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30Jul

The Tell All Post: Menstrual Cups & Period Panties

This is it, the post you’ve been waiting for. Okay, maybe not, but I’d like to think so! In case you’re new to the party, I’ve been collecting a few items over the last couple of months to transition from menstrual pads to something less contstant-yuck. Yes, that’s the technical word and I’m sticking to it! And I must say, this is the first time in my entire life that I was actually looking forward
21Jul

Yes, I have a great baby—but luck has nothing to do with it!

I am constantly told that I am so lucky. Lucky for having such a good baby. Lucky that she never cries. Lucky that she communicates so well. Lucky that she is so eats so well. Excuse me, but luck has nothing to do with it! She rarely cries in public because I do my darn best to prevent it: I feed her when she says she’s hungry, I give her a drink when she says
13Jul

How A Pandemic Changes Your Work From Home Life

I’ve been a work-from-home-boss for years before the pandemic (hipster moment!) and the only thing that has changed my routine and business more was the birth of my child. Now with these two big players, my life as a boss has been flipped upside down, but in true mama fashion — I’m making it work! With childcare bring ripped from my grasp — not just daycare but friends and family too! — my schedule and
14Jun

My First Period With a Menstrual Cup

Definitely not a blog post I ever thought I would be writing, but here we are, ready to deep dive into personal territory and discuss all things periods. Which means you probably never heard me talk about my experience with my actual first period, at the ripe age of 11. Actually, a few weeks shy of. Beautiful! Oh, and that my mother was nowhere to be found so it was actually my dad who explained
06May

Chocolate Mug Cake – Dairy, Egg & Nut-Free

For the past year, I have been learning to deal with the added restrictions and allergies of feeding my daughter. I began on the journey of adapting recipes that were baby-friendly, and also free from 5 of the most common allergens: nuts, dairy, soy, eggs and legumes. Keeping in mind that baby-friendly also means sugar-free. If you loved the banana muffins recipe I published a few months ago, you are going to want to add this one to your try list!

24Apr

Supporting Small Businesses Is Easier Than You Think

A wrote this a while back as an Instagram post, in fact I reference this topic all of the time here and there, but especially given the wordly situation right now, it deserves to be highlighted as it’s very own post. Supporting small businesses is easier than you think. And no, you don’t need to spend money to do it, it just helps that much more! View this post on Instagram As we packed up
31Mar

Naptime Priorities Of Motherhood (& My Top 7 Productivity Tools for Bosses)

Motherhood shows you what your true priorities are. You become reliant on naptime to get everything done, and since the duration is always unknown, you have to make your list of need-to-get-done tasks and hope you get as many done as possible. It can quickly get overwhelmind if you haven’t planned things out, because you get frazzled trying to decide which things to get done, and end up spending the entire nap planning what you
07Mar

5 Empowering Gift Ideas for Your Best Babe, In Honour of International Women’s Day

Tomorrow is #InternationalWomensDay and I am celebrating by putting together a #GalPalGiftGuide with gift ideas that your best babe will love (at any time during the year, but feel free to use tomorrow as an excuse!). Another way I will be celebrating is by sharing about all of the badass women in my life and their accomplishments in my instagram stories. For this I need your help, so go ahead and send me their usernames in the IWD highlight on my
24Feb

Can’t. Gotta Pump.

Providing for a baby is hard work. Deciding to allow someone else to care for them—even if only temporarily—is a very difficult decision. And as if making that decision wasn’t hard enough, making enough milk for those one or two days a week is nearly impossible for a just-enougher. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Stephanie de Montigny (@bossmamadiaries) on Feb 2, 2020 at 5:27am PST It means pumping between feeds. It
23Jan

Happy 1st Birthday Little Miss!

There are so many emotions attached to that statement, which I have left for another post (all about my first year of motherhood) so this one can be all about Little Miss and her birthday celebrations. She welcomed her best buds over to play while the mamas caught up on things, she thouroughly enjoyed opening her gifts, and by golly did she ever stuff her face!

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Little man loooooves sitting in the grass and I am
Little man loooooves sitting in the grass and I am so grateful—it means that I can put him down for a few seconds while I tend to his sister or the garden, or take a moment to recharge myself (before he shoves something in his mouth, of course!). 

These are the tiny but mighty wins of motherhood and raising babies and businesses at the same time. Follow for more daily wins & struggles 🤍

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When little man is happy, which is definitely not
When little man is happy, which is definitely not all the time, he brightens the room and brings a smile to everyone’s face. Especially mine; beaming with pride and joy 🥹

GARDEN UPDATES from little miss 🫐🍓🥕🫑
GARDEN UPDATES from little miss 🫐🍓🥕🫑

Little miss was soooo excited when we told her she
Little miss was soooo excited when we told her she got to have her own vegetable garden this year! 

Mama was excited to have her learn about responsibilities, sustainable eating, and that hard work pays off—all in a fun and delicious way from start to finish 🍽

We are patiently waiting for harvest time as our enclosure overflows 🍅🥦🌶🥒🥕

(especially since our fruit trees seem to have taken the year off!)

FOLLOW for more daily wins and struggles of raising babies and businesses at the same time 👌🏻 

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At least I’m consistent—putting up their newbo
At least I’m consistent—putting up their newborn canvases 7 months later 🤷🏼‍♀️

I was so excited to find a beautiful quaint restau
I was so excited to find a beautiful quaint restaurant that we could walk to for celebrating our anniversary. Then I ate the food and fell absolutely in looooove! I even had seconds. No joke. 

And then they closed forever. Heartbroken. 🥺

You were well-loved @loombistro 🤍 and I hope your replacement is even half as delicious! 

#loombistro #almonteeats #dininginalmonte #almonteontario #ottawafoodies #eatingin613 #613eats #mississippimills

Mama just wanted to pee and he bolted for the stud
Mama just wanted to pee and he bolted for the studio in 3 seconds flat—where unbeknownst to me… there was a wet clump on paint on the can from the day before 🤦🏼‍♀️

At least the trail of baby handprints was cute 👣

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When your kid loves puddles, you get her the best
When your kid loves puddles, you get her the best puddle suit for year-round jumping and splashing ☔️ 

#jumpinginmuddypuddles #puddlejumping #toddlersandpuddles #ottawamom #ontariomom #canadianmom #puddlesuit

Is it even summer if you don’t play in the water
Is it even summer if you don’t play in the water? I’m so glad my kids inherited my love for the water rather than my allergy 💦 

Tiring out the kiddos means I actually get to enjoy naptime, ether by napping as well or getting some work done. 👌🏻

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It’s finally happening!! We took her pull-ups aw
It’s finally happening!! We took her pull-ups away and gave her pretty replacements just like mama and that was what she needed. We are so proud of our little miss 💩

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We are officially past the halfway mark for the ye
We are officially past the halfway mark for the year and I am so proud of our progress towards our goal of @1000hoursoutside challenge even though it’s quite obvious we will not be making it to that many in 2022 (we hit 150 at the end of June). 

I was tired of feeling like I failed my goal of daily outdoor time, so I’ve allowed myself the grace of 5 days per month of hermitting due to weather or sheer exhaustion, and to try to do an outdoor meal or snack on the tired AF days because the toddler can be contained on the patio while I prep and clean indoors with the baby. 

Anyone else trying to add outdoor time to their daily schedule? If you’re local, I’d love to plan a few hike dates for the fall—so easy to do distanced ✌🏻

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Toddlers are messy. BUT toddlers also love bubbles
Toddlers are messy. BUT toddlers also love bubbles, so the lesson I’ve learnt is to let them play dirty and have fun making messes, and then let them play by cleaning it up. 🧼 

Especially when it gets them outside in the fresh air and let’s me rest my feet. Bonus if it’s a rainy day and you don’t need to keep replenishing the water they inevitably spill 💦👌🏻

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