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27 Labor and Delivery Tips for New Moms | Hello first time moms! Whether you’re planning a natural delivery or accepting all forms of pain management (lol), you probably want to know what to expect when your sweet baby is born. From knowing which things to pay in your hospital bag, to mentally preparing yourself for what the doctors and nurses will need to do to get you through labor and delivery, to what to expect post-birth, we’ve got you covered! #laboranddelivery #laboranddeliverytips

27 Practical Labor and Delivery Tips for First Time Moms and Dads

20 First Day of School Icebreakers for Kids | Attention teachers! If you’re looking for fun and engaging ‘getting to know you’ team building activities to help your students transition back to school, these ideas will not disappoint! Perfect for kids in kindergarten, elementary school, and middle school, we’ve included ideas for small groups and activities that can be enjoyed with the entire classroom. #icebreakers #backtoschool #backtoschoolactivities

Getting to Know Each Other: 20 First Day of School Icebreakers for Kids

Family Meal Planning on a Budget | Whether you’re looking for ideas to help you create a healthy weekly menu even the picky eaters in your life will enjoy, want to know how to create and stick to your grocery lists so you aren’t throwing away unused produce each week, or need kid-friendly recipes you can throw in the crockpot on busy weeknights, we’re sharing 5 simple meal planning tips to help you stick to your clean eating goals while still saving money! #mealplanning #familymealplanning #howtomealplan

Family Meal Planning on a Budget: 5 Money-Saving Hacks

36 Indoor Toddler Activities for Bad Weather Days | Perfect for rainy days and snowy weather, these activities offer the perfect way for kids aged 18 months to 2 years old (and beyond!) to burn off energy when cooped up inside. These at home ideas are fun, easy to setup, and double as great ideas for preschool and daycare. They make for awesome birthday party activities for kids, too! #toddleractivities #indoortoddleractivities

Fun at Home: 36 Easy Indoor Toddler Activities for Bad Weather Days

$Teaching Fractions to Kids | Learning about numerators and denominators is a pretty abstract concept, and can be confusing and frustrating to children. If you want to know how to teach fractions to kids in first, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and/or 5th grade, there are tons of manipulatives and visuals available to help, and we’re excited to share 20 fractions games and fractions activities to keep kids engaged and learning! #teachingfractions #fractiongames #fractionactivities$

Teaching Fractions to Kids: 20 Math Games and Activities that Work

5 Natural Diarrhea Remedies for Kids | Whether it's a stomach flu, food poisoning, or a virus, diarrhea in children (especially babies and toddlers) is not fun. Knowing the causes of diarrhea can help, and having tips and natural remedies up your sleeve to relieve discomfort is always a good idea! From essential oils, to ginger, to eating the right foods (aka the BRAT diet), these tips and natural treatments will help keep your child comfortable at home! #diarrhea #kidshealth #stomachflu

Feel Better Sooner: 5 Natural Diarrhea Remedies for Kids

How to Lose Weight While Breastfeeding | Postpartum weight loss, exercise, and diets should not be an immediate concern for a new mom, and if you’re breastfeeding, weight loss too fast and too soon can decrease your milk supply. Of course, many women are eager to get back into a workout routine after pregnancy, and we're sharing 9 of our best tips to help you get back in shape without losing your milk supply! #breastfeeding #postpartumweightloss #increasemilksupply

How to Lose Weight While Breastfeeding: 9 Tips for Postpartum Moms

25 Energizing Brain Breaks for Kids | Engaging your students in regular brain breaks in the classroom can help improve attention, focus, retention, self-regulation, and more! We’re excited to share our favorite quick and easy movement ideas to help kids shed excess energy, and have included ideas for children in preschool and kindergarten, elementary school, and middle school. These activities are fun, calming, and perfect for indoor recess days! #brainbreaks #brainbreaksforkids #sensorybreaks

Focus and Control: 25 Energizing Brain Breaks for Kids

18 Working Mom Tips | Struggle to balance work and parenting? You aren't alone! Many of us deal with working mom guilt and I'm sharing my best time management and meal planning tips, plus simple morning routines for working moms to help you be more intentional. These simple life hacks and ideas will help you feel more organized and in control, allowing you to be a mom boss by day and spend quality time with your kids by night! #workingmom #workingmomtips #timemanagementformoms #workathomemom

Time Management 101: 18 Working Mom Tips to Help You Find Balance

35 Healthy After School Snacks for Kids | Looking for simple, clean eating snacks for children to keep them full until dinner? We’re sharing our favorite make ahead snack recipes, easy grab and go ideas, self-serve snacks and options for older kids, and gluten-free recipes for kids with allergies. From a delicious trail mix with chocolate chips, to super simple DIY granola bars, to almond butter energy balls, even your picky eaters will love these recipes! #afterschoolsnacks #makeaheadsnacks

Easy and Delicious: 35 Healthy After School Snacks for Kids

11 Problem Solving Activities for Kids | If you want to help build your child’s social, critical thinking, conflict resolution, and anger management skills, these fun and effective ideas are for you! We’ve included worksheets, team building activities, task cards, and other creative challenges for small groups that can be used at home with parents or as a team in the classroom. #problemsolvingactivities #conflictresolution #selfregulation

Critical Thinking: 11 Problem Solving Activities for Kids

Baby Led Weaning for Beginners | Starting baby with his or her first foods at 6 months can be scary, especially if your babe has no teeth! It used to be that starter foods consisted only of purees - baby oatmeal and mashed banana and sweet potato – but many moms are opting to go straight to table foods. If you want to know how to get started with BLW, as well as the best beginner foods and recipes to start with, we’re sharing 25 tips and ideas to inspire you! #babyledweaning #BLW #starterfoods

Baby Led Weaning for Beginners: 25 Tips and Recipes for New Moms

How to Make Homework Less Stressful | Looking for tips to make learning at home fun for your children? Whether you have kids in elementary, middle, or high school, these homework hacks will help maintain motivation and avoid power struggles with your kids. From creating a dedicated homework station and a planner for greater organization, to establishing a good homework routine, to teaching time management tips, these ideas really work! #homeworktips #homework #parentingtips #backtoschool

How to Make Homework Less Stressful: 11 Tips for Parents

15 Natural Ways to Boost Your Energy | Want to know how to kickstart your energy naturally? We’re sharing 15 tips and ideas to help you feel more energized in the mornings and beyond without relying on coffee and other sources of caffeine. Diet and fitness are great natural energy boosters, but there are tons of other simple tweaks you can make to your daily routine to help you feel more alert and productive. Click to find out more! #energybooster #wakeup #wakeuprefreshed #havemoreenergy

Energized and Awake: 15 Natural Ways to Boost Your Energy

How to Be a Happy Mom | Whether you’re a stay at home mom, or you work outside the home, you probably look at other mothers (and families) and wonder what their secret is. How do they maintain a positive attitude no matter what life throws at them? How do they get their children to behave so well? Where do they find the time and energy to do fun things with their kids everyday? If you want to be a happy mom (and wife), these parenting tips are for you! #happymom #momlife #parentingtips

How To Be a Happy Mom: 9 Tips to Find Joy in Parenting

How to Get Kids to Stop Sucking Their Thumb | Perfect for toddlers and older children, these thumb sucking alternatives and behavior strategies will teach you how to get your child to stop sucking his or her thumb (or fingers) once and for all! From reward charts and products that make it impossible for kids to get their thumbs in their mouths, to less invasive DIY gloves and solutions to help curb bad habits over time, these parenting tips work! #thumbsucking #parentingtips #positiveparenting

How to Get Kids to Stop Sucking Their Thumb: 11 Tips that Work

38 Summer Activities for Kids | Looking for ideas to keep your kids busy at home this summer that are fun and educational? Whether you have toddlers, kids in preschool or kindergarten, or older kids, there are tons of things to do that are inexpensive and easy to setup. Check out our favorite indoor and outdoor summer activities, as well as summer group games for kids and summer science experiments designed for the mad scientists in your life! #summeractivities #summercrafts #summergames

Boredom Busters! The Ultimate List of 38 Summer Activities for Kids

27 Tips for Flying with a Baby | Baby’s first flight can be overwhelming if you’re not prepared – especially if you’re a new mom traveling alone! From packing lists and travel products for your carryon luggage, to travel tips to avoid ear pain and how to survive flying with a baby on your lap, to our favorite travel toys for babies age 6 to 12 months, this post has everything you need to make traveling on airplanes with little ones as easy as possible. #babytravel #momhacks #babysfirstflight

Baby’s First Flight: 27 Sanity-Saving Tips for Flying with a Baby

55 Family-Friendly Taco Tuesday Recipes | If you’re looking for healthy taco recipes your kids will enjoy as much as you, this collection of easy ideas will inspire you! Whether you prefer ground beef, steak, chicken, turkey, fish, shrimp, or vegetarian options with beans, these ideas will take your weeknight meals to the next level. With low carb keto options and simple slow cooker recipes, there’s a Taco Tuesday recipe here for everyone! #tacotuesday #tacotuesdayrecipes #tacorecipes

55 Family-Friendly Taco Tuesday Recipes To Indulge In

How to Get Kids to Stop Biting Their Nails | If you’re looking for natural tips and remedies to stop nail biting, we’re sharing 7 tips that actually work! We’re also sharing all the facts about nail biting, including common causes and recommended alternatives you can use to help replace the habit with something healthier. No matter how severe your child's nail biting gets, rest assured it can be fixed! #bitingnails #stopbitingnails #naturalremedies

How to Get Kids to Stop Biting Their Nails: 14 Tips for Parents

16 Summer Water Activities for Kids | If you’re looking for fun and creative ways to keep your kids cool and entertained outside this summer, these ideas are for you! From a DIY sprinkler and pool noodle waterfall, to outdoor games like water balloon pinatas and fill the bucket, these summer activities will be turning backyards into awesome summer retreats for kids everywhere on hot summer days! #wateractivities #summeractivities #outdooractivities #summerfun

Get Outside! 16 No Fuss Summer Water Activities for Kids