Ready to transition your kids from lazy summers to school routines? Grab your Back-to-School Sleep Tips that Parents Need to Know. This is a sponsored post. All bedtime-loving opinions are my own.

Back-to-School Sleep Tips that Parents Need to Know

Confession: I let my kids stay up to 10:30 pm this summer. *Insert your aghast face here.* I admit that when the lazy days of summer roll in, our rigid family routine goes 99.999% lax. Bedtime becomes elusive as we give into kids pout-y faces and begging for “just a few more minutes.”

Then the alarm clock sounds. I’ve always hated that noise.

In a blink of an eye those few short schedule-free months disappear as my mom-voice warms up into full Batman mode. School. Two kids. Schedules. Routine. After-school sports. Crankiness. Bedtime. Parents, the back-to-school reality is tough to accept after a summer of late nights. But there’s a reason why kids’ sleep is so important- especially during the school year. So today I’m getting real with Back-to-School Sleep Tips that Parents Need to Know. How much sleep do your kids really need? How does screen time affect sleep routines? What if your kids aren’t falling asleep? And most importantly, what should you NEVER do?

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Is your child having summer swim classes? Be sure to grab these 11 Child Swimming Lesson Essentials – every mom needs these! This post is sponsored by Kleenex. All swimmingly fun opinions are my own.

11 Child Swimming Lesson Essentials

It’s that time again! Summer is here and yes, I signed up my kids for another round of annual swimming lessons. For those that have been following for awhile, you know that summer swim lessons have been quite…eventful over the years. Remember the year we “pooped in the pool?” Or the time “we split open our chin?” While my kids love the pool this year, I look at swim classes very differently these days. And that’s why I pack my swim bag a little differently. Here’s my Top 11 Child Swimming Lesson Essentials – from one mom that has a “6-year reputation” – to another.

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Does your child have a blanky too? Join me for The Gross Adventure’s of My Toddler’s Blanky & how we finally found our happy ending. This post is sponsored by Lysol. All fresh and clean opinions are my own. 

The Gross Adventures of My Toddler’s Blanky & How We Found Our Happy Ending

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful baby girl. She was wrapped in a soft swaddle blanket from Day 1 – because OCD mom had a thing for swaddled babies. That baby girl grew to love that swaddle blanket, so much so that there were many, many, MANY sleepless toddler adventures together called The Gross Adventures of My Toddler’s Blanky. It’s been 4 years and many legends added to this collection of stories, and yet no happily ever after…until today. The Gross Adventures of My Toddler’s Blanky Finally Have a Happy Ending – come read how our fairy tale finally came true.

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No mom guilt here! Here’s Why I’m Hiding in My Closet & Not Sharing. This post is sponsored by Duncan Hines. All delicious opinions are my own.

Why I’m Hiding in My Closet & Not Sharing

Pssst! Hey mommas! Down here! Shhhhh! Today I’m hiding in my closet. Why? Because my 4-year old daughter is having yet another growth spurt this week and is eating me out of house and home. I can’t eat for 2-seconds without a little girl climbing in my lap. And today, she would definitely want a bite of my latest obsession. I have found the answer to have your cake and eat it too, literally. Want to get a piece of this action, Mom? Come hide in my closet as we discover the deliciousness on the horizon with the new Perfect Size for 1.

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A day of water play turned into a very important life lesson. Find out How Dirty Water Became a Teaching Moment & how you can provide clean water for all by joining Global 6K for Water. I was compensated by World Vision for my time in writing this post. All opinions are my own.

How Dirty Water Became a Teaching Moment | Join the Global 6K for Water

Spring has arrived. Here in Florida, we’ve already pulled out the splash tables and bathing suits to cool off with some afternoon water play. My little fish loves playing with her water toys. It was this afternoon that I heard a loud shriek from the backyard.

EWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Little did I know that my recent sign up for the 6K for Water would be on my mind that afternoon as I went to calm down a preschooler on her way to a huge meltdown. Our day of water play turned into a beautiful teaching moment – and we BOTH learned why we won’t be complaining about dirty water anymore.

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Last chance to save on your child’s college education with this 2017 Florida Prepaid Promo Code. This post is sponsored by the Florida Prepaid College Board, through my role as a Believer Blogger. All thoughts are my own.

2017 Florida Prepaid Promo Code – Last Chance!

My name is Christie and I am the ultimate procrastinating mom. Sleeping in to 7:01 am instead of 7:00 am so I can have that extra 60 seconds of beauty rest before bus stop duty? Yes, that’s me. Making lunch about 5 minutes before we rush out the door? Yes, that’s also me. (Though I tell myself that it’s because I want my son to have a “freshest” lunch possible.) Fashionably late to play dates? *Ahem,* yes. Grabbing dinner ingredients about an hour before dinner? Too many times to count.

Please tell me that you are “my people.”

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Struggling with a New Year Resolution that is obtainable? Here’s a A New Year Resolution I Can Actually Keep. This post is sponsored by the Florida Prepaid College Board, through my role as a Believer Blogger. All thoughts are my own.

Finally, A New Year Resolution I Can Actually Keep #StartingIsBelieving

New Year Resolutions and I don’t get along. You might remember how I wrote about my major dislike of the New Year Resolutions HERE. The antagonist to my life story, I have yet to find a resolution that I can actually keep. And when that resolution breaks, the feeling of complete failure sets in. Why do we set ourselves up for such disappointment, especially with a new year, new slate and whole lot of hope in front of us? But Finally, there’s a New Year Resolution I can actually keep.

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