Lauren McKinley

Lauren is a wife and momma to 3 little people. She spends her days finding creative ways to engage her kiddos in the world around them. She loves all things that center around moms and babies!

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How to Teach Your Kids to Stay Quiet and Calm in Quiet Settings

How to Teach Your Kids to Stay Quiet and Calm in Quiet Settings

Taking kids to quiet places can been overwhelming at times. Try these techniques to help your kids to stay quiet and calm in quiet settings.

7 Things We Should Tell Our Daughters Every Day

7 Things We Should Tell Our Daughters Every Day

I pray that these things will be so engrained in your being and that you will be armed to stand in the face of adversity with confidence.

What I Wish I'd Known When My First Baby Was Born

What I Wish I’d Known When My First Baby Was Born

This mom of three is sharing the lessons she's learned along the way, and what she wishes she'd known when her first baby was born.

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5 Tips on Throwing a Kid’s Birthday Party without Breaking the Bank

Stressing about your upcoming kid's birthday party? This mom is here with her top 5 tips to throw a great party without breaking the bank.

Easy Ways to Get Your Kids to Talk to You

Easy Ways to Get Your Kids to Talk to You

The little things they say can brighten up even the most stressful of days. Here are some easy ways to get your kids to talk to you.

How to Teach Your Pre-Schooler about Consent

How to Teach Your Preschooler About Consent

Here are four ways to teach our kids about consent and incorporate conversations about the topic into our daily interactions with our kids.

How to Have a Morning Routine Without Tears

How to Have a Morning Routine Without Tears

These tips can help you cut down on the chaos of your morning routine & get you out of the house with smiles on your faces, most of the time.

How to Teach Your Kids to Stay Quiet and Calm in Quiet Settings

How to Teach Your Kids to Stay Quiet and Calm in Quiet Settings

Taking kids to quiet places can been overwhelming at times. Try these techniques to help your kids to stay quiet and calm in quiet settings.

5 Normal Feelings to Have in your First Month of Breastfeeding

4 Normal Feelings During Your First Month of Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding can be so HARD. I’m here to tell you, these are normal feelings, I feel your pain, and I am sending you a virtual hug right now

Lessons our Family Learned from a No-Screen Challenge

Lessons Our Family Learned From a No-Screen Challenge

Our no-screen challenge was AWESOME! We are changing how we interact with screens moving forward because of it. Here’s what we learned.

How to Nurture a Daddy-Baby Bond

How To Nurture a Daddy-Baby Bond

Read about one family's experience with baby preferring their mother and discover how they improved the bond between Daddy and baby.

How to Find a Daycare or a Nanny You Can Trust

How to Find a Daycare or Nanny You Can Trust

I promise there is an amazing nanny or daycare out there for you. Here is how you go about finding one you can trust.

Dear Working Mom, You are Enough

Dear Working Mom, You are Enough

Dear Working Mom, I know you feel exhausted, the weight of the world is on your shoulders with too many needs swirling around you. Read on...

Three Easy Ways to Teach Your Kids to be Helpers

Three Easy Ways to Teach Your Kids to be Helpers

How can we raise our children to be people who recognize the needs of others? Here are a few ideas for teaching your kids to be helpers.

Words of Wisdom on Parenting from Grandma

Grandma’s Parenting Advice That We All Need to Remember

Grandmas have such wonderful parenting advice for us moms. We reached out to some grandmothers and great-grandmothers. Here are their 6 tips.

The Mommy Exchange: Finding Easy Ways to Help Other Moms

The Mommy Exchange: Finding Easy Ways to Help Other Moms

The Mommy Exchange is a way for us to help other moms whenever the need arises. It can be so hard to ask for help, but we all need it.

Tips and Tricks I've Learned Parenting My Introverted Child

5 Tips and Tricks I’ve Learned Parenting My Introverted Child

A mom shares five tips and tricks she learned and that worked well for her when parenting her introverted child. Learn what helped her.

What I Wish I'd Known When My First Baby Was Born

What I Wish I’d Known When My First Baby Was Born

This mom of three is sharing the lessons she's learned along the way, and what she wishes she'd known when her first baby was born.

7 Things We Should Tell Our Daughters Every Day

7 Things We Should Tell Our Daughters Every Day

I pray that these things will be so engrained in your being and that you will be armed to stand in the face of adversity with confidence.