately–basically saying that I don’t measure up as a mom. That I don’t clean enough. I don’t cook enough. I don’t whatever enough. Well, I’m not a super mom… and I don’t care.

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Babies, Home, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Toddlers

How to Transition Baby to Nursery

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This conversation on How to Transition Baby to Nursery has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MyVTechNursery #CollectiveBias

How to Transition Baby to Nursery: It's a big change for everyone when the time has come to get Baby to sleep in his own room! Moving from parents' room to nursery is a big step, and it's important to navigate the transition to crib sleeping carefully. A mom of 2 shares how her family successfully navigated the transitioning Baby to sleeping in nursery with minimal stress! [ad] #MyVTechNursery

Over the past week or so, we’ve been working on transitioning Blair to her nursery. After all, I worked so hard preparing her room before she arrived… might as well get some use out of it, right? When it comes to transitioning Baby to the nursery, a band-aid approach works best for our family: move all sleep to Baby’s room at the same time. Now that I’ve navigated this rite of passage with two little ones, I want to share some of my best tips on how to transition Baby to nursery!

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Keep Kid Stuff from Taking Over Your House

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This discussion on how to keep kid stuff from taking over your house is part of a shop that has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #GiftingForBaby #CollectiveBias

One of my biggest struggles as a mom is how to keep kid stuff from taking over your house. As soon as they’re born [well, even before they’re born!], the items start piling up: swing, play yard, bouncy seat, baby bathtub, the list goes on.

Then, they start getting toys. Ride-on toys, big bouncy balls, trucks, cranes, and more. Pretty soon, it feels like the walls are closing in. How can you stop kid stuff from taking over your home?

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