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Wanna know what’s weird? Posting a picture of a

Wanna know what’s weird? Posting a picture of a toilet on Instagram 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’ve been meaning to share our mini makeover of this space (swipe for before) Plus, I’m sharing some tips for making the most use of space in a smaller house on the blog today and I love this ceiling-height shelf we added for extra storage (aka a place to put my ever growing houseplant collection🌱). Read the whole post on my blog 👩🏻‍💻 #brancifortehome . . . . #ltkhome #styledhome #myhomevibe #colorventures #currentdesignsituation #crashbangcolour #designmilk #ikea #targethome

Sure, you can use wipes for diaper changes, but ev

Sure, you can use wipes for diaper changes, but every parent knows they've used it for more than that, ie: cleaning their baby's face/shirt/pants/hair, cleaning their own face/shirt/pants/hair, dusting, cleaning up spit up, removing makeup...the list goes on. 👶🏻 That's why I make sure I'm always stocked with @pampersus wipes from Sam’s Club - durable enough for tough messes, gentle enough for baby's bottom. Right now you can save $10 on any 2 packs of Pampers wipes when you stock up at your local @samsclub between now and January 26! Let me know in the comments some of the random things you've used wipes for! #PampersWipesSamsSavings #ad

Somewhere between the nap routines and diaper chan

Somewhere between the nap routines and diaper changes and and early morning cuddles and middle of the night wake ups and the gummy baby smiles....they grow up. I’m not sure when my baby became a toddler. Was it when he first proudly walked himself through the grocery store? Or was it after enduring his first tantrum over some item he was denied? Was it when he started to bring me his shoes to put on to go outside? Or the first time he brought me a book and sat down in my lap to read it? It’s the biggest hypocrisy of motherhood: wanting them to grow up and hit milestones while wistfully looking back and wishing for just one more day. The best we can do is just try to be present in the phase they (and we) are in right now. Soak up the best bits of it while learning from any of the hard bits. #butfirstmiles . . . #joyfulmotherhood #momlife #toddlerlife #toddlermomlife #joyfulmamas #joyfulmama #momsofinstagram #momaf #ctmom #ctblogger #momblogger

Mini Amazon sweater try-on because let’s be hone

Mini Amazon sweater try-on because let’s be honest, from Jan-May I only wear jeggings and sweaters - see them all on my blog and/or stories (saved to my story highlights too) . . #amazonfashion #amazonfinds #amazonprime #momblogger #tryonhaul #ltkunder50

Motherhood is full of endless lessons. Like that C

Motherhood is full of endless lessons. Like that Christmas pajamas get retired when your toddler outgrows them, not when Christmas is over. Or that sometimes it’s ok to throw the normal nap routine out the window and have a snuggled up in the living room nap instead. Or that 8:30 is absolutely an acceptable bedtime. But it teaches you the big lessons too. I’d say one of the best things I’ve learned so far is that every moment is a chance to hit the reset button. With kids, you shouldn’t wait for tomorrow for a new start, you can literally hit reset at any moment. . . Say your baby fought nap and then only slept 20 minutes? You could stress the rest of the day and fear the next nap routine or just hit reset and pretend it didn’t happen and start fresh. Toddler threw 5 tantrums at the store and cried the whole way home? You could head inside defeated and exhausted or hit the reset before you even open his door to get him out. Or maybe just a ton of small little things start adding up: baby is fussy, you spill your coffee, the sink is full of dishes, your child throws their entire breakfast on the floor AGAIN, you forgot to call back the dentist AGAIN, your child has a meltdown because you won’t let them play in the freezer, you accidentally rip your favorite sweater on the baby gate... it can quickly go from a few small inconveniences to a 20-car pile up. But hitting the reset button helps me avoid that. I constantly say to myself “ok this is a reset, whatever happened before this is gone and won’t weigh on me/my actions/my heart” It’s 100% a mind game, but it helps prevent the little hard moments from compounding. . . And when the reset mind game doesn’t work there’s always some of my other top choices: more coffee, cookies (for you or your child), baby wearing dance parties (literally works every time, it’s near impossible to be upset dancing to *NSYNC...it’s science), and of course, bourbon. . . #butfirstmiles #joyfulmamas #joyfulmotherhood #boymom #toddlerlife #toddlermomlife #momlife #momsofinstagram #momsofinsta

Miles’ new favorite thing is feeding me (always

Miles’ new favorite thing is feeding me (always partially eaten things)And he doesn’t take no for an answer. The Branciforte house has some kinda monster sickness that won’t go away. Spirits are low, temperatures are high, and we’ve all got somebody else’s boogers on our shirts at this point. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #kalliesletterboards . . . #momlife #motherhoodthroughinstagram #motherhoodthroughletterboards #boymom #letterboardquotes #letterboardquotes #letterfolk #letterboard #toddlerlife #motherhoodunplugged #momsofinstagram

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