With my first two children, naps happened without much extra thought. Usually the girls nursed to sleep, until they got older and started falling asleep on their own. Then Little Owl came into our lives. And he fought naps like they were demons coming to get him! So it was time for me to put …
Starting Quiet Time for Kids Parenting is more than a full time job. It’s 24 hours, 7 days a week, and there are no holidays. But this doesn’t mean that we, as parents, get to spread ourselves thin. It is important to take breaks, to relax, and to recharge. One of the best, most consistent …
In the last six years of parenting, I have learned many lessons. Messages that have stuck with me and that sometimes I need to go back to. Today I will share four of the most influential lessons on me as a parent! Lesson One – I Can’t Do Everything… but God Can There are many …
When children are sick (or if Mama is sick) and the children need to be kept busy or in bed for long periods of time, it is easy to resort to screen time to make this happen. However, there are a couple problems with this. One, sometimes it doesn’t work, and the children can be …
In the modern world, December is often a stress-inducing hubble-jumble of a month filled with parties, gifts, and overdrawn credit cards. As a family of faith, we want the month leading up to and including the birth of the prince of peace to look very different from this. So here is what we do to …
The bonding of siblings is an often complicated process. Children mix feelings of joy and excitement and jealousy. In this article I explore three ideas of how I helped Little Fox (21 months) and Little Badger (newborn) bond. Plus I have some new ideas for helping Little Badger (3) and Little Fox (5) bond with …
Books for Moms of a Newborn Whether you’re in your third trimester of pregnancy and want to prepare yourself for the months that lie ahead, or you’re a mom to a newborn wondering what to do with your baby now, these books are for you! Some of these I read as a nesting momma and …
Preparing for Our Third Newborn at Home When we first brought newborn Little Fox home from the hospital, we had literally just moved. It was the first night sleeping in that house for all of us. (Actually, we took her home to Baba’s house for the first week so that all our stuff could get …
Toy Organization – How to Organize Toys So Kids can Clean Up After Themselves! Back in 2019, I wrote The Ultimate Guide to Toy Rotation. And while rotating toys alone is amazing, I don’t think I did how to store toys justice. I have a two year old and a four year old. They are …
Going Into the Future With Christ Planning for the future marks the end of our series: Ekonomia: Home Management Toward Heaven. Several weeks ago we introduced this new series, Ekonomia: Home Management toward Heaven. If you missed that article or video, check it out here. Then we started building our home management system by Simplifying. …