Life Love Mama

Traveling can be stressful. Add a baby to the mix, and anxiety goes through the roof. We had to travel with our son to go visit some family in Ontario. It was either drive to the airport, take the short two-hour flight and hope for the best, or drive for 20 hours, multiple stops, an antsy 8-month-old possibly screaming most of the way… You can guess which one we decided on. The airport was an hour and a half away, the flight was two hours, and then about an hour from the airport in Toronto to my parents’ house. These were some pretty manageable time slots. Because our son was…

We started baby led weaning with our son when he was 6 months old. You can find out how we started here in this post! It went pretty well! He is now 7 and a half months old and is a pro at feeding himself. I’ve learned how to cut things for him so he can put them in his mouth and chew them. He now has five teeth (hello teething!) and has learned to use them really well. We basically feed him everything he ate when was 6 months old, but we now also feed him more of what we are eating. (This post contains affiliate links. Find our…

What is Baby Led Weaning? Baby led weaning is basically a form of feeding babies solids that involves them feeding themselves. It is great for developing motor skills and independence. Babies tend to be less picky eaters and more accepting of new foods when starting solids through baby led weaning. To me, it seems like a more natural approach to feeding babies. That’s not to say that spoon feeding purees is a bad idea! Some babies prefer it and that’s totally fine. We started doing a bit of both with D but he really took to BLW, as I figured he would. So, we kept going with that. The only…

Our routine with D has changed a bit since he turned 7 months old. We’ve had somewhat of a routine with him since he was about 2 months old, mostly just in terms of a bedtime routine happening around the same time each night. His naps were always somewhat different, in length, time, and places they happened. He often napped on the go because he would always fall asleep in the car or on walks. Some days he would have more short naps, some days he would have one or more longer ones. I knew this was normal, and mostly just tried to keep bedtime around the same time. He…

Diaper Bag Essentials When you become a mother the diaper bag is your life. I bring the thing everywhere with me. Babies are unpredictable. You never know when there’s going to be a major blowout resulting in a bath in a random bathroom sink, a diaper change and a changing of clothes for both you and baby. Then your baby pees on you while you’re changing them, resulting in yet another change of clothes. Welcome to motherhood. Okay, that’s a little dramatic (somewhat). That hasn’t happened to me (yet) and my son is almost 7 months old. However, there are always things that come up. If you’re not prepared, things…

Complete Amazon Checklist There are so many checklists out there full of things that people claim you’ll need for your baby. Better to be safe than sorry of course! Who wants to be running out for baby things while you just want to be sitting on your couch relaxing with your new baby? However. I can tell you right now that there are some things you may get that you really could be saving your money on (money you’ll need for the millions of diapers you’ll be going through). For the most part, when you bring your new baby home, you will most likely spend the first few weeks hanging…

Preparing for a baby can seem daunting, especially on a budget. Babies need a lot of stuff, from somewhere to sleep to something to wear, to somewhere you can put them down so you’re not literally holding your baby 24/7 (although at first, it may seem like you’re doing that anyway). There are so many things out there that are marketed towards parents, especially new parents who don’t necessarily know any better (I was, and still am, totally one of them). We are told we need this and that, and it has to be this good or it’s not good enough. This makes it seem hard to have a baby…