Everything Mom Life

There are so many advantages to start reading to your little one at a young age. Not only do children absorb all the information their little minds can handle, they are also highly influenced by what is in front of them. Having a diverse bookshelf can not only teach your children kindness, feelings, courage and acceptance but also show different people’s lifestyles, religions and customs.

Traveling is one of our favorite things to do together! When I was pregnant I told myself, the traveling doesn’t stop just because we have a baby, we are just going to have to figure it out and bring him with us! Check out my 8 Tips for traveling with a Baby under 12 months!

It is hard to believe that 9 months have passed since I had a baby! It has been a wild 9 months filled with happiness, tears, joy, sadness and A LOT of laughter. Being a new mother has been one of the biggest life lessons I have learned and I am excited to continue growing and learning!

In order to keep my sanity, I have to have routine in my life! Starting my morning off on a good foot sets the tone for the entire day! When the morning run smoothly, everything else falls into place (most times!).

After pregnancy your body is on a hormonal roller coster where any and everything can change from day to day. My hair was flourishing when I was pregnant. I had the pregnancy glow from head to toe. After I had my son, I just knew my hair would continue to do what it was doing and I thought I was one of the lucky ones who escaped the dreaded postpartum hair loss I had been hearing so much about. I was WRONG!

Here they are! A list of my favorite baby essentials that made adjusting to life with baby for the first six months much more manageable!

I am about to be brutally honest. I poled this week for the first time in almost 6 months. That $h!t was HARD. Like... really hard. I wish I could say the cookie cutter feel good things like “it felt amazing” or “I felt like I was getting back to myself” or even “I embraced this feeling and blah blah blah.”

I am seven week postpartum (I know it goes by so quickly) and I want to share a few of my postpartum essentials that have made things so much easier my first weeks weeks getting adjusted to mom life!

Making the leap into being an entrepreneur is no small feat. Being your own boss and staying on top of your business can be a challenge especially if the lack of self discipline and organization is an issue. In order for me to continue to be a good entrepreneur and leader, it takes a lot of time, dedication and practice! Here are 5 ways I stay motivated running a business

I did not have a “Birth Plan”. I had a birth idea that I expressed to my Doctors. You are basically planning out a major event that you have no control over but this little person inside of you who you have never met does. Whatever that baby wants to do is out of your control. The faster I learned that, the more at peace I was with whatever happened.

I prayed for you for years. In my conversations with God I went back and forth from hopeful to doubtful as I hit my 30’s. I always knew I wanted to be a mother but I didn’t expect it to happen when it did. Lets just say God has a great sense of humor! I had a feeling you were a boy very early in my pregnancy and when we found out, we both cried tears of joy.

As I look back over the last 9 months, I can honestly say I had a great pregnancy. I really enjoyed seeing my belly grow and checking the What to Expect App on the progress of my little one. Even with Covid19 and being stuck at home, I still found fun activities and distractions to keep me busy! In this post I share 8 Fun things I still did in my last trimester even during a pandemic!