6 Tips for Surviving When You Feel Like You’re Drowning in Motherhood
Exhausted, brain not thinking clearly, no time or energy to do much of anything so you're overwhelmed and behind. Parenting is sometimes like that, isnt it? Sometimes it is because of a round of sickness, sometimes it is a season of busyness, maybe it is cabin fever...
Help! I Don’t Know How To Play With My Children
Lately I've been busy caring for my family but I haven't been focused a lot on enjoying my children. I want to enjoy being a mom but I'm not naturally a "fun mom" and I don't know how to play with my children. What I've learned is that the most important thing if you...
Commitment to a Newborn is Worth It
Update 2014: I have been dealing with at least one child having a nasty cold/cough keeping him (and myself) awake all night, resulting in a large amount of whining the next day (from them and, being honest here, from me too). The hardest has been 5 month old J. He...
Unschooling Reading Resources
Reading is such a huge part of my life so I'm always on the lookout for good unschooling reading resources. That's a fancy way of saying I love resources that are fun but also actually work to teach kids to read. I now have 4 kids who are completely obsessed with...
How to Form Habits and Change Your Life
Habits. Discipline. Change. Scary words for many people. As someone who struggles with depression and anxiety, I feel the exact same way. And anyone coming from a point of overwhelm (and let's be real, far too many moms get stuck in overwhelm!) is going to have a hard...
Easy Meal Plan: How Spaghetti Saves my Sanity
I hate to cook. Well, hate may be a bit strong..... or not. I truly don't enjoy cooking. I try to like it, really I do! I don't mind baking (perhaps because the end result is so much tastier!) but I don't enjoy cooking dinner every night. Now that poses a...
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