Category: Parenting
We all dream of having a perpetually clean home. But with kids running around, it’s significantly harder to make it happen on a regular basis. Kids naturally create chaos in their wake where ever they go. Curbing the chaos takes some serious intentionality on the parents’ part. We’ve got to …
Being a stay at home mom is tough, but thankfully there are lots of amazing resources and books out there to help you on your journey. I’ve rounded up some of the best books that I think every stay at home mom should read. You’ll find titles related to just …
It’s so hard to feel fulfilled when you’re a stay at home mom. It can really be a tough experience. Don’t get me wrong, I love my kids. But being home alone all day with them can be the most monotonous, mind-numbing, and exhausting experience. I’ve found myself in the …
There are no guarantees when it comes to raising godly children. There’s no magic formula or way to be sure that your kids will grow up to know and love the Lord. But my greatest desire is that each of my children would grow up to have a personal relationship …
If you’re feeling bored as a stay at home mom, never fear! Being home all day with kids or a baby is a little daunting at first, but with some planning and some practice, you can totally crush the stay at home mom thing and get more stuff done than …
If you’re here, I’m guessing you’ve figured out that breastfeeding is hard work! Props to you though, mama, for not quitting at the first sign of adversity like so many people do! I know you want the best for your baby, and you know that breastfeeding benefits your baby in …
Last week I talked a little bit about the parenting strategies I use to help my kids learn to not be picky. But what if the damage is done and you have an established picky eater? We gotta get those veggies in them somehow. The answer? A little deception. A …
Breastfeeding can be hard. I was blessed enough to breastfeed each of my babies for over a year, but not without a lot of struggle and perseverance. I hear a lot of women say that they stopped breastfeeding for reasons that could have easily been resolved if only they had …
Toddlers come with lots of challenges. It’s challenging when your baby grows into a toddler who has her own thoughts and ideas about what she wants to do and how she wants to interact with the world around her. It often comes with a fair amount of poor behavior that …
There’s been a lengthy cartoon floating around the internets of late (read it here), and, briefly summarized, it talks about how women carry the mental burden of most tasks around the home and how terrible this is and how men do nothing and they’re worthless sloths who contribute to the …
