#MomLife

After spending hours online scrolling through countless gorgeous family lifestyle photography sessions, you finally booked your own with a local photographer. But what will the day be like? And what can you do to prepare yourself and your family for the best experience? 

When our son was born, we closely watched every nurse as they swaddled our new baby. The little guy was wrapped up like a tight burrito and he sure seemed to like it. We spent 4 months perfecting the art of the swaddle, but sure enough, our active baby started to be a little too active in his sleep, and it was time to make the transition out of the swaddle.

At our son’s one-year check-up the pediatrician said it was time to make the switch from bottles to sippy or straw cups. I knew this transition was coming and prepared by collecting various cups to have on hand so that we could make the switch around his birthday. How hard could it be? 

As a mom of 4, most of the time the waste we produce is the last thing on my mind, but I recently read that the average 8- to 12-year-old kid throws away nearly 67 pounds of lunch trash every year. Yikes! And when we moved homes last year, I cleaned like crazy for the open house and unearthed more tiny knick-knacks in the kids’ rooms than I care to think about. Life is complicated enough, but what uncomplicated changes can I make to reduce all of this unnecessary waste?