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5 Things You Should Never Put Down a Garbage Disposal (But Probably Are)

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Ever wondered what not to put down a garbage disposal? Like what food not to put in a garbage disposal? Yeah, me too! I've unfortunately put many of the things on this list down the drain. Whether you’re trying to live a frugal lifestyle or just want to make sure that all your appliances and kitchen facilities keep working at their best for as ...

20 Toddler Road Trip Activities and Games that Will Keep Everyone Happy

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Great list of toddler road trip activities and toddler road trip games! These are the perfect road trip ideas with toddlers in order to keep them entertained and happy on a long road trip. As a family, we have taken many 4-hour road trips to Dallas to go and visit my husband's family. We have also driven to South Padre Island a time or two ...

How to Survive Potty Training While Traveling Long Distances in a Car

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If you are wondering how to manage potty training and travel, this post is for you. Here are tips and hacks for making potty training travel easier and less messy thanks to handy things like potty training mats, travel potty seats, and more! It may have been a mistake, but we decided to start potty training our 2-year-old ...

How to Organize a Small Homeschool Room (Especially If You Rent)

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Duck Brand® for IZEA Worldwide. All opinions are 100% mine. Take a homeschool room tour and check out our homeschool room setup! It is full of homeschool organization for small spaces ideas! A few months ago we moved into a bigger place and left the world of apartments behind! We now rent ...

How to Care for and Clean a Copper Sink So It’ll Last Forever

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Because they aren't very common, knowing how to clean a copper sink is not common knowledge. Explore all the details of the benefits of copper sinks, proper copper sink care, various copper sink cleaners, and how cleaning copper sinks is easier than you'd think. When we visited my friend's house for the first time a few years ago, I remember ...

The Stress-Free Way to Help Toddlers Adjust to a New Baby

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This post is sponsored by Luvs at Walmart. All opinions are my own. I always thought that my kids adjusted really well to life with a new baby until I had my fifth baby. My 2-year-old toddler adjusted to a new baby by taking the phrase "loving her to death" to a more literal place. My daughter Emily has in the last six months of being a big ...

A Parent’s Guide to Car Sickness and How to Handle It with Ease

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Having someone get car sick on a road trip is the worst so these car sick remedies will have you handling your baby, toddler or yourself getting car sick with ease instead of freaking out about puke everywhere. The car was packed. We were on our way to visit family in a neighboring state. And then it happened. Our daughter got car sick and threw ...

How to Get Rid of Black Mold Anywhere in Your Shower

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Got some black mold in showers? Before you freak out about black mold in shower health risks, here's what you need to know about it and how to remove black mold from showers - shower caulk, shower grout, behind shower tiles and shower walls and shower ceilings, on shower curtains, and even in shower drains. A while ago, I shared a little hack on ...

How to Load a Dishwasher Properly and What Not to Put in It

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Want to know how to load a dishwasher, you know the proper way? Then read on to discover the secrets to loading a dishwasher correctly and efficiently, from your silverware to your glasses. I come from a family of five kids, and we all took turns loading and unloading the dishwasher. Whatever didn’t fit in the dishwasher had to be washed by ...

Got a Baby Rolling Over In Her Sleep? Here’s What to Do

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If you are worried about how to keep baby from rolling over in crib, then be sure to read this article! It answers all of your pressing questions regarding a baby rolling over in sleep - why babies roll over in sleep, what age babies start rolling over in their sleep, what to do about it, how to prevent it (and if you should), how to safely ...

Losing Your Hair Postpartum? Here’s Everything You Need

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Are you dealing with postpartum hair loss? Wondering when does postpartum hair loss start and how long does postpartum hair loss last and how to remedy it (if you can)? Then keep reading! I understand your pain! It has begun, the dreaded postpartum hair loss. It began around 4 months postpartum after my first pregnancy with twins and around 3 ...

How to Choose the Right Credit Monitoring for Your Family

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Since the September 2017 data breach that occurred at Equifax, I have had it on my mind that my entire family needed to have some sort of monitoring or freezing of credit to help protect us against the malicious and false use of our identities. Prior to this moment in time, I must admit that I had little knowledge about the services that existed ...