#momlyfe

I want to take this time and talk about why I started this #momlyfe blog and why it is important for me. I am sure you all know or have read, that I have two crazy, energetic, loving children. I love them more than life itself but I am only human, especially when it comes to being a mom.

I, like probably many of you, wake up wanting to be the best person I can be. Take care of myself, be a loving wife, keep a clean home, be productive at work and be the perfect mom. I can tell you that I may accomplish one of those goals a day. If I could pick which one, I would be the perfect mom every day if I could. But, that is not the case.

My daughter and I get into fights. Yes, fights, already…. she is 3, shew I will have it tough when she gets into her teenage years. She does the screams at the top of her lungs, with a throw of a toy, with her stomping her feet, and then the throw body onto the ground. I have no idea how to handle this or what is the best option for us. I feel like I have tried everything to try to limit these emotional outbursts. I have tried getting loud, talking calmly, timeouts, taking away a toy, getting on her level, ignoring, making her attention go somewhere else, literally everything I can think of. Don’t get me wrong, if you were to watch my daughter and myself, you would see the love between us and the bond.

Now my son, my little man, my last baby, my heart. He is only a little over a year and that attitude of his, shewww!!!. He can definitely be a mean little boy. If he gets in trouble or you tell him to stop doing something he comes at you with the screams, dead weight, throws his head straight back, the hits, and straight up tears. How can you discipline this when he doesn’t understand? Keep reading and when I figure that out, I will let y’all know 🙂 But don’t worry, this boy receives more love than you can even imagine. He definitely gets more kisses than he probably wants, but how can you not?!? He is too darn cute.

After saying all this, this is why I believe writing all this out is important. I started this blog to help myself. My anxiety has gone through the roof and we all know balancing the mom lyfe is a lot harder than we were taught. I love writing so I wanted to start this to give myself an out. I don’t always have time to work out so I wanted to give myself an outlet to not keep everything bottled up inside. Then I decided I wanted to publish my blog. I know so many loving moms in my life and there are hundreds of moms in this city, state, and country. I am hoping that maybe my blog post can reach that 1 mom who feels so alone (like we all usually do) but that alone feeling and she has no support system. I hope to potentially reach her to let her know that she isn’t alone in her struggles. She may never know me, meet me or even know my name, but just to give her the feeling of togetherness is why I wanted to start this journey.

I do not mom shame and I never will. If your baby is healthy, fed, and loved, that is the perfect life for our kids. None of us, and I mean NONE of us, will ever be the perfect mom. So instead of striving for perfection, let’s strive to be happy. I need to work on this and maybe so do you. Let’s all try it! Let’s worry about giving the extra hug instead of the extra dirty dish. Let’s worry about singing the bedtime song one more time instead of the 1 extra load of laundry on the floor. Let’s worry about the extra minute of tickling instead of the dirt in the corner of the room. This life goes by so fast and can be taken away even faster, let’s try to focus on those little hands that are wrapped around our hearts.

Lyfe is crazy! Lyfe is fun! Keep your lyfe filled with love!

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