By now we all know that self-care is a necessary part of life – but what may be hard to figure out is just how exactly to sneak it in. Whether you’re a stay at home mom, work full-time out of the home mom or a combo of the two (like me) you know just […]

Oh goodness, we are just getting WAY to close to 12 months for my comfort level. I seriously feel like I blinked and Flora grew up. I have yet to print any photos, make a baby book, or heck even hang shelves or a rail in her closet!! I call her my angel baby and […]

Today we are continuing our Working From Home series with an interview with Megan Pollard. Megan manages not one but two careers from home while balancing the role of mother to two beautiful girls! You can follow Megan on Instagram here. Read other work from home stories here and here!  Tell us about yourself and […]

A few weeks ago I shared our bedtime bottle trick and got a lot of questions about it so I figured I’d share it again here. We did the same thing with Piper and both of my girls have been great sleepers (most of the time) so maybe it works??? I’ll tell myself that anyway […]

Family traditions may be my favorite. Every chance I get I try to come up with something unique and memorable for the girls and the start of the school year is such a transitional period filled with excitement and nerves, it’s only suiting to do something special for your kids :)  I asked around and […]

Can you believe it’s back to school already? Summer went FAST and we’re trying to mentally prepare for fall already. Getting the kids back to a school schedule is always a little hectic, but these quick and easy dinner ideas should make the transition a little more bearable. Want more inspiration? See dinner ideas here & here. […]

A recap of how we introduced solids to Flora!

Today we are sharing the breastfeeding journey of Dionna who runs our social media and her sweet daughter. You can read other breastfeeding stories here and to share your own just email us at submissions@themamanotes.com !   When I was pregnant with Ellie I never really thought too much about breastfeeding. I didn’t take a […]

With Piper starting school this month I’ve been trying to prep to keep us sick-free as much as I can. I know that we are bound to be under the weather a lot this fall and winter so I’ve been trying to do everything in my power to boost Piper’s immune system and prevent illness […]

  Piper starts school in 3 weeks and I’m starting to shop for a few new pieces to add to her wardrobe, though she rarely likes to wear what I pick out these days. Last year we learned that anything she wears to school is fair game for stains! She got paint on nearly everything […]

SO EXCITED to share our travel guide. I decided to work on this as soon as we got home so everything would be fresh in my mind. I tried to break this up into categories – overall it’s a guide to the Acadia/MDI/Bar Harbor area and how we spent our time the past two weeks […]

I’m SO excited to finally share our DIY Ikea billy bookcase built in shelving with you all! It’s hardly a DIY – we didn’t do anything custom to these shelves they are simply Ikea Billy bookcases put together in away that creates somewhat of a built-in look. Truth be told – we aren’t even done […]