Everything Changed When I Became a Mom. Once I became a mom the obvious changed, you were now caring for a life that was above your own. What I didn’t think would happen was my outlook on pretty much the whole world. Watching movies I used to love changed. Commercials became blubber fest and the way I now deal with situations is completely different. I didn’t know that my whole self would change in a second. My husband and I were talking the other day about how our lives have drastically changed since the birth of our son. It got me thinking… How much has really changed? What changed? Is it…
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What I Learned Being a Stay Home Mom.
Tips For Being a Stay at Home Mom. Once my son was born my mom stayed with us for a couple weeks to help with the transition. My husband was working crazy hours at a new job and having my mom there was a huge blessing! Once my mom was gone though… that’s when reality hit. I was left alone with this tiny human all day by my self. How was I supposed to get anything done? As a first time, mom EVERYTHING is new. You don’t know if you are doing anything right and finding a balance is hard. It can be difficult to find that happy medium between baby,…
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Baby Must Haves
First-time mom baby must-haves! This article may contain affiliate links. So you already probably know that I’m a first-time mom, and like most first-time mom’s I wanted to buy everything that Babies R Us had. I put together a little list of all the products I couldn’t live without. All my baby must-haves! My Son was born in April so my list will probably be different then if you were to have a baby in the winter. But these products saved my sanity that’s for sure. 1. Baby Einstein Star Bright. Okay, so this toy Baby Einstein Star Bright Symphony saved me time and sanity… I will be buying this for every person that…
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Sensory Play
DIY Sensory Play As a first-time mom, I am always worried about if my son was learning enough and hitting those milestones. I was ( or am ) always looking everything up… when should he be doing this.. or he be doing that. Well, I took it upon my self to figure out fun ways to integrate sensory and motor skills into safe creative play. So I found some great ways to engage him in safe fun sensory activities. I am always concerned about what Noah is putting in his mouth and on his skin, so I came up with a way for him to learn his colours and engage…
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Cloth vs. Disposable Diapers
So let’s talk about diapers. Yes, I said diapers. While I was pregnant, my brain was constantly going a mile a minute. I was always worrying about what we will need and worrying about buying things we didn’t need. One of the things I had to think about was diapers. I wanted to do what was best for our baby and was constantly on google ( even when I was working ) looking for the best products. Along this google journey, one of the things that I ended looking up was diapers… cloth or disposable? Before I was pregnant I automatically thought I would use disposable. You know, they’re easy…