Before I had even succeeded in getting pregnant, I was mentally designing my nursery. But, my house is small and I was faced with the challenge of designing a tiny nursery on a budget. Out with the Old The room that was going to be used for the nursery currently was the guest room and …
6 Lessons I Have Learned When Taking My Baby to Church (during a pandemic)
Trying to physically go to church with the baby is a new adventure we have recently taken on. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the church doors were closed for quite a while and we were attending online Church from the luxury of our bed. Church from our bed was such a huge blessing for us …
Revolutionizing Bath Time with a Baby
The Otteroo I remember before we had our baby, seeing an Instagram story my friend had posted of her baby wearing a blow-up ring around his neck and kicking around in the bathtub. This thing looked so goofy and at the same time, like a torture device. I had to know what it was. I …
The Most Important Thing I Have Learned When Hiking with a Baby
“Fake it ’til you make it!”, said my manager to me at my first desk job after college, as he left for two a two-week vacation during my first month at the office. Fake it ’til you make it I worked at a tiny eye clinic and my job required me to know how to …
5 Lessons I Have Learned in Cleaning Up Diaper Blow-outs Roadside
My son has decided that his favorite place to bare down is in the car seat. He saves his poop up to be released like a hot burrito falling from a ten-story building and splattering refried beans on everything nearby, for the second we are at least 7 minutes down the road. And for this …
Tips for Shopping with a Baby at Costco
Grocery shopping has always been one of my favorite pastimes. I love to cook, I love food, I love sales, I love coupons, I love wandering the aisles and looking for new products; shopping is simply one of my favorite things to do. After the birth of our son, I would leave him at home …
How to Take Advantage of Free Baby Items
When you get pregnant, a whole new world of freebies opens up to you! And there is nothing I love more than freebies! I tried to take advantage of as many free things as I could, because we all know by now how much money babies can cost. Here are some of the ways to …
Trying to Conceive
Being a 27-year-old and a millennial living in the age of the internet at my fingertips and access to unlimited social media, trying to conceive could be pretty overwhelming. When my husband and I decided that we were finally ready to get pregnant I dove head first into looking at every single website article, blog …
My Favorite Baby Carriers for Mom & Dad!
I knew baby wearing was something I was hoping worked for myself and my son. I had a car seat that didn’t have the infant carrier that popped out, so I planned to wear my son wherever we went. I also wanted the freedom that baby wearing allows. While I have my husband and family …
Trying to Exclusively Pump
Breastfeeding came super easily to my baby and I while we were in the hospital, but by the time we got back home, things went downhill quickly. It seemed as though my body and baby were putting on a show for the lactation specialists, but the second they were gone, neither had any idea what …