Before I knew I was expecting twins I was surprised to notice my clothes getting tight much earlier than with my previous two pregnancies. I chalked it up to it being my third pregnancy. It did not (for even a millisecond) occur to me that this fast-growing baby bump was housing twins. My first two…
With my firstborn, I had a manual pump that I used occasionally so I could make bottles he never drank when I’d leave him home with someone else. With my second, I had a manual pump and an electric pump, and since she also wasn’t into taking bottles, I became a committed donor to my…
jump to coupon code When I found out I was pregnant with my third, I knew immediately what infant car seat I wanted. Since becoming a Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST) in spring of 2017, I’ve learned a whole lot about choosing a car seat and have a handy shortlist in my head of the…
Melanie Gallant, the seamstress behind Layer Your Love (LYL), is among the many Canadian momtrepreneurs I count as friends in my online social network. We’ve never met and may never meet, but we’re still connected by our mutual devotion to the #momhustle. When my daughter was a baby, she made me the mother of all…
So I know the song “Cake by the Ocean” isn’t actually about eating delicious baked goods on a beautiful beach … but honestly, when I’m singing along to it I’m imagining cheesecake in my mouth and soft sand beneath my toes. Sadly, the closest I’m going to get to literal or figurative cake by the…
I remember when I was pregnant with Miss Cub (my second and last child as far as I was concerned), and I debated whether we needed to upgrade to a double stroller. My son would be 3 when his sister arrived, so in the end I decided that our single stroller and a baby carrier…
Want to know something weird? I was looking forward to postpartum bleeding. Why was I such an eager beaver for the dam to break and the blood to gush forth? Because I had a fluffy, colourful stash of postpartum cloth pads to try out! All told, I used a total of one pair of mesh…
I’m no meteorologist, but I am here to proclaim winter 2018 the longest. winter. ever. Winter lasted even longer than what I subjectively proclaim to be the longest pregnancy ever. My son had to wear winter boots so long he outgrew the pair he started the season with! My husband normally walks 45 minutes to…
I was very mobile with my first two newborns. Gosh, when I had just one kid, we jaunted about town like nobody’s business. We’d stroll to the grocery store for one item just because it was something to do and a chance for me to interact with adults. When baby two came, she was plopped…
For my two singletons, I bought cribs. My firstborn spent a bit of time in a hand-me-down bassinet in our room, but mainly he was in my bed. All told, he slept perhaps a month in his crib in his own room until it became a place to store laundry and cats. For baby two,…
I created this blog post as a paid ambassador with Philips Avent and PTPA. All opinions expressed are my own. You’d think being a third- and fourth-time mom I wouldn’t have much to learn. The basics of baby care, regardless of how many, ought to be pretty much the same, right? Well, the curveball of…
I’ve been told that having twins is a pretty logical business decision for a mommy blogger like myself. Naturally I did not plan it this way, but my third baby surprising us by being TWO babies has opened my eyes to a whole new parenting—and parenting gear—world that goes beyond just having double trouble. Being…
Disclosure: Leesa® provided a free product to facilitate this post. However, all opinions stated here are my own. Does your mattress talk to you? Mine does. When I lie down on my Leesa mattress, my heavy with almost-ready-to-be-born-twins body descends lightly into her supportive core, and I can hear her say, “You can relax now,…
By Dani Jansen Just because I’m a mom doesn’t mean I want to dress in cardigans and khakis all the time. Though I’ll confess to owning what my husband thinks are too many cardigans, sometimes I want a little edge to my style, something that says, “I still listen to cool music.” But as a…
My baby boy is growing up! With twins on the way, and with my son showing a lot of signs of booster readiness (I’ll get to that in a second) since starting kindergarten, it was time to transition Cub from his forward-facing harnessed seat to a high-backed booster. Cub turned 5 in September, but on…
My name is Lindsay and I am a 40-year-old mama of four trying to live an eco-friendly, budget-friendly life! I am a substitute teacher and Child Passenger Safety technician in Calgary, Alberta. Join me on my adventures!
