My motherhood journey - not what I expected!

Hello everyone, I hope that when you read this post, you are keeping safe and healthy.  This morning, I worked out. I have been fortunate to have our personal trainer provide us with online training sessions. It has been a great way to keep fit during this pandemic. It also has been a great blessing to keep me strong and fit. I remember, when I was not a mom, that I would always tell other moms to take care of themselves. Most often, they would reply that it was hard to find time for themselves. I could imagine that being true, but never fully understood it until I became a mom. With one kid, it's easy to still find time for yourself. When you start to bring in more - it gets a little more tricky. Kids work on a schedule but they don't work on each other's schedule... so, when you may try to have them both nap at the same time, but that never goes well. You try to get anytime to yourself - I know of moms who would take up to three showers so they could have time alone...yik...

Hello everyone, I hope this post finds you safe and healthy. Remember to wash your hands, not touch your face, wear your mask and keep your distance. Let's stop the spread of Covid-19 but let's never stop spreading kindness! This morning, we had a photo session with our three kids - two, one and three months. It was done outside in our backyard and the weather was perfect. The kids looked cute, we looked less tired and my hair even decided not to frizz today - a win all around! I was feeling confident that things would be good. We start taking pictures and then...it happened. Our daughter was more interested with the sticks, rocks and any other thing she could find in the backyard. Our middle son decided that he was not going to smile and wanted nothing to do with taking picture. He wanted to just play with a stick...    What was I doing? Knowing me, you would think that I was freaking out and getting frustrated over this whole situation. You would think that I was just being ...

Hello everyone, I hope this post finds you safe and healthy. Remember to wash your hands, not touch your face and wear your face masks. Let's stop the spread of Covid but let's never stop the spread of kindness. Poop explosions...you hear about them and you think: well, that could never happen to me? Who let's their children have one? Right? And then...it happens! Little disclaimer - the word "poop" will be mentioned several times - so beware!" The first time was with our daughter. It was Easter Sunday, she had on a beautiful outfit and we had just gotten back from Mass. We are about to give her a bottle and then, we saw it - it went all the way up to her neck. I thought: How in the world did I let this happen?? I did not even smell her poop... We changed her, bathed her and she fell asleep. The second time happened with our daughter again - it was during a road trip. She was doing quite well on the ride and was cheerful all the way. Before we arrived at our ...

Hello everyone, I hope that when you read this post, you are keeping safe and healthy. Fortunately, my husband's results came back negative - I am grateful for that as I know that many did not have the same results. Remember to wash your hands, not touch your face, wear a face mask and only go somewhere if you really have to. In our state, cases are rising, so please keep safe and healthy. Yesterday was a very BMD - Bad Mom Day!!! The moment I hit my pillow, no matter how exhausted I was...the images of that day and then other days started to roll past my eyes. My mind was being filled with shouts, things being said and then food being thrown around by my very angry toddler...there are still some spots on my kitchen floor with smeared and caked egg yolk - yes, it was quite the evening. As if the egg throwing was not enough, she then proceeded to screaming her head off about an hour after I put her down for the night. I went up and brought a glass of water - she drank but wanted to ...

Hello everybody, I hope that when you read this post, you are keeping safe and healthy. Remember to wash your hands, not touch your face, only go places that are necessary and wear a face mask. Warm weather or not, Covid-19 is still out there and we need to do whatever we can to stop it from spreading. Yes, with a husband that works in healthcare, you bet we have had Covid scares. In fact, at this very moment, my husband is quarantining in the basement as he awaits for his tests results. It is his second time waiting for test results. I have slowly had to accept that it won't be the last. The first time was probably the scariest because he was actually feeling quite ill - it turned out it was food poisoning. This time, he had a sore throat but as the day progressed and after getting tested, he was back to normal. Yet, you can't take a chance because he has surgeries coming up and you just need to be responsible. I even called the dentist - as I only learned of this after I came...

Hello everyone, I hope that when you read this post, you are safe and healthy. We are, again, going through another Covid scare as my husband is awaiting results. We are taking precautions and the risk is very low, but having him quarantined in the basement is just not my idea of fun... So, if you or a loved one are or have been infected, I keep you in prayer. Remember to keep safe by washing your hands, not touching your face, wearing a face mask and only going out of the house if you have to. You read my title correctly - I left the house with soup on my face. Not only did that happen, but I only noticed it as I was looking at myself in the rearview mirror. I was too far from home to go back and had to just roll with it. As I watched the soup smeared and caked on my cheek together with some of it caked in my hair, I thought: "Well, at least it means that my kids are eating without the help of a feeding tube..."  Right now, I wonder how many Moms are you there with food on t...

Hello everyone, I pray and hope that when you read this post, you are keeping safe and healthy. I know that warmer weather is here and that restrictions have eased up - yet, we still need to keep safe by washing our hands and not touching our faces. Covid-19 is still rampant and if you or someone you know is currently or has been afflicted by it, I hope you are or have recovered. To all those who have lost someone during this pandemic, I am so sorry. I don't sleep well because I am a Mom. As exhausted as I am, the minute my head hits the pillow, it starts. I begin to play out the day in my head and then, I am off to the land of "I am such a failure with my kids - I am the worst Mom!" And I am pretty sure that I am not the only that goes through this - not that it makes me feel better. I feel like a failure when I am not patient, when I yelled at them, when I let them cry a bit because I wanted to sleep in, when I was a bit harsh with time out because I had enough... and w...