Heather Hemmert

Heather lives with her husband, daughter and son and has learned to accept that Utah is now her permanent home. Before becoming a stay at home mom, she taught elementary school and loves to use that background to create fun activities to entertain her children. Though staying home with the kids is great, Heather has always enjoyed finding more ways she can keep herself sane, including elaborate cross stitch designs and playing with any puppy she can find. She particularly loves to read and write and prides herself in always remaining honest in her posts about life as a wife and mother, even when the truth is sometimes embarrassing.

There are some people out there who think gift cards aren’t a good gift idea for loved one because it’s not personal or creative enough. I have a question for people of this opinion: What if you could still give gift cards but personalize it in such a way that it’s obvious you put more …

When a mother has a new baby, most of the gifts she was given during her baby shower weren’t actually for her. She still loved everything she got because let’s face it; babies need a load of stuff, but what about her? So if you’re shopping for a new mom this Christmas, here are some …

Christmas is fast approaching and if you’re one of the awesome parents who will show your appreciation to the Educational Rockstars in your life (AKA teachers), here are some great choices you could go with: Gift Cards Seriously, who is going to complain about you giving them basically free money? The only thing better: actual …

You just pushed a alb baby from a 10cm hole. Or maybe you’re the proud new recipient of a 4-6 inch painful scar across your abdomen. Then you spent 6+ weeks bleeding from said sore vag and you’re anxious to be YOU again with your partner, focusing on only each other in pleasurable sex. But …

When scrolling your Instagram feed gets boring, when Pinterest begins to overwhelm instead of inspire, when you can’t YouTube because the sound will distract your nursing baby and you’ve forgotten headphones—turn to the posts in your friendly Facebook mommy groups! Those mommy groups can be incredibly helpful. A good group will have supportive women who …

When you become a mom, your priorities shift and you’ll go through phases of being on top of things, and then months of just trying to survive. Maybe during the Super Mom moments, you’re willing to wake up before the kids do so you have time to do a decent job on a full face …

There are plenty of articles titled “Top 10 baby shower games,” “How to throw a great baby shower,” and “Baby shower themes she will love!” But what about the really helpful stuff no one mentions, like how not to ruin a baby shower? Whether you’re the Mother-To-Be (MtB) throwing your own shower or have stumbled …

I’m sure you’ve seen this scenario on the playground before: a kid does something totally normal for their two year old age, like push another toddler out of the way to get to the stairs, and their parent runs over to say something like, “No, Jimmy, that’s not nice! Say sorry! Come back here Jimmy, …

How do kids learn the best from us? Observation. We pop them out and then before we know it, our kids are mimicking our actions and repeating our curse words. We often hear them compared to little sponges, soaking in the world around them. And of all the lessons and tidbits they pick up from …

“Why do you still let your 7 month old nurse?” “She’s too old.” “She’s just using you as a pacifier.” “You need to put her in her own bed.” *Sigh* Why is this still happening? Why are people still under the impression that they have any right to tell you what to do with your …

You remember that old singsong rhyme, “First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage?” It got me thinking about the order of those events. Love, then marriage, then baby. Now, while in today’s society it’s perfectly acceptable and normal to see many parents in love without being officially wed, …

We all hate when our parenting is called into question, either by a complete stranger or even a close family member. We all hate the judgmental, unsolicited advice. We all hate when other adults try to parent our kid, especially when it’s the opposite of how you want the situation handled. And as a (now) …