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Baby Gear You Don’t Need
When preparing for your little one to make his/her appearance there are definitely a lot of resources, baby stores, and unsolicited opinions. It doesn’t matter if you are expecting your first baby or your eighth baby. While I am definitely not an expert; I have gained some knowledge and experience over the last 10 years of parenting. What do you need? What can you do without? What should you splurge on and what should you save on? Below is a list of items I found I could do without. Wipes Warmer Pee-Pee Teepee Yes, I only have boys, and yes girls don’t use Pee-Pee Teepees…either way I found both the…
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Being a Courageous Mother
Several weeks ago I was listening to a Time Out For Women talk given by Timothy Ballard entitled ‘Women Who Shine a Light on Darkness.’ In it he was describing a parenting experience his wife had with one of their sons. Timothy and his wife were on a date at a movie theater and all of the sudden in the middle of the movie his wife stood up and left abruptly. After several minutes she came back, when he asked what happened she said that everything was fine. After the movie, while driving home Timothy asked his wife what happened; she then proceeded to tell him that she had…