From budgeting to parenting, and everything in between — All the best advice for navigating mom life.
How to afford childcare and/or cut down on childcare costs. Strategic ways to make childcare more affordable for your family. With my letter of intent deadline hanging over my head, I sat down to call daycares. It turned out the only daycare with an opening, would cost $2,700 a month for my infant and…
How to make a simple monthly budget for moms. An easy way to save money and track your spending. I opened up my budgeting spreadsheet and clicked through the tabs. Only two were filled out. Month after month had gone by and I hadn’t recorded a single expense. I sighed. I guess I’d have to…
All of your options for choosing a daycare by examining the characteristics of a good daycare. Choose the best daycare for your child. Handing my son the measuring cup, I helped him dump chocolate chips into the mixing bowl. I turned on the mixer and he shouted, “I see the cookies!” I laughed. This was…
Mom on a budget starting out. Figuring out the best ways to budget and save money as a mom. “What’s one of the things you think we could do better this year?” I asked my husband. I knew his answer before he said it, “Finances. We’ve been hemorrhaging money on a regular basis and ignoring…
10 potty training mistakes you don’t want to make, written by a mom who’s made them all. I laid my sleeping newborn down and left the room to a quiet house. I descended the stairs slowly, dreading what I might find. What was my toddler doing that had him so quiet? As I turned…
Make an informed decision about childcare, considering a nanny vs daycare. Explore all of your childcare options to choose what’s best for your family. I finally got ahold of the third daycare on my list, my last choice. “Do you have any openings for an 18-month-old?” I asked hesitantly. I wanted the best school…
Time management for busy moms. A quick way to get through your to-dos and gain extra time for what you want to do. After 15 minutes of on-and-off noise from the baby monitor, I dragged myself out of bed. As I stumbled down the hall to my kids’ rooms, I noticed toys strewn across the…
Everyone says going from 1 to 2 children is harder than going from 0 to 1. But why? Here’s what you can expect in the months and year after you bring home your second baby and how you can prepare to make the new sibling transition a little easier for you and your family. This…
A step-by-step process for how to transition from co-sleeping to crib. Move your baby out of your bed and into his/her own. The method I used, without crying, to move both of my babies into their own sleep space by 3-4 months. Note: This will be easiest at around 3-4 months, but the strategies can…
