This post may contain affiliate links Welcome! June 2018 was a wonky month for Frugal Nesting. The good traffic from May carried forward to the beginning of June and then out of nowhere the bottom dropped out. It was crazy! One day I had 872 views and the next I had 385. Of course, I am the…
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This post may contain affiliate links Summer Cookout Recipes I have two favorite times of the year, Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day and Summer! And one of the things that I look forward to the most is spending time outside with my family and friends. One of the best things to do outside with your family + friends is…
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This post may contain affiliate links CAMPING: A Newbie’s Guide To Enjoying the Outdoors With Kids You know how camping is a treasured family tradition passed down from one generation to the next? Yeah…that’s totally not us. Both Wil and I come from suburban midwest families that somehow missed the camping train. I think I went…
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This post may contain affiliate links Welcome! May 2018 marked Frugal Nesting’s 2 year anniversary. I cannot believe that it’s been 2 years already! My how time does fly…it goes almost as fast as watching your kiddos grow up! And I figured what better way to celebrate than to try a stab at my first “official” income report. I…
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This post may contain affiliate links Best Intentions I think we all enter into pregnancy with the very best intentions. We plan to eat all organic real whole foods. Of course, we’ll cut out our daily non-fat stirred Caramel Macchiato. And sleep…count me in! I will take all the extra sleep I can get. Nobody has to tell me…
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This post may contain affiliate links Why is it so easy for our kiddos to stick their finger up their nose for a snack, yet it takes a hostage negotiator to get them to eat their veggies? Unfortunately, I am not going to answer that question here. What I can do is help you to trick those little…
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This post may contain affiliate links FUN WITH A PREGNANCY TEST? YES! As soon as you decide to grow your family you will be on an emotional rollercoaster. This may be your first month trying to get pregnant. Or you may have been trying to conceive for years. No matter where you are on your…
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This post may contain affiliate links Scary Fact: “A study published in the July issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology found that among more than 7,800 women giving birth for the first time, those whose labor was induced were twice as likely to have a C-section delivery as those who experienced spontaneous labor.” (O’Callaghan 2010 TIME) ***…
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This post may contain affiliate links Self-Love Makes A Better Mom by Bianca Birgit | Blogger Mommy burnout is a real thing, except you don’t really have the luxury of crashing and burning, we’ve got to keep on keeping on. We juggle everyone else’s needs like a plate spinning competition, while inside, we’re secretly hoping for a planetary pause,…
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This post may contain affiliate links Did you know that, as recently as 2015, only about 40% of new moms reported being able to pump upon return to work? Isn’t that heartbreaking? *** Ok, so I’m going to be honest with you. I do not love pumping. Actually, I kind of hate it a little bit. But…
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