Your little one's sleep doesn't have to be a mystery

Last week, I shared all about the roller coaster of a breastfeeding journey we’ve had with our little James these last couple of months, and the amazing lactation consultant who helped us. This week, I’ll be interviewing our lactation consultant, Allyson Wessells of Nurture Columbus, but we won’t be specifically chatting about nursing! Allyson is […]

We had our fourth baby back in February, and while he is the cutest little guy and it’s a total joy to be his mama, we have also had some bumps along the road, including with nursing! So in this post, I’ll be walking you through my breastfeeding journey with James the first 12 weeks […]

One of my favorite aspects of newborn life is that sweet little baby burrito I get to snuggle. Swaddled babies are so cute! And swaddling is such an important piece of newborn sleep, but it’s also something that gets misused! With my first, we swaddled her for naps and nighttime for four+ months. I actually […]

Traveling with young kids can be challenging enough (trips not vacations, right??), not to mention changing time zones and dealing with a jet lagged baby or toddler. It can be rough! But that doesn’t mean changing time zones with kids is impossible, and I certainly don’t want you avoiding family vacations and all of those […]

Do you live in an area of the country where hurricanes, tornadoes, or wildfires are a pretty real threat? If so, this week’s post is for you! I’m interviewing my teammate, Maura, as she has been in or around her fair share of natural disasters. She’s going to be sharing about how she and her […]

When I say the Fourth of July with kids, what’s your first thought? Is it, “Yay, fireworks are the best!” Or is it, “I can’t wait until they’re older so we can go to the fireworks again.” Or is it, “Ugh, the fireworks better not wake up my kids!” Or something in between? In this […]

“Is there a wrong way to sleep train?” I’m going to be answering that question today with six mistakes parents often make when sleep training. I don’t know about you, but we attempted to “sleep train” our oldest several times before actually sleep training her – or maybe I should say before “successfully” sleep training […]

In last week’s post, I shared the birth story of the most recent addition to our family, baby number four and our first boy – little James. And I shared that we had a homebirth! I always get lots of questions about homebirths, so in this post, I’m going to share our why behind having […]

Our fourth baby and first boy was born right before midnight on February 26, 2025. And in true Engler baby fashion, he came FAST. So in this post, I’ll be sharing our birth story! For a bit of context, all of my births have been pretty fast, so we didn’t expect this one to be […]

Raise your hand if you think daylight saving time should just be done away with! (You can’t see me right now, but my hand is raised high.) The good news is that “springing forward” isn’t nearly as brutal as “falling back”; the clock will say 8:00 am when you wake up rather than 7:00 am, […]