I was given the opportunity to review a product from LaBella Flora Children’s Boutique that I would not normally review. Super girly clothing for little girls. Don’t get me wrong, my daughter LOVES to wear dresses. Like every single day she wears a dress. But they are cheap and she gets them dirty every day. She is my dirtball princess. When I see all of those gorgeous dresses in stores, I know she would destroy them or she would not wear them. When I was contacted by LaBella Flora Children’s Boutique to review their new fall releases, I was...
Not a sponsored post I have an almost 4 year old, a senior dog, and will be getting a new puppy next weekend. Let’s just say the idea of grocery shopping no longer feels like something that I look forward to. I used to look forward to grocery shopping as my time by myself. Now I have to race through the grocery store and thanks to my horrible short term memory, I forget lots of items. Nobody should be sweating by the time they are done grocery shopping from racing down the aisles. Nobody! When we get our new puppy,...
Bath time can sometimes be the bane of my existence. “Mom! I want bubbles!” “Mom! I want colors!” “Mom! I want a glass of wine while I play!” Wait, what? Sorry that is what I say to her… Almost every parent experiences the bum-city that can be bath time. The biggest part for us is the water that ends up everywhere. Some folks are lucky enough to have a bath where their kids can play on an inside ledge with their “science experiments,” but for us, we don’t have the proper layout. Which then results in Inga playing on the...
Trying to get your kids to eat certain foods is hard and anybody that says otherwise is lying! I know most parents have the trouble of getting vegetables into their kids diet, but my mini is not a big meat eater. As a family of big meat eaters it can be hard because so many of our meals or focused around a protein. This results with sneaking protein in other ways. Protein is a absolutely vital part of a healthy diet for children. Though important for everybody of all ages, it is especially necessary for developing and growing little bodies....
I have always had very specific taste when it came to the clothing that I wanted for mini. Even when she was a baby I just did not care for the girls clothing that was covered in glitter, butterflies, and flowers. Just so damn busy. My own style is very simple and although I don’t want her to wear black all day like me, I just did not like the crazy girly clothing. I discovered Primary.com while I was watching LinzdeFranco on Youtube. She is married to a very well known Youtuber and she is also a new mother. She...
Most couples have dogs. Or pets in general. I read an article that said that most couples my age start with dogs as their “first born children”. Elsa is definitely our first born. Yes, we had two cats first, but they don’t count. Cats can be fairly self reliant so it is just not the same. This might not be so much about advice to introducing pets to babies, but rather what we didn’t do and how it all played out. When I was pregnant, we had plenty of people that seemed concerned about how our dog Elsa or our...
Here are some of my favorite beauty products that I think would either make great gifts to ask for or I would just buy them myself because that is how I roll. They are really great products and you can check out the reviews to verify. I am a stickler to buying skincare and makeup products and read reviews religiously before buying. May contain some affiliate links SUNDAY RILEY POWER COUPLE COMBO PACK If you have wanted to try anything Sunday Riley but cannot justify the price tag, give this pack a try. It is a great price and two...
this post may contain affiliate links October was a good month. My favorite holiday is in October and it finally started to get a bit chilly in Minnesota. For those that don’t live in MN, or the midwest in general, it does actually get really really hot here in the summer and we tend to just go straight from hot to winter. Since starting to work my job at home, I have really been able to enjoy those little things that I wouldn’t normally get to enjoy. Favorites Chobani Flip Yogurt I thought I would give these a...
NOTE: Please turn off adblocker to be able to see the pictures of the gift ideas. Affiliate links are used Are you having trouble trying to find a gift for your kids? If you are like me, the toys these days are way too intense for me to try and figure out. A few days ago I was going through some of the tubs downstairs and found some of my old toys from when I was a kid. I always like finding my own toys and seeing what Inga thinks of them. She loves my old Barbies, although I don’t...
post contains affiliate links – Please turn off ad blocker to see the items suggested I don’t know about you but I love Amazon. Like I really love Amazon…I have been a member for 13 years and a Prime member for as long as I can remember. I think I started out Prime like everybody else did with a Free Trial during the holidays. Ooooh boy that sucked me right in. I have been addicted to Amazon ever since. Other than actual food and clothing (I am a giant and can’t buy normal clothes), I buy everything with Prime....
Are you ready for a bulldog? That seems to be the question I always ask people when they come running up to my dog saying, “OMG I have wanted a bulldog forever” or “I am so getting one. They are so cute”. Yes yes, they are very cute and yes they are great dogs. But that comes with a warning….unless you are neurotic, paranoid, and pay attention to every little thing with your dog, don’t get a bulldog. I try to say that to anybody that comes up and asks me about my girl. I know, it is a...
Are you a tall mama? I am. I am definitely in the higher bracket of tall being 6’2″ but I know there are many lovely ladies taller than myself. When you are tall everything takes a little bit longer. Shopping takes longer. Trying things on takes longer. Getting dressed takes longer. I used to hate how tall I was. I could never find reasonably priced jeans that would actually be long enough and shirts are never long enough. I figured out one of those issues and I still have to dry my shirts on the coolest heat otherwise I will...
Kids get colds. Kids get a lot of colds. Sometimes it feels like kids always have some sort of sore throat, cold, or runny nose. It definitely takes some practice to figure out what works for your child to make their life, and yours, a bit easier. I have a few tips and tricks that I have come up with that really seemed to work out for us. There were definitely trials and tribulations in our quest for resolving the dreaded all night crying because of stuffy noses. Mostly related to the damn vaporizers. My first tip and the biggest...
The idea of traveling with a toddler can strike fear in some of the strongest parents ever. I can understand it. We have done some traveling with Inga before she has recently turned 3 and it was certainly interesting. I think the only way to make traveling with your toddler bearable is to have a good Offense AND Defense. Bring some stuff to keep their minds busy but also bring the shit that will shut them up if it goes South. Our families live all over the place so we end up needing to travel a lot if we ever...
Are you a shitty mom? I am and you probably are too because that makes me feel better. Bear with me here. Here is a list of why I am a shitty mom and if you do any of these things, you are as well. 1. We don’t follow a strict schedule. Let’s be honest here. My husband does not have a standard 9-5 job so we try to get any time together that we can. Sometimes that includes letting our 2 year old stay up late so she can play with dad. Her bed time ranges from 7:30 to 9 depending...
Do you want some this? NO Do you want to have a sandwich? NO Do you want to try some banana? NO ….This was almost every meal time once Inga was around 18+ months. Once your child starts to eat real meals and doesn’t live off of random food thrown in front of them it can be a bit jarring. I know, for me, it was a bit of a transition between that time when I just let her “play” with her food and gave her lots of choices, to switching to giving her real food that really she needed...
When my mini decided that she wanted to be in the kitchen, there was no conversation about this. It was either hold her as I am cooking or she would grab the little cat ottoman and try to bring it into the kitchen. We already had the IKEA stepstool (I don’t know why because I am a giant), but I thought that we could add some height to this and she could climb up that. This isn’t a huge DIY project but for anybody else that is currently dealing with the pick me up pick me up stage this could...
Breastfeeding can be hard. Exclusively pumping can be hard. I get it. But just try to stick with it! I am sure that you wouldn’t be reading the blog if you weren’t planning on trying or did and you get high fives! I pumped for 13 months and I will say that I am extremely proud of myself. I breastfed for the first month but we were just having issues latching on and I was pumping at the same time to get my supply going and pumping just kind of took over. It was also nice so then my husband...
Hear me out here..there is doing your best to give your baby healthy food and there is ONLY GIVING YOUR BABY ORGANIC LOCALLY GROWN SUSTAINABLE NON-GMO NO MSG (did I miss some) FOODS. I am not judging parents in either direction because everybody’s lives are different. Some parents have multiple kids and a successful day consists of getting food in their belly and they are still alive by bedtime. There are also those parents who feel that giving their child anything that is packaged or processed is a sin and anybody that doesn’t follow suit are terrible parents. I think...
I am sure one of things that many parents dread is the absolute hideousness (yup making it a word) of child proofing. Putting those weird covers on the door handles, giant air mattresses around your pointy furniture, and gates at every corner that just seek out stubbing your toes and laughing maniacally as you hobble away…or fall down the stairs. Every single one of your lovely decorative items has been hoarded away into a cupboard that of course you are unable to get into without a key fob, key pad number and retina scan to open. It doesn’t have to...