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This Week’s Featured Posts…

Sugar Scrub

An awesome smelling recipe that comes with a free printable!

Mother’s Day Tea Craft

This is so cute and there are lots of other poems to help kids make their own cards if their mother’s don’t like tea.

Cherry Blossom Craft

I think this is a beautiful way to say Happy Mother’s Day!

Flower Q-Tip Painting for Toddlers

This makes painting practically mess free!

Free Mother’s Day Snack Tag Printable

Take the kids to the store and have them pick out a special snack to share with Mom!

Hand and Footprint Flower Art

So Cute! Make it a tradition and watch them grow!

Preschool Crafts for Mother’s Day

Lots of crafty ideas for preschoolers to make!

10 Non-Flower Mother’s Day Crafts

These are really fun and unique!

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The post 20+ Mother’s Day Gifts Kids Can Make first appeared on True Aim.

Now, with a fourth on the way, the last thing I would ask for is a cute snugly outfit.  Don’t get me wrong.  I love adorable animal heads on backsides of my kid’s pjs just as much as the next mom.  But if I could go back and do it again, these are the gifts I would put on my list!

The Top 5 Best Gifts for New Moms

1.  Food!

After 23 hours of labor with my first child, I was starving!  It’s the worst hunger I’ve ever experienced.  Where you just can satisfy the emptiness that you feel in your stomach.  No matter how much you eat, you’ll feel hungry again in 1/2 hr.

After going home, it gets worse.  You have to get up and make your own food!  The insanity!  Unless your husband knows how to cook (lucky).  After being up with you through the labor, that’s no fun for him either.

If you want to get the new mom something amazing, make her some freezer meals or set up a meal delivery schedule with this free online meal planner, TakeThemAMeal.com.

You set the days and meals that the new mom would like help with.  Then, family and friends can volunteer by signing up online.  Email reminders are sent out to those who sign up and the new mom.  My church family did this for me after my third child, and it was one of the best gifts I’ve ever received.

2.  Sleep!

Oh Sleep.  How doth I loveth thee!  Most new moms really struggle with the lack of sleep they’ll experience in the first couple of weeks after delivery.  If baby isn’t sleeping well it makes it even worse.

You can help!  Make her read my post about helping your newborn sleep.  Then, stay away for the first couple weeks.  It’s nice when people try to show you they care by visiting, but it really makes it harder to relax.

Make a point to visit (after 2-4 weeks) to help with the baby or just hold the baby, while she takes a nap.  Don’t let her stay up and visit with you!  She’ll probably try to protest, but be persistent and make her go and lay down.  Sleep isn’t just want she wants, but what she really needs.

3.  Maid Service Please!

How many of you want someone to come and clean your house right now?  So you know that a new mom would love this gift.  If a maid service is a little too pricey, you could also surprise the new parents by coming over to clean the house while they are in the hospital.  How awesome would that be?

4.  Pampering

Labor is hard work.  After undergoing the most brutal pain and then experiencing sleepless nights, most new moms don’t want to do anything let alone their hair or nails.  After caring for baby all day and night, a new mom needs some pampering too.  A gift certificate to a spa so she can choose whatever she wants, is a gift she won’t forget!

5.  Encouragement

New moms might be questioning their mothering skills after the first couple of nights at home.  Even after 3 newborns, it still takes me a little bit to adjust.  What’s more is that every baby is different; having their own little personality right off the bat.  Most new moms may second guess themselves and their abilities.  Don’t let them!

While advice is nice, please don’t force your newborn parenting methods on others.  If they ask, that is one thing.  What new moms really need is encouragement and reassurance that everything is going to work out, they’re doing just fine, and their baby is the cutest thing ever!

Are you a new mom?  What’s that best gift you’ve been given, other than your beautiful new babe?

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The post Best Gifts for New Moms: What They Really Want! first appeared on True Aim.

Mom is at the top of the Christmas list.  She does a lot of dirty work so it’s important to show her how much she is appreciated.  Sometimes it’s hard to think of a gift that will really touch her heart.  Because, that’s what she wants; to know she is loved.  Here are some Christmas presents for Mom that show will just how much she means to you.

Christmas Gifts for Mom

1.  Her Pride and Joy by Her Side

Children are a mother’s pride and joy.  But during the everyday stress of commitments and laundry, mom can lose sight of that.  Help her remember with a personalized bracelet that is engraved with all the names of her children.

2.  Keeping Family Close to Her Heart

Here’s another way to help Mom remember how many people love her dearly.  This personalized family tree necklace can be engraved with up to 7 names.  It is a beautiful symbol of the priority that makes her life meaningful.

3.  A Place of Peace

Does your mother’s have a place of refuge?  Her bedroom, bathroom, maybe the tub?  If not, make her one or make her special place even more peaceful with this beautiful Angel Figurine that has a birthstone charm for each child and says, “A mother holds her children’s hands for just a little while, but holds their hearts forever.”

4.  Inspiration

Paintings can bring out all kinds of emotions.  You could try to paint one, or buy one that inspires your mother and boosts her spirits each time she looks at it.  Thomas Kinkade’s pieces like this cottage home are some of my favorite.

5.  Presence 

No I didn’t misspell it.  All the presents in the world cannot compare to just being there for your mother.  She will know you care when you are interested in her, help her with her work, or just by asking to sit with her.  Your presence is the best gift of all.

What are you going to get your mother for Christmas this year?

Thanks for reading!

The post 5 Best Christmas Gifts for Mom first appeared on True Aim.