How I adapted baby meal-planning for our busy lifestyle
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Being a parent to three kids is no joke. Add in the fact that my husband and I also own and run two successful businesses that eat up a lot of our time?there are many things that just can’t be done. At least not like I envision them or how I had done when I started my motherhood journey.
I?ll admit that back when I was childless, I was that girl quietly judging moms in public, deciding in my head what parenthood would look like for me. But, like most things in life, you just can?t plan for how motherhood will turn out. And the truth is, life just gets too busy to be perfect all the time.
When I was pregnant with my now-seven-year-old Aubrey, I made sure I ate the healthiest meals, only buying from our farmer?s markets or picking up organic options in the grocery store. And when he started eating solids, I spent hours each week concocting homemade baby food from fresh ingredients. At this time, I was on mat leave from my job and blogging was just a nap-time side-hustle. Looking back, it feels like I had SO MUCH TIME to do these types of things and, to be honest, I thoroughly enjoyed it. They didn’t feel like a lot of work and Aubrey ate them up like they were candy. It was a super rewarding time in my life. Photo courtesy of Katie-Rose Decoelis
But, then we had Poppy three years later. Things got busier, but even still, I was committed to trying to replicate the food success I had with my first child. I bought all the baby fo...
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