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I’ll tell you what. Trying to stay sane with kids - especially with a newborn - is near impossible unless you indulge yourself every once-in-a-while.
Making sure we have a routine and following that routine was essential for survival with…
Those newborn days can be straight up exhausting. For the first week or two it seems as if you are running on adrenaline alone. But we all know that those early morning wake up calls to feed in the middle of the night catch up to you. You find yourself dozing off in the middle of a feeding waking in a panic thanking God you didn’t drop your baby.
Even though you can’t make those feedings disappear with the snap of your fingers, there are a few things you can do to help make those night feedings a bit easier:
I took overpacking to a whole new level when I was packing the diaper bag to venture outside with my son for the first time. But that wasn’t a bad thing because then I was able to figure out what was needed and what was unnecessary. So, I put together a checklist of Must-Have for a Newborn Diaper Bag.
C’mon now! No one wants to spend a ridiculous amount of money on baby food, when they can make it for a fraction of the cost! AND it’s pure fruits and veggies…no preservatives!
You’ve been through some pretty hard and exhausting things recently and now it’s time to take a load off, right? Um, no. That’s wrong. Unfortunately. You can read all the books, look at Pinterest, hear (un)solicited advice when you’re pregnant, but nothing can truly prepare you for the journey ahead. It’s hard.
Ah, the active toddler. A common creature whose gifts include growing long arms in any store, needing less sleep than a college student during finals week, destroying an entire room in less time than it takes me to go to the bathroom, and the uncanny ability to cry on the spot because it simultaneously wants a bubble bath but doesn't want to tread through the bubbles to get to the toys on the other side.