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We’re Christine and Jaymi, two salty mamas with seven kids between us. We’re happy to be your virtual mom squad!
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Trying to find a pregnancy village? Finding your people isn’t the easiest, but if you’re looking for a pregnancy support system, here are the 7 friends you need to get you through.
I mean, you’ve heard this saying before- “It takes a village to raise a child.” And while the saying’s not wrong, we think the saying is also missing a little something.
After all, it also takes a village to raise a mother.
Pregnancy is exhausting. It can drain you physically, and it can leave you wondering if pregnancy can actually, literally make you crazy. We’d argue that pregnancy can be one of the hardest life transitions for a woman, but you’re going to hear more about what a “magical” time it is. (Which can leave you feeling insanely frustrated if it’s less than magical for you.)
So where can a pregnant mama turn?
If you’re building a pregnancy village, either online at somewhere like The Bump or Meetup, or in person with people you know, there are some key characters you need to add to your crew. Here are our top suggestions for the 7 friends a woman needs to get her through her pregnancy (and beyond).
Need some fresh ideas for postpartum freezer meals? Check out our pro tips for stocking up freezer for before baby, with tried and tested recipes and an EASY hack to get your freezer full of meals your family will actually eat!
The newborn phase. Such a beautiful time, full of meeting and greeting your new little person, lots of snuggles, and so many firsts together. There are so many beautiful parts to life postpartum.
But let’s be honest- there’s also a WHOLE lot going on in your life. In addition to cuddles and magic, there will also be lots of messes to clean up, lots of physical changes going on, and a whole bunch of new things to learn.
The last thing a new mom should be doing? Worrying about getting dinner on the table every night, too.
If you’re lucky, your friends, family, or church will step up to the plate, bringing meals for you to heat and eat. If you’re less lucky, you might just find yourself on your own getting back to “normal” life sooner than you expected.
No matter what your level of support in the kitchen may be, making some postpartum freezer meals is a great way to prepare for your new life as a mom. And it’s a fantastic place to channel your nesting energy, too.
So whether you’re stocking up the freezer before baby arrives or looking for tips for making freezer meals for a new mom in your life, we’ve got you covered with these simple, scrumptious, and freezable meals from some of our very favorite food blogging friends.
Do Rothy’s Make Your Feet Stink? How to Clean Rothys the Right Way
Do your Rothys make your feet stink? Well you’re not alone. But luckily, we know just how to clean Rothys to get rid of foot odor for good. Read on for pro tips from two Rothys-loving mamas on the go.
We’ve been telling you for a long time now how much we love our Rothy’s. We wear them to the park. We wear them to work. We even wear them to Disneyland.
And all that wearing? Well, it creates one little problem.
Sometimes, our Rothy’s make our feet stink. Or maybe our feet make our Rothys stink? Either way, we’ve got an odor problem to deal with.
And YES, we do know that Rothy’s are fully machine washable. Trust us, we use that fact to our advantage. But when regular washing turned out to be not enough to keep our Rothy’s smelling fresh as a daisy, we knew there was something more that we needed to do.
So through trial and error (and a few Amazon clicks), we have found the best way to keep our Rothy’s smelling as fresh as the day we bought them. If you, too, need to figure out how to clean your Rothys and control odor, we’ve got the perfect procedure down to a science.
Your child is getting older, and they’re learning more and more everyday. As they get closer to preschool, you’ll probably start to wonder- when should a child learn to write their name? And how do you teach a kid how to write their name anyways? We’ve got the best name writing activities for kids here at TheSaltyMamas.com.
According to family legend, when I was one and a half and my sister was three, my mom needed to get us out of her hair for a while. At the end of her rope, she sent my sister out of the room with me, telling her to teach me to write my name. She figured it’d buy her a few minutes, at the very least.
And if you believe her, an hour later, I came out able to write my name.
So when my kids were toddlers, I really thought it was as easy as that. You show them their name. Then you tell them to write it. Then you’re done.
Insert cry laughing emoji here.
If you and your kids are anything like me and mine, you’ll likely know by now that it’s not usually quite that simple. There are several stages to figuring out how to teach a kid to write their name, starting with the very basics and moving on to independent writing.
Here, we’ve got a collection of fun name writing activities for preschoolers (or toddlers, if your feeling ambitious) that will have them writing their names in no time.
Well, like normal levels of “no time.” Not like “family legends of one year olds writing their names” no time. But you know what I mean.
