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This post is sponsored by BabbleBoxx.com on behalf of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.  When it comes to my family’s favorite toys, LeapFrog has always been a fam fave – my kiddos always love how engaging and fun they are, and I love that they keep them entertained and are actually educational! [...] Read More....

Thank you, Mommy’s Bliss, for sponsoring this post. All opinions about these products are my own. As a mom to three little girls each exactly two years apart, you’d think I’d have the whole newborn thing down to a perfect science. But alas, I did not. My 2-month-old slept like [...] Read More....

Photo credit: Ashley Summers Photography It’s colder than Antarctica in Chicago today; you better believe the kiddos and I are cooped up in jammies and robes all day. Whether you and your kids are feeling stir crazy in the icy winter months or don’t want to brave the rain, snow, or [...] Read More....

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #GetWhatBabyNeeds #ChooseGentle #CollectiveBias With 3.5 and 1.5 year-old daughters (and another baby girl on the way!), having a bath time routine is essential in our house, and from playing outside and having (sometimes) [...] Read More....

Women everywhere shared brave stories of everything from “putting up with” to surviving sexual abuse with the #metoo campaign in 2017, bringing attention to the severity of a widespread yet “hush hush” problem. You probably saw social media posts of friends, neighbors, teachers, or peers you never would have known [...] Read More....

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #nothinglikeahug #CollectiveBias When my husband and I bought our second home, we loved the charm and character of the 1920’s home with modern upgrades, as someone bought it to flip. However, with two [...] Read More....

We hear it everywhere – women need to know they can do the same things as men. Well I think that notion is quite tired, don’t you? It couldn’t be more apparent that women can do what men do – it even pains me to write that because it’s certainly [...] Read More....

You’ve already been through the whole parenting gig and think you have the whole thing figured out (okay, maybe not the whole thing, but at least 3/4 of it…or maybe 1/3 of it?), and now it’s time to expand your family. Hooray! Since you’re into the latest minimalism trend and you’ve [...] Read More....

In our wonderful world of sharing today, information is literally at our very fingertips at every moment of the day. From connecting with other people, whether neighbors or across the globe, to Googling questions or asking Siri for answers, we truly do live in a world of infinite information. No [...] Read More....

When I was growing up, my mom used to ask me this: “How would you know me if there were ten other moms that were identical to me?” “I would just know,” I would say. “But how could you tell if we all looked the same?” “Umm, your freckles,” I [...] Read More....