Kid Friendly Face Paint

In case you're like me, worried about what goes in and on your kids, I just found a great face paint made by a Colorado company called Kiss Freely. There are many so-called kid-friendly "hypoallergenic" face paints out there, but read up on FDA regulations and you'll find that this is difficult to actually certify.…

A valuable lesson from motherhood

I've recently learned a valuable lesson from motherhood of a newborn, especially with both of my children being under two ---- after the many hours of breastfeeding, diaper changes, nurturing, eating, and trying to find time to sleep, you begin to think about what you wish you could do instead. There are nagging thoughts about…

We’re expecting!

We'll have two under the age of two... and I'm turning 40 in September! We're excited to have our little family complete with one of each (boy & girl) -- but this is it for me for babies everyone! I'm also dreading how tired I will be. I'm enjoying how this 2nd pregnancy is a…

Fun Toddler Activity: edible finger paint

There are plenty of Montessori (and other) inspired toddler activities for people to find online, so I won't recreate the helpful lists already available. However, I did want to say that for our 16 month old, who still wants to put stuff in her mouth, edible finger paint is awesome and easy to make! I…

Cloth Diaper Funny Moments to Learn From

photo from Unsplash  When shaking the pooh off my child's cloth diaper into the toilet, I have learned to make sure: 1) to aim for the center, otherwise it will end up on the seat or who knows where else. Don't be impatient, be careful! 2) And in thinking I needed to shake it off…

Quiz: What Kind of Baby Shower ‘Gifter’ are You?

There are four types of shower gift-givers. 1) Find something cute at a store - a baby can never have enough clothes and I’ve always wanted to shop for a little boy/girl. 2) Get something totally impractical because who really wants diapers for a gift? A book of pretty images or a necklace is much…

Board Books

Here are a few of our favorites, but not pictured is my all time favorite (get ready for tears) is the beautiful "On the Day You Were Born" book by Debra Frasier. Perfect for tiny babies are the black & white "Look Look..." books by Peter Linenthal. (There are lots of black & whote books…

The Giraffe

I didn’t want to give in to the craze, but my daughter was chewing on everything as her first tooth was coming in! We’re an anti-plastic (as much as possible, yes we have foam tiles on our wood floors that have a ton of splinters) home, so we were trying to find wood and (food-grade)…

Mom Time

I know my husband meant well when he got me a surprise day at the spa, but I wasn’t ready to be separated from my baby for very long. She was only 3 months old and we were very attached, still figuring out a lot of stuff. Plus, I hadn’t gotten used to my body,…

Tiny House Sleeping

Living in an 732 square foot home built in 1893 with a baby is... a challenge. The floor is thin between us and the crawl space, and the windows are old, so it gets cold in the winter (which is when we brought out newborn home). We had our furnace running constantly and a space…