Tag: motherhood
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30 Screen-Free Activities Kids Will Love
Screens definitely have their place in our house. Sometimes I need to make dinner. Sometimes someone is sick. Sometimes everyone just needs a quiet afternoon. But I also like having a list of easy, low-prep activities I can suggest before reaching for the TV. Here are 30 ideas we’ve enjoyed. Some take five minutes to…
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Things I Swore I’d Never Buy as a Mom…Until I Did
Before I became a mom, I had a long list of things I’d never spend money on. Turns out, motherhood is really good at changing your mind. Here are a few purchases I rolled my eyes at…until I actually owned them. A Robot Vacuum I thought these were unnecessary. Then I had kids. Now I…
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Five Easy Dinners I Make When Everyone Is Tired
Can we all agree that deciding what’s for dinner is somehow the hardest part of parenting? Some days I have energy to cook. Other days it’s 5:15, someone is crying, someone else can’t find their favorite cup, and everyone is suddenly starving. These are the dinners I come back to over and over because they’re…
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5 Things I Stopped Feeling Guilty About as a Mom
When I became a mom, I didn’t just gain two amazing kids—I also somehow inherited a never-ending list of things to feel guilty about. Am I doing enough? Am I being patient enough? Should we be doing more crafts? More learning activities? More home-cooked meals? Some days it feels like there’s always something I could…
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10 things i bought on amazon that actually made mom life easier
I think there’s a very specific kind of exhaustion that comes with parenting young kids. It’s not just the big things. It’s the tiny, constant things. The snack requests. The missing shoes. The toddler who suddenly hates the cup they loved yesterday. The laundry pile that somehow grows while you’re actively doing laundry. The moments…
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the little things that make hard days easier
Some days I feel like I’ve got this whole motherhood thing figured out. Most days? Not so much. Between packing lunches, answering a hundred questions before 8 a.m., picking up toys that somehow multiply overnight, and trying to keep a toddler from climbing something he shouldn’t, it’s easy to feel like I’m always one step…
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