We are mothers, rare human beings who care for others first and ourselves last.  It’s just the way we are wired, we can’t help that we don’t have time for ourselves.  How many of you feel this way on a daily basis? I know that I will be the first one to say…ME!! This is the toughest job I’ve ever had in my entire life.  We are completely responsible for these little precious beings.  While it is an amazing job filled with blessings and much more, we still are human and ultimately women.  We know what it’s like to not have time to take a shower, do makeup, or have fancy nails and pedicures.  Sometimes those things are last on our lists.  Sounds unfair huh? We need time for ourselves, without it the entire family suffers.  Crazy mom equals crazy kids! 🙂 Most if not all of you who are moms understand this concept clearly.  

            Being Alone and having time without your kids is crucial to maintain your sanity.  It doesn’t matter your profession getting away from the daily grind of things is important and very necessary.   Since I am a full time stay-at-home-mom, I often get tired of the daily routine.  I feel like I am doing the same things every day, it’s irritating and overwhelming.  The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and receiving the same results, well that is sometimes how I feel when I do not take a break! Sometimes I am so exhausted I wipe the same counter over again, even though I did it twice. LOL! I am serious, and I’m sure some of you have done this too.  When you have smaller children breaks are difficult, believe me I am going through this now.  One of the great things is my husband is super supportive of this, always encouraging me to go shopping alone and do things I enjoy without my babies.  Having that support system truly helps and allows you to feel good about leaving and enjoying yourself, even if only for an hour or so. 

            My advice is take breaks as often as you can.  If you stay home, it’s best to keep your kids on a schedule so you can break when they nap.  You can do something for you in that hour that they are napping, you can even nap with them 😉 I just think that sometimes it’s easy to forget ourselves because we become so consumed with daily life, we love being moms but forget to be women.  Being a mom should not change that, we are entitled to a little fun once and a while.  I love to go have coffee at Starbucks or Panera bread alone.  It’s a great time for me to get away and relax with my favorite cup of Joe, catch up on some reading and enjoy. 

            Don’t be afraid to do this.  With my first child, I never wanted to leave his side although I was exhausted and overwhelmed I wanted to spend every second of every hour with him.  It was so bad that he was never used to me leaving him and it took him time to warm up to others.  It was hard to leave him with babysitters, he would cry and in most cases the sitters were family members! I know right? I was totally into my little man that I didn’t do anything for me.  Things changed with my second child.  Now I know what to expect and how to deal with things.  I leave them both behind with my husband with no guilt. 

            I would recommend to do something like this at least once a week if you can.  Try to make a designated day just for you.  Go run errands, shop, get your hair done, nails, or toes, but do it for you and I promise you will come back one happy WOMAN! 🙂 I have learned that being a mom and wife takes a tremendous amount of work and balance.  You have to know how to have and make time for everyone.  There’s a saying, “A happy mom makes a happy home” and I completely agree with this.  When we are happy, everyone is happy.  So in order to maintain that happiness do something nice for yourself every now and then, guilt free.  It’s time to embrace our womanhood without always being reminded we’re moms.  I believe we can be both and be fabulous while doing it 🙂

            Signing off for now mommies, I hope that you enjoyed this post and that it can help some of you out there with this dilemma.  Thanks for stopping by and remember to pass along this information to other moms out there.  Together we can keep striving for mommy and woman success! 🙂