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Balancing Personal Growth and Parenthood: A Work from Home Mom’s Journey to Self-Fulfillment

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Six months ago, I gave birth to my sixth (and final) baby. It has been a wild 10 years of sleepless nights, baby snuggles, changing diapers, kissing boo-boos, feeding bottomless pits, and wishing the time away all while constantly hoping time would slow down. This year, I also celebrated my 29th birthday. I don’t know how to explain it, but something just felt different. Like celebrating the last year of my 20s meant there was something I was eagerly awaiting in my 30s. It doesn’t help that as a stay at home mom, you are constantly asked by friends, family,…

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The Best Budget Tips for Moms

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With gas prices, inflation, and cost of living rising, being a stay at home mom is becoming more difficult for a lot of families. As a stay at home mom myself, I know the importance of financial security in a marriage. Some of the most stressful periods of our relationship were because we had more days at the end of the month than we did money. With five kids, and one income, I have discovered some great stay at home mom budget tips. My husband is really good at making money, but he is also really great at spending it.…

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Age-Appropriate Chores for Kids 10 and Under

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Chores. The universal word for instantaneous groans, no matter what age your kids are. Despite how my kids feel about chores, I feel like I have finally overcome the most overwhelming phase of motherhood. It wasn’t long ago that I was reading about why motherhood is so exhausting. It’s not because we chase after kids all day or run on very little sleep, but rather the mental load that is required. Some of that mental load includes remembering to pay bills on time, grocery shop, budget, schedule appointments, and meal plan. Oh, and don’t forget to throw a little self…

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What To Do When Fitness Goals Fail

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A few months ago, I wrote a post, My Journey to Becoming the Best Version of Myself. I was so excited to start building my home gym. What started as a lonesome stationary bike in the basement, soon included a rower, adjustable dumbbells and kettlebells, different types of resistance bands, and exercise mats. I was more than ready to start working towards my own health and fitness goals after dedicating the last ten years to raising our five kids. My goal was to lose 1.5 lbs. a week. At that pace, I would be about 30 lbs lighter by the…

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This Year in Review and How to Improve

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There’s only one day left of the year and I’m in total denial that we are about to ring in 2022. I used to love New Year’s Eve because, as a kid, I would spend some time thinking about goals and everything I wanted to accomplish in the next twelve months. It felt like a book with blank pages just waiting to be written and I was holding the pen. Then, you get older and get sucked into some of the pitfalls of adulthood and New Year’s feels more like a reset button. Congratulations! You now get to go through…

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Expert Advice on Maintaining a Clean Home

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Like most stay at home moms, I struggle with keeping a neat and orderly house. Our laundry has become a permanent accent piece on the living room couch and there are fingerprints on every wall, window, and furniture surface. Don’t get me started on the condition of my kids’ rooms either. Our house is lived in. It’s just the side effects of six people being at home all day long. In my defense, I do already have a small sign when you first walk in that says, “pardon the mess my children are making memories.” Consider yourself warned. Things have…

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A Mom’s Guide to Beautiful Family Pictures

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I’ll go ahead and admit it, I’m terrible at updating pictures in my home. I have five kids, but according to our picture frames, I only have three. To add to the confusion, I’m not in hardly any of the pictures either. Like most moms, I’m really good at capturing cute pictures of my kids. But fail to get pictures of me with my kids unless it is a cheesy selfie. So I try to update our family pictures at least every other year. Family pictures can feel a little overwhelming, especially with a big group of kids. Coordinating outfits,…

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4 Failproof Ways to Comfort a Teething Baby

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I was compensated with free product in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own and not influenced by Nuby. I have a love-hate relationship with teething babies. After all, I love that big, toothy grin my kids give me after months of gummy smiles. But, I think breastfeeding teething babies is the worst form of torture. Just this week, I was jolted awake again after nursing my youngest back to sleep. It took everything I had to not scare everyone else awake with a loud shriek. Thankfully, my baby only has two teeth…

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How to Overcome Hopelessness During The Pandemic

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During a conversation with my mom this week, I was expressing my frustrations with how isolating and lonely life can feel. As an extrovert, it is hard living in a world where most people are afraid to approach or have small conversations with others. A lot of people assume, because we were homeschooling before Covid, that there weren’t many challenges we had to overcome. And while our schooling didn’t change during Covid, like it did for others, everything else outside of homeschooling became a struggle with our kids. All of their favorite places to go during the week were forced…

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6 Ways to Recover When You Hit Mommy Burnout

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With five kids, I feel like I have a higher threshold for dealing with bulls*t. I’m very thankful that Mommy burnout is far and few in between for me. But when it hits, it hits like a ton of bricks and this phase feels like it takes forever to end. It happened just last week. An irritable seven month old that went through her first sleep regression triggered a downward spiral of emotions for almost two weeks. My days consisted of sitting on the floor next to her to play and, if I even considered for one second trying to…

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