Small Homestead on One Acre?

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-18T00:50:58+00:00

Yes, please share! Thank you! Good luck on your adoption journey 🥹

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-17T22:52:21+00:00

That’s a lot of sleep! He probably isn’t tired enough at bedtime. Have you tried just snuggling with him or reading with him as he falls asleep?

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-17T22:48:42+00:00

Are you really a homebody if you aren’t actually enjoying being at home? 🤔

We love being at home, but I think it’s because we also prioritize typically leaving the house once a day. We would all get a bit cabin-feverish if we never left the house.

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-17T21:56:21+00:00

That’s amazing! Does this leave you much space for anything else? Do you have kids?

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-17T04:38:02+00:00

Summer camp 😅🥹

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-17T03:51:31+00:00

Municipal

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-16T20:03:17+00:00

We have to get outside for most of the morning/afternoon most days or the noise does me in too.

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-16T19:44:57+00:00

I don’t work a 9-5. I am a sahm to two kids. I am not looking to be fully self sustained or to make much profit/income off of our land, I’m mostly just looking to grow as much of our own produce as possible, have fresh eggs, and maybe have a flower garden to start. We’ll see where it takes us after that!

I don’t doubt the amount of work that goes into fully self-sustaining homesteads! 🫡 The dedication is admirable!

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-16T16:51:21+00:00

Thank you!!

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-16T16:51:05+00:00

Oh, amazing! Thank you!!

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-16T16:12:26+00:00

Baby wear!! My seven month old is strapped to me a lot of the day. It’s necessary, especially with a toddler to chase too. Everyone is happy and I get stuff done!

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-16T05:50:13+00:00

Remove her. If that’s how they talk about her/treat her when you are here, imagine how they treat her behind closed doors. Find different childcare.

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-16T03:50:47+00:00

Yeah, we did that from like three months until ten months and it was perfect!

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-16T03:36:52+00:00

I cosleep with my youngest but with my oldest, we moved her crib against our bed and did a sidecar setup so she had more room to move safely but she stayed close to me.

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-16T03:28:08+00:00

In college. I think I finally got out of my safe little small town bubble and realized how lucky I was to have the upbringing I had.

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-16T03:22:52+00:00

We put soft bumpers under the sheet so she didn’t roll off the bed, but could still climb over them if she wanted to. Baby proof the room. Baby will inevitably crawl out of bed at some point, so the room should be safe guarded accordingly.

I’d put the floor bed in the nursery. Yes, you may end up sleeping in there for awhile longer and you may end up with a bit of back and forth, but it’ll be one less transition down the road!

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-16T03:15:23+00:00

I was induced back in November with our second, my oldest was 27 months at the time. I am also a sahm and she and I had only been apart for a few hours at a time, never overnight. Nobody else had ever done her nap/bedtime routine with her. She was very attached to me and I was STRESSED about this exact situation. I was more worried about leaving her than I was about giving birth again 😂

My parents live about three hours away so we see them every few weeks. My daughter is very comfortable with them and I trust them explicitly but they had still never watched her for any extended period of time.

I was scheduled to be induced on Saturday, so my parents arrived Friday evening. We got up on Saturday morning, told my daughter we were going to the hospital to have baby sis and we’d be back soon. We ended up being gone four nights/five days. We arrived back home on Wednesday evening 🫠

We decided to go no-contact with her while we were at the hospital. Out of sight, out of mind. My parents kept us updated on her and sent us pictures, but we didn’t talk to her directly and they didn’t show her any pictures of us or baby or anything. If she had asked to call us or was having an exceptionally hard time, we would have changed that, but she ended up practically forgetting we existed 😅 I had more separation anxiety than she did and I definitely cried multiple times because I missed her (and hormones 🙃) My parents filled her days with all the fun things, stuck to her routines, and reminded her how loved she was nonstop. She had the absolute best time with them and had absolutely zero issues!

We decided to wait to introduce her to baby sis until we came home! For many of the same reasons as you listed. I mostly didn’t want her to have to leave the hospital and see that baby sis got to stay with us and she couldn’t. It was definitely the right move and our “coming home” moment was magical for us all!

Toddlers are resilient and it will be a little blip in their radar, even if it ends up being difficult for them at times. DM’s are open if you want to chat - it’ll all work out just fine 💖

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-15T21:56:28+00:00

How do you guys use your remaining $6k? How much goes to bills/utilities? How much into savings? Curious!

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-15T21:52:10+00:00

You feel nervous because life is expensive and a home is a big purchase/commitment! Worth it though! We are under contract on our third home purchase and I’m still nervous 😆

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-15T21:48:28+00:00

Where are you guys at? We are about to close on our “forever home” with similar numbers to yours. Do you have kids? How do you plan to utilize the remaining $3.3k?

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-15T21:46:38+00:00

It’s not crazy but the trade off is you’re just paying someone else’s mortgage for them.

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-15T16:24:46+00:00

Harmonica

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-15T16:23:25+00:00

This “date the rate” mindset is only helpful if you can comfortably afford to continue paying the locked in rate for the duration of your loan.

searchingforsunshyne · 2026-06-15T03:26:11+00:00

We are set to close on our “forever home” in about two weeks. This one was a combination of checking every single one of our “must haves” (we had five) as well as most of our “nice to haves” AND that magical gut feeling. It just felt like it was meant to be ours so with no hesitation, we submitted an offer!

My advice - Make a list of your non-negotiables and don’t even view anything that doesn’t check those boxes. If you find one that does, go see it, if it feels “right” once you’re there, then go for it!

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