It’s every baby name fanatic’s favorite day today because the Social Security administration officially released the top 1000 baby names, both boy and girl, baby names, from 2022. This is awesome because it helps us make predictions for which names will be popular this year.  To skip the blog and jump straight to the… Continue reading Top Baby Names for 2023
Category: Parenting
Did you know there’s no playbook on parenting? Truth is, I became a mother with no idea what I was doing. We really just make it up as we go and hope the house doesn’t burn down or the stroller roll down a hill with the baby inside. So here are my tips and tricks to raising kids, all the crazy chaos my Sassy girl puts me through, our homeschool journey.
How I Will Choose a Babyname (and Over 100 Baby Name Ideas)
Spoiler Alert: I’m not pregnant I’ve always been open in transparency that Sassy was an unexpected surprise, and she would be my only one. No, I didn’t “change my mind” and decide I want another. No, I don’t think she “needs a sibling”. And no, I don’t think I “owe” my partner a biological child.… Continue reading How I Will Choose a Babyname (and Over 100 Baby Name Ideas)
Trying to Conceive: What to Consider When Deciding Exactly WHEN to Have a Baby
For many couples who plan a pregnancy it’s a matter of yes or no. Most hopeful parents decide when they are ready, then go off birth control and perhaps start tracking their cycles, and eventually when the deed is done and the seed is planted… boom, a baby. There are lots of circumstances where a… Continue reading Trying to Conceive: What to Consider When Deciding Exactly WHEN to Have a Baby
5 Things I Love about Being a Mom
This year Mother’s Day falls on my birthday, which is a mixed blessing. Part of me loves being able to feel twice as much love and appreciation. But the other part, a petty part, hates having to share my birthday with every other mom in the world. Breakfast Brunch can’t happen because there’s a two… Continue reading 5 Things I Love about Being a Mom
Educational Television Shows: Five Favorite Kid Shows
Is it possible for your brain to turn to mush from watching too much television? It’s gotta be a bad idea to let your kiddo watch cartoons from breakfast to dinner time, right? But if they’re going to watch television, they ought to be watching educational television shows. Our kids can learn a little while… Continue reading Educational Television Shows: Five Favorite Kid Shows