Inside: Are you wondering what the timeline of a breastfed baby looks like? These are the phases that your breastfeeding baby will go through, including cluster feeding, distracted nursing, growth spurts and more! A lighthearted, humorous look at the funny and sometimes frustrating stages that your baby will go through. This post contains affiliate links. …
The best breastfeeding tips for new mothers including tips on pain, engorgement, latching, cluster feeding, pumping and supply.
If you’ve ever thought, for whatever reason, that you might not want to get an epidural, I’m sure your biggest concern is this: Can I make it through birth without an epidural? I remember wondering the same thing during my pregnancies. I knew that I WANTED to go med-free. But COULD I? That was an …
If your newborn wakes every hour, do you just have to deal with it? Suck it up? Learn how to function on little to no sleep? Parenting in the first few weeks is SO trying and difficult. You of course knew that babies don’t sleep for very long stretches, and that they developmentally SHOULDN’T. But …
Finding the best co-sleeper for breastfeeding is so important for so many reasons. Having your baby within arms reach for each and every middle of the night wake-up is essential. Feel like having your feet actually touch the floor in the middle of the night? I didn’t think so. The thing about co-sleepers that I …
Find out extended breastfeeding pros and cons to help you decide how long to breastfeed. Should you continue after 1 year?
I LOVE letter crafts for toddlers and preschoolers. They’re the best! But PRINTABLE letter crafts?! Even better! The problem that I have with any type of Pinterest craft that I do with my children is that I am, no matter how hard I try, NOT organized. This is usually how it goes: Child: I want …
As a teacher and a mom of a 3 year old, when I think of the best way to teach alphabet recognition a few things come to mind. These are the things that HAVE to happen in order for it to be a good experience for both parent and child. Letter recognition is the first …
The truth is that the Easter egg hunt is right up a toddler’s alley. I mean, it’s practically MEANT for toddlers. The problem comes when you throw in older kids as well. Then, what should have been a ton of fun for your toddler can be frustrating and tantrum-inducing (and the life of a toddler …
Every mom in the universe wants to know how to make babies laugh. Baby laughter is the BEST. THING. EVER. We will act like complete and utter fools for hours on end just for a chance to make our baby laugh. Some babies laugh more easily than others. Both of my babies were (and I …