295. How we’re managing sleep, room sharing, house progress, and large family life in this busy season + more Q&A!

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Life is full right now—between preparing for a new baby, building our dream home, and navigating the everyday rhythms of raising a big family. In this Q&A episode, I’m sharing how we’re handling baby sleep, toddler bedtime battles, room sharing, and pool days with non-swimmers—plus a few thoughts on off-grid readiness, Instant Pot meals, and how I’m embracing this once-in-a-lifetime season, even when it feels overwhelming. In this episode, we cover: A real-life update on what it’s like building a house with toddlers (hint: it’s not relaxing) Thinking about generators, drafts, and wood stoves… and what we’re actually prioritizing Why I love heating with wood—and the cozy setup we’ve included in the new house My kefir theory on baby gender (just for fun!) and whether we “tried” for a girl Navigating toddler bedtime battles and deciding when to hold the boundary My thoughts on babies and toddlers sharing rooms—and what’s worked for us Taking non-swimmers to the pool: how I manage it and when I’ve felt too outnumbered Where I land on sleep training, co-sleeping, and why I never feel like an expert Why having another baby girl doesn’t really change our bedroom plans—for now Our choice to go with cedar lap siding and lean all the way into that vintage feel Why I’ll never be without an Instant Pot (especially on a busy, unplanned Monday) Processing the highs and lows of building a dream home while preparing for baby #9 View full show notes on the blog + watch this episode on YouTube. RESOURCES MENTIONED Try my Instant Pot beef carnitas for a quick from-scratch weeknight dinner! Join my FREE masterclass to learn my 4-step framework for making money on YouTube Master the rhythm of sourdough with confidence in my Simple Sourdough course Gain the sewing knowledge and skills every homemaker needs in my Simple Sewing series Turn your content creation dreams into a profitable business with my YouTube Success Academy Keep all my favorite sourdough recipes at your fingertips in my Daily Sourdough cookbook CONNECT Lisa Bass of Farmhouse on Boone | Blog | YouTube | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | Pinterest Do you have a question you’d like me to answer on the podcast? A guest you’d like me to interview? Submit your questions and ideas here: bit.ly/SFLquestions.

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0:00.0	I can't remember if I answered this one last time and I talk about sleep constantly and it's funny that I even take these questions because I so feel like I'm not an expert at all.
0:08.0	I do have eight children and all eight do sleep through the night and so I guess I have what works for me even if it's probably not, you know, it wouldn't pass any of the books or the courses that you take on sleep.
0:22.7	I don't think I do anything right. My name is Lisa, mother of eight and creator of the blog and
0:27.4	YouTube channel Farmhouse on Boone. On this podcast, I like to talk about simplifying your life so you can
0:32.4	live out your priorities. I help you learn how to cook from scratch and decorate on a budget
0:36.5	through this podcast and my
0:38.2	courses simple sourdough in the simple sewing series. I also help people reach their goals from home
0:43.6	through my business course in YouTube Success Academy. I will leave links to these resources in the
0:47.9	show notes and description box below. Now let's get into the show.
0:59.1	Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast.
1:04.9	Today, I am going to be answering some of your questions about the build, about pregnancy and anything else and in between.
1:07.6	There's a lot going on in our lives right now. And this podcast has been a really
1:11.8	great place to take you along in a less formal way. So my YouTube channel, my main channel,
1:19.1	farmhouse on boon, I do these curated style videos where I will share five recipes for the week
1:25.7	that use pantry staples or things I make in the summer
1:29.3	when I don't want to cook or my clean house routine. And then I have this podcast where I
1:34.7	ramble on and talk about all the things that maybe I wasn't able to address over there in this
1:40.8	format, although I do answer some questions over there, try to keep with the build
1:44.4	updates more visually, but here is a good place for some of these more rambly things.
1:50.1	I am actually going to be filming today, so it'll probably come out around the same time as this
1:54.2	recording, a build update.
1:57.8	So I'm going to go out to the farm.
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