You don’t need to be told that mothering is a full-on job, especially when your children are young and need a lot of assistance and support. Of course, as they get older they want to start doing things for themselves, usually this streak of independence hits when you’re running late and should have been out the door ten minutes ago. You want to encourage this behavior so you let them pull up their own pants or put on their shoes even though it takes five times as long as if you did if for them. They get it eventually and everyone is happy at this move forward in their development. But how are your stress levels? Through the roof I’m sure. Sometimes watching a child struggle with something can be more taxing than just doing it and moving on.
With all the time and energy that little ones take up, it can be so easy to forget that you need to be looked after too! But don’t wait for someone to step in and start parenting you, you need to make sure you do it for yourself.
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