Postpartum Thoughts on Weight
Learning to love your body after having children can be a process. Here are my thoughts 6 months postpartum from my last baby.
Tag: mother self care
New Beginnings: Finding Myself after Kids
I haven’t always been great at New Year’s resolutions, but I’m beginning to understand what it means to treat each day like it’s the beginning of the rest of your life. I am grateful for this knowledge because I am taking this year especially to take the time to rediscover me after bringing all my children into this world.
Learning to Truly Love My Post Baby Body
My body is amazing to have 10 kids in 10 years! And yet I still have a hard time with it not being what I’d like it to be. Maybe if I were to choose to love my body like I do others around me.
We Couldn’t Fathom having more than 2 Kids
We had other times when we wondered how we could manage with another baby but none so intense as after our second child.
Here’s that story and how we eventually had 10 kids.
How to have Weekly Date Nights with Lots of Little Children
It’s so important for us to go on dates every week, to remember why we still like and love each other. Here’s how we are able to make time for date nights even with 10 kids in 10 years!
Pep Talk for the Hard Days: A Note from My Younger Self
An excerpt from a blog post I wrote in 2014 after the birth of my second set of twins. I was scared of taking care of so many little children and wrote myself a letter to help during the hard days.
How I Stay Sane Taking Care of 10 kids
Taking care of children,10 kids in my case, is taxing for anyone. Here’s what I do to stay sane and still enjoy my children!
The Secret to Motherhood
Over the past decade of being a mother, I’ve learned there’s only one thing that really matters, not the numerous things we tell ourselves!
Mother Self Care is just as Important
I remember how hard it was when I first became a mother, I neglected myself so much it was causing my baby and husband to be unhappy. If I could go back and talk to that mother, this is what I’d say.
Mind over Matter
So here I am, caught in a mind battle. The wish to be grateful, patient, and peaceful mixed with the raw emotions of wanting my outward appearance to match how I see myself in my head.