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Starting A Blog As A Stay At Home Mom
After being in the blogging game for 3 years, I am finally talking about how I started a blog as a stay-at-home mom. For those that know about me, then you may know how this journey started. But for those who don’t, here is a quick recap. I started this blog in 2020 as a stay-at-home mom of just 1 back then. My oldest daughter was 18 months old at the time and I ultimately started this blog as an outlet for myself. I was really struggling mentally as a new stay-at-home mom and trying to find an identity outside…
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How I Cope With Feeling Touched Out As A Mom Of 2
As a mom of 2, it is really easy for me to start feeling touched out. For anyone who may be new here, I have an almost 2-year-old (22 months) and a 4-year-old. So I have smaller children. And I’m also a stay-at-home mom so this mama is in mom mode 24/7. I can only speak from my perspective as a stay-at-home mom of 2, but there is a point by the end of each day when I start feeling overstimulated and touched out. Between tending to and breastfeeding my toddler all day and then trying to tend to everyone…
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Myths About Black Stay At Home Moms
You all would be surprised by some of the myths about black stay-at-home moms that I have heard. For those that don’t know, I am a stay-at-home mom and I am also a black woman. So that makes me a black stay-at-home mom. You may be wondering why the emphasis on being a “black” stay-at-home mom. Well in my experience, I don’t run across many black stay-at-home moms. It’s dang near unheard of in my own family because most of the women in my family worked while raising kids. So you can probably imagine the confused and puzzled expressions I…
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How To Be A Grateful Stay-At-Home Mom
It took some time but I am able to finally feel content and grateful to be a stay-at-home mom. If you have been following me for a while and know about me, then you know being a stay-at-home mom was not something that I thought I would be. I never thought that I would be a stay-at-home mom. It was just something that I wasn’t interested in being. My mom and my grandma were working parents so I figured that I would also be a working parent once I had children. I had it all planned out on how things…
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Time Management Tips For Stay At Home Moms
For my fellow stay-at-home moms, if there is anything that you need to learn while you are home with your little ones, it is time management. I have had entire days get away from me in the past due to poor time management. You would think since I’m home with the girls most days, that I should have all the time in the world to get any and everything is done. Well, that is false. For anyone new here, I have a 1-year-old and a 3-year-old that I’m caring for on a daily. Both of my girls are in two…
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Making Time For Yourself As A Stay At Home Mom
If there is anything I have learned as a mom, it is important that I’m making time for myself. This is especially true since I’m also a stay-at-home mom. For anyone new here, I’m a stay-at-home mom to my 11-month-old baby girl and my 3-year-old daughter. And as much I love being around my girls, this mama needs some solid me-time every once in a while. My husband works long hours Monday through Friday so it’s just me and the girls the majority of the time. Since I’m the one with the girls most of the time, my breaks usually…
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How To Be A Happy Stay At Home Mom With A Baby
When I became a stay-at-home mom, I knew that I wanted to be a happy stay-at-home mom. If you have read about me, then you know that I kind of stumbled into being a stay-at-home mom. It did not come to me naturally. If you want me to be completely honest, I was terrible at being a stay-at-home mom at the beginning of this journey. The only thing I did right was keeping my daughter alive. Which is only part of being a stay-at-home mom. I used to think “How did other stay-at-home moms manage to get things done, keep…
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What Stay At Home Moms Need From Their Husbands
There are many things that we stay-at-home moms need from our husbands. Most of you all know that I have two smaller children 3 and under and have been a stay at home going on 4 years on now. And I don’t think I would have made it this far in my stay-at-home mom journey had it not been for the support of my husband. My husband has been involved and supportive through my pregnancies and childbirth. Even after both of the girls were born, my husband was helpful through the newborn phase and continues to be very involved in…
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Productive Stay At Home Mom Tips With 2 Kids Under 3
“Jas, how you are staying productive as a stay-at-home mom with two small children?” I have been asked this question several times because as you all know I have an 8-month-old and a 3-year-old. Going from one small child to two has been interesting, to say the least especially now that my 8-month-old is mobile. But there are still things that need to be done even with both of my girls around. I consistently post on here once a week and create content to post on Instagram and Facebook throughout the week. And somehow manage to squeeze in other things…
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What To Expect As A Black Stay At Home Mom
If you all have been following me on the blog and read about me, then you know that I am a black stay-at-home mom. I didn’t plan on being a stay-at-home mom, but it just kind of happened. Shortly after, I became a mom in my mid-twenties while finishing up my degree, my husband and I decided that I would stay home with our daughter. With the way daycare prices are set up, we figured out that it would be cheaper for me to stay home. So I did. But I was not prepared for what being home with a…
