Mom Hacks, Tips & Tricks

As moms, we all know the struggles of trying to get our kids up and out the door on school mornings. Whether you have one kid or five, it can easily become a stressful and hectic time for everyone. Having structured routines is so important for my sanity as a mom, including what we do before bed. Today I'm sharing 5 night time tips to make your school morning run smoother. We live 30 minutes from school (when the traffic is good), so I knew going into the school year we had to have a good routine in place. After about a month of school, I’m happy to report the procedures we've put into place each night have been a...

I Don't Have Time For Picky Eaters It’s dinner time, the plates are set and the meal is hot and ready. “I don’t like that!”, “It’s yucky!!”, “Can you fix me something else?”  You spent time, money, and exhausted efforts on fixing a meal, no matter how fancy or just boxed meals, and your kids simply won’t eat it. Sound familiar? I’ve been there, and it’s not pretty. Being a working parent with kids in school, extracurriculars, obligations, and everything in between, it’s nearly impossible to be ahead of the game with food that all the family likes. Kids go through stages, and what they loved one minute, they hate the next. My seven-year-old ate breakfast burritos like they were a coveted...

Mother’s Little Helper Is On Backorder I was officially diagnosed with “adult ADHD” in 2021 at the tender age of 45. It didn’t come on the heels of the TikTok frenzy of self-diagnosis, but instead was met with my suspicion the moment my doctor said, “Oh yeah, you definitely have ADHD.” No, no - I laughed at her. That’s just a silly “catch-all.” But this was before I knew what ADHD looked like in girls and adult women. I wasn’t even into my second page of Google search results on women with ADHD before I was staring, slack-jawed at the screen and wondering how this could have been missed. I just thought I was ... really, really good at some things and...

#MidsizeFashion :: Not Your Mother's Missy Midsize is a new (to me) term being popularized by fashion bloggers and influencers all over social media. While I consider myself to be pretty fashion forward, I had to catch up to this trending term that popped up mid-pandemic and is fast becoming a mainstay in the lexicon of fashion. I’d heard of midsize SUV’s but never midsize clothing. If you’ve been living under a TikTok rock like me, let me bring you up to speed. What is Midsize Fashion? Midsize refers to body types that are not straight sizes, or those between 0 and 8 - but are not plus size either, which typically starts at size 16. They fall somewhere in the middle,...

You Are A Good Mother A baby is one of the most beautiful blessings in the world. Becoming a mom is one of my biggest blessings. I am truly thankful for that. My daughter has changed my life in so many ways. The first time I held my daughter, I couldn’t stop looking at her and thinking to myself, "I am responsible for this little human. Everything I do and every decision I make matters." Being a mom is such an amazing job.  We are truly everything to our children. I have learned that being a mom is putting your child’s needs before your own. Getting out of bed even when you don’t have the strength to. Sometimes us moms may...