Parenting Children

I am not one for resolutions in the New year. I think you are asking for failure, but I do believe in revitalizing my priorities and values as a Mother.

Here are resolutions I think every Mom should make for the new year:

1) take time for myself. Being a mom is hard, working outside the home and still managing school, activities, dinner and your husband? I couldn’t imagine. take time out every month for yourself. I plan on making sure I get the manicure and pedicure I need, or just reading books at Borders without having to watch kids.
Book a massage for yourself or get coffee and read a magazine at your coffee house.
Pamper yourself because you deserve me time.

2) make sure you have at least three nights a week to all sit together and eat. Maybe you can only do breakfast on the weekends, but it is better then nothing. Reconnect with what your family is doing and maybe plan a annual family vacation.

3) Keep yourself healthy. For yourself and your family. Maybe the cool gym in your town can fall under the “me time” category.

4) Make time for your kids. I know I get caught up with my ever growing laundry pile and what the heck to make for dinner but I vow to step back and remember when I played dress up with my daughter or cars with my son. Since they are twins they always have each other as playmates, but they need me to play with them too.
I promise to do more of that.

5) have date night with your husband. Even if you are tired or have other things to do try it at least one time a month. Better spouses make better parents.

6) Meet up with other Moms. Share stories, laugh at how hard it really is and listen. A mother’s best friend is another mother. They will tell you that you are not doing it wrong and won’t judge you for the
amount of alcohol you need to get through the week.

7) Remember that time is not a given. Life is precious, your kids being the most precious thing that will ever float into your life. They will not be small forever, try and enjoy it. It is amazing and it will go by so fast. The most important thing I learned as a Mom that nobody ever told me, is how fast life swirls by once you give birth to this amazing human being.
Make time to spend with them, take pictures, write in a journal, you will treasure that always.

Those are my “Momolutions”. What are some of yours?

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