Parenting tips and tricks from a stay at home mom of four
Winter Emergency Survival Kit for Home
Winter Emergency Survival Kit for Home Checklist (This post contains affiliate links)
Snow storms can leave you stranded for days, and if something like a power outage would happen, would you be ready with the necessary supplies to keep your family safe and warm?
If you live in an area where winter storms are common, it would be wise for you to have a winter emergency survival kit ready to go for your family.
Want to kick start healthy habits this year?
How to Kick Start Healthy Habits (This is a sponsored post thanks to Ibotta. This post contains affiliate links.)
Many people who strive to have a healthy lifestyle or lose weight find it hard to know where to begin. They set lofty goals or try to follow complicated programs which may lead to failure and disappointment in the future.
The key is to kick start healthy habits using simple tips and tricks. Once you can follow these simple tips, you’ll lay the foundation for a healthy lifestyle or the weight loss system you desire. [Read more…]
Figure out when you became pregnant following these steps. (This post may contain affiliate links)
Are you wondering, “When did I get pregnant?”? For some women, figuring out when they got pregnant is a must. They either want to know just for the sake of knowing, they want a different way to estimate a due date, or they want to determine who the father of their baby might be.
No matter what the reason, figuring out the possible date you may have gotten pregnant isn’t too difficult, but it is very important to note that it is just an estimation based on dates on a calendar. Unless you had a very tiny camera inside of you that could capture the exact moment the egg and sperm met, or you had medical help conceiving, there’s no real way (that I know of) to know your exact conception date.
For a very in-depth reading on finding out when you became pregnant, read this very informative article (written by me!). If you just want the very basics, continue below. [Read more…]
Learn how to take your baby’s temperature using the Kinsa Smart Ear Thermometer. (This post contains affiliate links.)
Your baby isn’t herself today. She seems tired and a tad cranky, and when you picked her up, she felt warm. You know you should take her temperature to see if she is running a fever, but you dread having to use a thermometer to get an accurate reading.
For babies older than 6 months, an ear thermometer like the Kinsa Smart Ear Thermometer is an easy solution with its one second read time, gentle probe, and easy to use, convenient app. Thanks to Kinsa, I have been able to try out the Kinsa Sesame Street Smart Ear Thermometer with my baby.
Most Comfortable Flip Flops: OOFOS Recovery Footwear Review (This post contains affiliate links)
Where Can You Find the Most Comfortable Flip Flops?
You love flip flops, but you can never find the most comfortable flip flops to wear. They hurt your feet, they hurt your knees, they hurt your back… So what can you do about it?
I know how you feel. I am a flip-flop-aholic. I wear flip flops from early April until the first snow of winter. I have had all kinds of flip flops, but as I get older, the worse they are for my feet.
As a mom of four very busy kiddos, I am on my feet a lot and need supportive shoes that help my feet rather than cause pain.
In fact, just a month or so ago, I asked on Facebook what the most comfortable flip flops were. I got a few responses, but it wasn’t until I received an email from OOFOS Recovery Footwear that I knew I had found what I was looking for. [Read more…]
Nothing can protect the environment more than buying products that are reusable and easy on the environment. Glasstic Shatterproof Glass Water Bottles are perfect for anyone who likes to drink water but wants to avoid plastic water bottles!
Glasstic shatterproof glass water bottles are made of toxin-free 16 oz. glass surrounded by a BPA-free plastic outer shell. A removable bottom keeps the glass safe within the shell. The lid has a carrying handle and a lock to keep the lid closed (perfect for traveling or with kiddos!). All of the parts can be taken apart and washed either by hand or in the dishwasher, and all parts are recyclable.
Glasstic Bottles aren’t just for water (well, at least plain water!). Many essential oil users use Glasstic Bottles, as well as people who like fruit in their water. Others use them for green smoothies. [Read more…]
In search of help for back pain?
As a mom, I am often complaining of back pain. Especially now with a belly bump, I’m feeling the pain in my lower back quite a bit. Add to this how I’ll be nursing the baby soon and being a blogger and sitting at the computer for a few hours a day… ouch!
BetterBack was designed to help people who to sit for hours at a time avoid back pain. By helping you with your posture, it helps with lower back pain and can make you more aware of how you’re sitting.
I was sent a BetterBack to review, and it couldn’t have come at a better time! [Read more…]
This is a sponsored post on behalf of BeKOOOL. This post contains affiliate links.
How do you help your child when he or she has a fever? Do you try to give medicine, or would you rather a different way to help reduce the fever?
While many parents would head right for the medicine, some would rather not, which is totally okay. A fever is the body’s way of fighting off infections, so it is seen as a healthy sign if the body is responding with a mild fever.
Learn how to reduce a fever in #kids without using medicine #BeKOOOL (ad) Click To TweetHere is how to reduce a fever in a child without medicine: [Read more…]
On October 5th 2015 I attended the first ever Huggies Parents’ Council in Chicago. For me, that meant traveling during my 26th week of pregnancy to a city I have never been in before. Why in the world would I do that?
I was invited by Huggies since I was a blogger and shared with you about the recent news coverage Huggies wipes received. Like I told my husband, if I wasn’t already a loyal Huggies customer myself, I probably would have reconsidered this trip, but I wanted to hear what they had to say and share it all with you. After all, as a parent first and foremost, the safety of the baby products I use is important to me, just as I am sure it is very important to you.
If you remember back in August of 2015, there was a video that surfaced on Facebook claiming that there was glass in a pack of Huggies wipes. It had the Internet buzzing, “Do Huggies wipes have glass in them?!?” [Read more…]
