Yesterday was a busy day, and when I say busy I am sure that you all know what I mean is mom busy, too many things to do and too many things to do all at once.
Get up and have one cup of coffee, ahhhh waking up and having a cup of coffee to move my tired body, which is where it ended. I had nothing else to drink the rest of the day. I did not even realize until about 8 pm that night.
Let me tell you what I did realize though. I realized the baby needed to have diapers washed, the dogs needed water, dinner needed to be taken out of the freezer, that there was a nurse coming to the house for an OB visit, that my son needed a ride to work, that I had the same clothes on as I woke up in, I realized all of these things, but nothing about ME!
These things needed to be done, but at the same time, it seems like I did not “do me”. I needed to drink more, I needed to take five minutes, and comb my hair, wash my face, and brush my teeth. I needed to make sure my clothes were clean not just everyone else’s.
So many moms including me forget to do ourselves.
Being stay at home sometimes is a luxury to me and other times I wonder if, it gives me a little bit of a license to just not “do me”?
I need to still take care of my needs and myself and (GASP) even a want now and then.
It is important to remember that we are the keepers of the home, and that we need to try to make a better effort sometimes in taking care of ourselves.
If I worked outside the home, I would have to get dressed, have to take time to eat and drink and maybe even pee alone, why don’t I do it while working in the home.
Do you? Do you take the time to “do you”?
It is easy and sometimes even accepted in our “mommy” groups that we can go to pot, and take care of everyone else but ourselves.
We need about 4 bottles of water a day, I don’t know that in ounces but, it doesn’t really matter, because I had none yesterday, and I matter more than that, I am going to do a better job of doing the right things by me and my body and what is important.
How about you? Do you, do you?
Sandy VanHoey says
April 6, 2014 at 9:07 pmI can totally relate to your article on taking care of yourself. I am now a busy grandma and I still do not have time to take care of myself and pamper myself occasionally. I am a nurse and I know that if we do not take care of ourselves we won’t be able to help others. You need to come first at times
Gale McCarron says
March 25, 2014 at 4:23 pmI got exhausted just by reading this! I remember those days well when raising my 5 children. It’s not an easy feat, but oh so worth it.
Sweta Sonulkar says
March 20, 2014 at 5:52 pmYes I need break and refresh myself and will surely follow your tips
Erin Knack says
March 3, 2014 at 5:43 pmI just had my third child 3 weeks ago. I am finding it harder and harder to find time for me. It is hard to remember yourself when you have to care for 3 other small human beings!
Tatiana says
February 24, 2014 at 1:49 amI have days too where I look in the mirror at the end of the day and realize my hair is gross, I have dark circles and I am wearing the shirt I slept in the night before. But it’s not all the time, because I’m an introvert and I’ve learned I just need to have time to myself to recharge. It’s all about being intentional and really organized with our time management.
Tamara says
February 5, 2014 at 1:25 amI can totally relate. I often need just 5 minutes of nothing going on. I do relax reading a good book before going to sleep. I count that as my daily Me time. once in a while I do Girls night out things for real conversations.
Nancy Bobbert says
January 29, 2014 at 6:18 pmBeing a mom, it just seems natural to put yourself on the back burner. Sometimes we need to move ourselves up to the front burner just for a while,or else you end up so burned out that you can’t take care of anyone else either. Take care of you so that you can take care of everyone else!