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Inside this post: Looking for more calming essential oils? Perfect list of essential oils for sleep. How your whole family can sleep well and wake up rested using essential oils. I lay sleeping in bed when his whispering words woke me. “I’m scared mommy,” he said. In the darkness, I opened one eye to see a very sweet young boy [...]
Tired Mom
14 Benefits of Amazon Prime That Will Create a Streamlined and Organized Home
I keep seeing this shirt pop up everywhere: “This Mom runs on caffeine, Target & Amazon Prime”. It’s great because...it’s true. My happiness level would get knocked down about 10 notches, if I didn't start my day with a cup (or three) of coffee. And...I’ve already written about how I use the Target RedCard to save myself a [...]
When Your Child Keeps Getting Out of Bed, Remember This…
My oldest is out of bed for the fourth time this evening. Part of me is frustrated and angry. I want to claim that time for myself. To recharge. To have a moment without the kids. But there is another part of me. A part that can’t help but smile. A part that pats the couch cushion and invites him to come sit. A part of me that needs [...]
How Positive Affirmations Change My Mindset on the Really Hard Mom Days
“I don’t like it.” Those were the first words my son uttered at the beginning of our family dinner. I just spent the last hour dealing with two strong-willed kids gnawing at me underfoot as I prepared a meal to eat. And now? They couldn’t bear to eat a morsel of the dinner I carefully crafted to their liking. It took [...]
The Sleep Hack Every Tired Mom Needs to Try
It’s 10:30 pm and I’m exhausted from the day. My feet are tired, my eyelids heavy and I cannot stay awake another minute. I head to bed, change into yoga pants and a t-shirt and wrap my hair into a stereotypical "mom bun." As I stood at the bathroom sink, preparing to wash my face, I took a glance in the mirror. For a [...]
The Hidden Place Your Daughter’s Self-Esteem Grows
As a five year old girl, you could spot me in a crowd of 200 hundred people in about 1.7 seconds flat. I mostly looked just like every other child in my community. Until you caught a glimpse of my hair. Oh, my hair. My hair was bright fiery red, and it was my nemesis. That bright fiery red hair caused me a lot of grief throughout my [...]
The Busy Moms Guide to Looking Great in 10 Minutes or Less
At 6:30 am I peeled my tired body from the pillow-top mattress and walked into the bathroom. I caught a glimpse of a stranger in the mirror, and it scared the goldfish crumbs right out of my hair. Then I realized it was me in the mirror, except I looked a heck of a lot scarier than I remembered. Dang. My eyes look like I painted black [...]
The Curse and Blessing of “The Mommy Ears”
It was 3:30 am. I stood in the hallway outside the master bedroom door holding my toddler son covered in a very unpleasant bodily fluid. Ick. I stood there holding my breath for a second, recalling the curse and blessing of a mother’s heightened sense of hearing. As delusional as it sounds, I was blaming this epic predicament on [...]
3 Words to the Angry Mom in the Post Office
I see you there in the post office getting your packages. You place two giant packages on a cart and a smaller one on top of them. I see your kids running around in circles screaming like a herd of wild horses in an endless forest acting like jealous siblings do fighting over which spot they are standing in. I see you tell them to stop [...]
10 Genius Sleep Hacks for Tired Moms
If you stick around this blog long enough, you notice that I have slight obsession with sleep. Maybe it’s because I’m a tired mom. Maybe it’s because I know it’s a small way I can take better care of myself in the long run. Sleep is a fascinating subject. And we all love sleep! We want to sleep. We want our kids to sleep. Everyone just go [...]
