your friendly, neighborhood nurse
Hey, y’all. I’m Kimberly – your friendly, neighborhood nurse and wannabe superhero. My superpower is helping y’all survive the day with your sanity and smiles intact.
Life can be easier and full of smiles.
Just because life is crazy, exhausting, and makes you question everything you thought you knew doesn’t mean it’s always like that. Here are the tips, tools, and knowledge I’ve gained that can help you keep your sanity – and your smiles – intact.
Health & Fitness
Got a health or fitness question? Ask your friendly, neighborhood nurse for an answer. Then browse already-answered questions here.
Home & Garden (DIY)
Do you love to garden or update your home, too? Check out all my latest projects, my garden, hare-brained ideas, and more right here.
Recipes
Fellow foodies raise your hands! Get my recipes, food experiments, and delicious shenanigans by clicking this button.
Parenting
Adulting ain’t got nothing on parenting, y’all. Right? Here are all of my parenting tips, tools, and “on-the-job training” knowledge I’ve learned with 4 kids.
Sleep Training
Need more sleep? After sleep training 4 difficult babies, let me show you how to get your child to sleep so you can get back to a full night’s sleep, too.
Sleep Regressions
If I were a superhero, sleep regressions would be my arch nemesis. But I’ve also learned how to vanquish them. So sleep avengers, assemble here!
Preparedness
“If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear” – or at it helps my anxiety to calm down. The trick is balancing it so that I don’t become a hoarder – here are my tips.
Blogging
Full disclosure: I’m a geek. I love diving into data and going behind the scenes. And if you’re big into blogging, this is going to be a geektastic read.
Kimberly’s Writing
Remember how I’m a geek? Well, I’m also a lover of all things science fiction and fantasy. This button will take you to my fiction writing hub – so enjoy!
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Everything You Need to Know for a Gorgeous Deck Garden
Sometimes a big backyard garden isn’t a realistic possibility. Maybe you live in an apartment and all you have is a small patio. Or maybe a deck garden on your back porch is just more convenient – or more your style. Perhaps you’re growing some herbs on your back deck…
What You Can Do When Your Baby’s Not Napping
Naps are amazing. I know – it’s stating a very, very obvious fact. However, it’s also something that some kids just don’t seem to get on their own. At least, not without some serious nap training. So, what can you do to get your baby to go from baby not…
Everything You Need to Know About Pick Up Put Down Sleep Training
Do you find that you’re needing some sleep training tips to get your little one to sleep better throughout the night? Many parents feel that a lack of sleep on their end is “normal”, but that doesn’t have to be the case. While it didn’t work for us, the pick…
The Easy Way to Make Healthy Homemade Baby Food
So… it’s time to start feeding your baby solid foods. Congratulations! Now it’s time to decide what kind of baby food you serve your kiddo. Will you buy the jar baby food? Or will you make your own healthy homemade baby food purees? Making your own baby food is a…
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Health Tips & Answers
The Easy Way to Make Healthy Homemade Baby Food
So… it’s time to start feeding your baby solid foods. Congratulations! Now it’s time to decide what kind of baby food you serve your kiddo. Will you buy the jar baby food? Or will you make your own healthy homemade baby food purees? Making your own baby food is a…
Did You Know that Your Diet Affects Sleep Quality?
Isn’t it funny how science is always going back and forth on what’s the best way to do things? And isn’t it even more fun how it seems like there is always something new that affects a person’s sleep? Yeah, okay. Not really. Sometimes it can seem like it’s impossible…
Quick and Easy Self-Care for Sleep-Deprived Moms
When you become a mom, it is easy to forget about yourself. I mean, let’s face it. Parenting is hard! There are more rough days and sleepless nights than you ever imagined, especially when you think about trying to survive a sleep regression! It’s hard to remember to practice your…
First Aid 101: Tips, Tricks, & a Complete First Aid Kit List
Have you ever **really** listened to the words in those children’s rhymes and songs we teach our children? The old man who bumped his head, for example? Yeah. He smacked his head and then he couldn’t wake up in the morning, y’all. That song now teaches me two things… First,…
Home & Garden & DIY
Everything You Need to Know for a Gorgeous Deck Garden
Sometimes a big backyard garden isn’t a realistic possibility. Maybe you live in an apartment and all you have is a small patio. Or maybe a deck garden on your back porch is just more convenient – or more your style. Perhaps you’re growing some herbs on your back deck…
How to Avoid Issues with 10X or 4X Restore Deck Paint
Raise your hand if you like doing a job twice… oh, wait. Nobody likes that idea! You see, while I’m all about doing a job well, I don’t want to keep redoing things frequently. Restaining a deck every year? Um, that’s not on my list of favorite things to do.…
My Review of Restore 10X and 4X for Deck and Concrete
You know those home projects that need to get done? But you’re too busy living life, so you do whatever you can to avoid doing that project? Well, at our last home we finally had to address a huge, discolored eyesore attached to the back of our house: the back deck. It’d been…
What You Need to Know About Painting Your Deck
How many times have you caught yourself staring out at your deck or patio and wondering what you can do to spruce it up? You aren’t alone, trust me. There are millions of others around the world who are probably thinking the same thing Finding the best options for painting…
Parenting
What You Can Do When Your Baby’s Not Napping
Naps are amazing. I know – it’s stating a very, very obvious fact. However, it’s also something that some kids just don’t seem to get on their own. At least, not without some serious nap training. So, what can you do to get your baby to go from baby not…
The Easy Way to Make Healthy Homemade Baby Food
So… it’s time to start feeding your baby solid foods. Congratulations! Now it’s time to decide what kind of baby food you serve your kiddo. Will you buy the jar baby food? Or will you make your own healthy homemade baby food purees? Making your own baby food is a…
The Best Summer Activities for Kids That Say They’re Bored
Summer vacation is upon us and you know it won’t be long before we hear those words. What words, you ask? The dreaded, “I’m bored!”, usually followed with a loud sigh and a plop down on the living room furniture! That’s right, your kid is already bored and is looking…
Enjoying a Quiet Moment Reading My Favorite Parenting Books
The sweet, delicious sound of silence is usually reserved for after the kids are in bed. But thanks to a crazy morning of digging imaginary boogers from my 3-year-old’s nose, I needed some quiet this morning. So, I did what any good mom in need of a moment to herself…
Sleep Training
What You Can Do When Your Baby’s Not Napping
Naps are amazing. I know – it’s stating a very, very obvious fact. However, it’s also something that some kids just don’t seem to get on their own. At least, not without some serious nap training. So, what can you do to get your baby to go from baby not…
Everything You Need to Know About Pick Up Put Down Sleep Training
Do you find that you’re needing some sleep training tips to get your little one to sleep better throughout the night? Many parents feel that a lack of sleep on their end is “normal”, but that doesn’t have to be the case. While it didn’t work for us, the pick…
What You Need to Know about the Different Sleep Training Methods
Figuring out how to get your little one to bed can be hard. One moment they’re happy as can be and the next they’re fighting with every being of their body to keep those eyes open. And like a tired adult, you might be wondering why in the world they…
How to Manage Your Child’s Cat Nap Schedule Like a Pro
Whoever coined the term “sleeping like a baby” obviously didn’t have newborns in mind. Or my kids up till about 2 years of age, really. Because my kids slept like a baby – cat, that is. They were on a cat nap schedule for way too long. That’s just how…
All About Blogging
Why You Need Your Own Custom Search Engine – and How to Make One
As I’ve dived more and deeper into the layers of SEO (search engine optimization), I’ve realized what a rabbit hole it is – and how much fun it can be, too! One of my new favorite parts of it is the custom search engine because it’s a quick, easy, painless way…
How to Avoid ‘the Perfect SEO’ Monkey Trap
What if I told you there’s an online trap that’s so good that it’s snared countless thousands of business owners and bloggers? Well, there is. And it’s so effective that it’s a huge drain on productivity and bottom lines everywhere. What is it? It’s the SEO monkey trap. Now, because your…
How to Get Better Leads – My OptinMonster Review
I love writing. There’s no one reason why – there are lots of little reasons. And one of those little reasons why is because I have some of the most amazing clients that I write for. I love getting to help them – and I also love getting paid to…
The “Complete Workout” Content Marketing Strategy
My husband and I have been working out steadily for about six weeks now: it’s been just long enough that while every morning workout still feels like it’s going to kill us, we’re starting to see some awesome results. Content marketing, and your content marketing strategy, should be just as…