Note: The following is NOT a sponsored post or review. I purchased the DivaCup with my own money at Whole Foods before DivaCup asked to help sponsor this site. All views and opinions are 100% my own. At 5 months postpartum, the dreaded Aunt Flo returned. I’m still exclusively breastfeeding and bed-sharing with my daughter, so I thought that lactation...

Over the last few years, I’ve fallen in love with babywearing. Wearing our babies has been shown to help aid with bonding, boost and regulate our breastmilk supply, and create a more independent child. Research shows that it’s great for the infants’ mental development, and can help us parent our other children by keeping our hands free. I’ve done a...

This was an especially tough week to stay on track with menu planning since the holiday weekend had us eating outside the home so much. Friday we went to my FORMERLY favorite seafood restaurant for my Dad’s birthday. It’s a FORMER now because I had to send back the dish that I ordered as it was actually inedible (I’ve never...

This week, I’ve really fallen off the menu planning wagon. Last weekend, the kids were at Grandma’s, so HH and I lived off of that delicious turkey chili the entire weekend. We even put it on Chicken hot dogs from Trader Joe’s and it made a meal of it that way. The beginning part of the week we were busy...

We’re on Week 2 of Family Food Fridays, and I feel like I’m starting to hit my stride. As promised, I’m going to post my menu plan for the week, along with my favorite recipe for that week. You’ll see that I’m also including the COST of the favorite recipe, since budget is always a consideration of mine. You have...

Last year, I promised myself that my family was going to start doing a better job of cooking healthier meals. A year later, I’m finally calling my own bluff, and introducing a regular blog series based on family dining that I hope will help motivate me to keep my promise, and inspire others who struggle with this to do the...

If you had told me a couple years ago that I’d love cloth diapers, I would have thought you were nuts.  Then, I slowly decided to give it a try, and once I went cloth, I knew we had to stick with it.  I just love the way a cloth-diapered butt looks.  I started out using prefolds with covers, and...