Quick Tip Tuesday: Video baby monitor

When I got pregnant with my first child I wouldn't accept anything less than a video baby monitor! I know, I know... many people have been fine with audio monitors but I felt it necessary to have a video monitor.  Funds were tight... so I got a a Levana monitor from Groupon.  It worked pretty …

Quick Tip Tuesday: Diaper Bag Dispenser

My quick Tip Tuesday is late again 😩. In my defense ...this is due to my computer issues. The fan broke on my laptop and it won't be back until tomorrow. So... this got delayed! Doing updates from your phone is hard!  Anyway...here we go. (edit: got my husband's work computer to complete this... mobile …

Quick Tip Tuesday: One Weird thing!

Okay, so...  the tip this Tuesday is a bit weird.  Bear with me.  I discovered this very early in my mom life.  My son was 5 or 6 months and he wouldn't stop crying.  Nothing was right, everything was wrong.  I didn't know what else to do so I started singing a high pitched note …

6 Popular Diaper Rash Creams Reviewed!

  I decided to do a review of diaper rash creams in the blog when my husband and I had a lengthy discussion about the pros and cons of several different brands recently.  Yes... we are that exciting.  Over the years we have used many different brands.  Currently, my daughter is teething so she is getting …

Quick Tip Tuesday: Finger painting!

Recently I bought some of the Alex Jr. finger painting paints so my son and I could be creative and messy on days we have to stay inside.  This paint was a little runny, so if we were planning on painting for real I wouldn't recommend it-- but for finger painting it was nice! Very …

Quick Tip Tuesday: Honey!

So we've been battling strep throat and a cough in our house for nearly a month. It has been a LONG March. We're all on antibiotics and while my husband and I get fantastic horse pills for 10 days, the kids have to deal with liquid antibiotics. My daughter is on Amoxicillin and I think all …

Postpartum Hair Loss: What can you do?

I want to start this post by saying that postpartum hair loss was traumatizing to me.  It made me realize that I wasn't as confident as I thought.  It is very difficult to see the same face in the mirror and then realize that it is changing.  It was a real adjustment.  With the postpartum …