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Your Practical and Budget Friendly Resource
Parenting is HARD. This blog is about how to make it a little easier. I talk about organization (from diaper bag to minivan) tips and tricks for all things parenting, items I love (baby items I actually used, to toys that have lasted) and how to do it all on a small budget. Everything I searched for on the internet but ultimately couldn't quite find I've put here so you don't have to start from scratch.
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Parenting Resources
I've loved these books, courses, podcasts, apps and influencers on my parenting journey.
Online Course
Big Little Feelings might be my favorite recourse to date. Their course is a series of short videos explaining tested and proven methods to deal with all sorts of child behaviors and troubles. It's format makes it easy to watch whatever section you need at the time and put a few practical changes into place to make things like bedtime easier. They also have great information available on Instagram.
To Have and to Hold is all about new motherhood, and it's affects on women psychologically, emotionally, physically, and professionally—as well as how it impacts their partnership. She covers issues of self-worth, control, autonomy, and dependency. She gives great guidance on how to survive and thrive in early motherhood.
Book
Parenting Tips Instagram Accounts
Practical and informative influencers.
Fun Instagram Accounts
People who bring a little levity or interesting topics to Parenthood.
Fair Play by Eve Rodskey
Fair Play is an awesome book for marriage as early parents.
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Scars: A Storybook You Can Color
A children's book and coloring book about scars.
I wrote this book for my son who has scars on his right cheek. I couldn't find a book out there about scars from accidents, so I wrote one. Very visual scars can be emotionally triggering as well, and coloring can be very therapeutic. This book combines that therapy with the knowledge you are not alone, lots of people have scars and that's okay.
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Freebies
I've made all of my useful documents available here, for free!
Please edit them to fit your needs. I hope they help make your days a little smoother.
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Weekly Schedule/To-do List
My weekly to-do list includes the items I do daily as well as the things that need doing once a week. There is extra room to write in to-do items that don't happen every week. This format means I only have one sheet of paper for the whole week, and shows me just how much I'm doing with my time on days I don't feel particularly productive.
Bedtime Chart
A visual bedtime chart for your kids! My son helped choose the images he liked for this one. Using this has completely taken the fight out of bedtime. For more info check out the bedtime chart blog post.
About me
I'm Courtney, or justmom365, though no Mom is JUST a Mom.
I am a stay at home Mom in my thirties with two beautiful children, Griffin and Everleigh. Being a Mom is hard, and we learn surprisingly little about the job before taking it on. I started this blog to share all what I've learned, through research, courses, and good old trial and error.
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