Of all the weeks to get sick, it had to be the week I was starting back at work (I’d just had nine months off on maternity leave).
By the time my first shift came around my head felt as heavy as a brick with congestion, I was living in fog land and pseudoephedrine just wasn’t an option (breastfeeding Mum over here).
Panadol, copious amounts of coffee, and a dose of suck it up had to do!
When I was a kid, my mom read to me every night until I was in 4th or 5th grade.
We read all of the Little House on the Prairie books as well as a good chunk of the Sweet Valley Twins series.
We read the Babysitters Club, the Ramona Quimby series, and most of the Bill Wallace books.
So you got two blue lines on your pregnancy test!
Now, what happens?
You probably found articles and pins about what you need to do asap.
How do you even prepare for a baby, when you are barely wrapping your head around the idea that you are going to be a parent!
Stress is found in everyday life.
Tight work deadlines, heavy workloads, and problematic relationships can all contribute to your stress levels.
When you’re pregnant, using natural stress relief techniques is even more important than ever.
Your stress levels and mental health affect you and your baby.
Do you find yourself to be a glass-half-empty or a glass-half-full type of person?
When faced with difficult situations or circumstances do you automatically begin to think negatively or do you try and look for the positive in every situation?
When you’re a parent, there are some things that you catch onto very easily – like, “Oh no! Little Timmy is doing his potty dance and he’s not wearing a pull-up!
I better get him to the potty right away!”
You’ve been potty training your child for a little while and you just know that when they stand a certain way, you better get going.
It could be a potty dance or you see a sudden gleam in their eye and you just know that they are going to try to dash across the street to pet the largest dog you’ve ever seen, so you grab onto that little hand before they can do something dangerous.
As working mom’s, the balance of work life and mom life is a familiar battle. How do we stay on top of both and still feel like we are being a great parent?
We want to be super productive at work and still have everything covered at home.
We want a life that has the best of both worlds.
The idea of more self-care for moms can sometimes feel like just one more thing moms feel like they’re failing at.
It’s hard to read a single blog for moms that isn’t touting how more self-care for moms is needed and how beneficial it is. In the real world, though, moms already know this.
They know they need to make more time for themselves, but they’re struggling to actually make it happen.
There simply isn’t enough time most days.
I have now been a stay at home mom (SAHM) for over 3 years!
I have a 3 year old and a 1.5 year old and for some crazy reason we are expecting another one.
Wow, 3 years already!
It has gone so fast, but some days it drags.
We’ve all seen or heard about the Tidying Up hype with Marie Kondo.
The message is strong and appealing, especially to moms.
Live a life with only the things that spark joy.
It’s intriguing.
We want to get out from under our laundry piles and we would absolutely love to stop cleaning up after the toynadoes all day long.
What we want even more is a motherhood season that is more than chores and exhaustion.
We want a home that sparks joy.
