Trying to embrace the ups and downs of homemaking and parenting. Let’s share real stories and lessons that remind you it’s okay to be “clueless” while figuring it all out. You’re not alone in this journey.
That Tuesday started out normal enough. I had dropped kiddo off at school and was working from home, coffee in hand, when my phone buzzed. A friend I hadn’t seen in ages texted and made my heart stop: “In your neighborhood! Stopping by in a few minutes 😊” I looked around my living room. Breakfast…
Let me tell you about the day I finally started to get my tidy home act together, and how you can too. For the longest time, my home was a weird mix of office, restaurant, gym, and storage unit. And if I’m being honest, none of those functions were working particularly well. One of my…
Can we talk about how different running a home is from what we expected? Maybe you thought you’d be that person with everything under control – clean house, amazing meals, the works. Instead, you’re staring at a mountain of clothes and wondering why stuff keeps piling up on your kitchen counter. I get it. I’ve…
I don’t recall what we were doing exactly, maybe brushing or just checking his teeth but, one day, I noticed a brown spot on one of my son’s back teeth. I assumed it was food and tried cleaning it but the stain refused to come off and that’s when I realised his first dental visit…
When I had my baby back in 2017 and became a new mom, it felt like an out of body experience. Till today, I try to bring up the memories of the first few days in the hospital but most of it is blurry. One memory that sticks though is my blood draw/IV line (drip)…
As a first time mom, you have questions. Heaps, tons, barrels of questions and we will tackle some of them here. Pregnancy has come and gone. The highs, lows, discomfort, pain, swollen feet, great hair, pregnancy glow and all those hormones. Oh, the hormones. Now you have this great gift home with you, you’ve read…
In the course of one of my countless lost on the Internet sessions, I came across the term “Helicopter Parenting”. I never considered myself a worrier until I had my son. In fact, I used to think of myself as someone who never got bothered by things, happy go lucky, let’s see how it all…