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I have decided to dedicate this next week on the blog as Mothers Day Week! Mothers Day is Sunday May 12, 2013. I have come up with some great ideas to share with you, all having to do with celebrating motherhood!
I became a mother 10 years ago. I remember getting the news that we were expecting our first child. I was so nervous and excited all at the same time. After giving birth to a healthy baby girl, I started my motherhood journey. I have given birth to three other beautiful little girls. I am a mother...
Being a mother brings me the greatest joy!! It truly does! However, it also has its ups and downs. I also want to stress that motherhood has different phases. You have the baby stage, then the toddler stage, you have the stage of youth, then teenagers, and then adults, and yet through all of these stages you are and will forever be their mother.
Motherhood has many challenges. Being a mother is one tough job! However, Mothers are the heart of the home.
For me, the hardest challenge right now is cleaning up after the children. I really dislike walking into a room (especially the kitchen or living room) and tripping on something they have left out. I try really hard to have a well organized home. I try not to have too much clutter. I try to teach my girls to be grateful for what they have, and to take care of there things, toys, books, etc. And for the most part they do, but this is still a daily challenge. I have 4 girls ranging from age 10 to age 1. Who do you think is the worst to clean up after?? Is it my 1 year old?? Or my 10 year old?? To be honest... it is both! At the end of the day, I am still going from one room to another putting things away from both of them!
So...how do I help my kids to clean up after themselves? I... KEEP CALM AND MOTHER ON. I keep teaching them to pick up after themselves, but I don't do it for them all the time. I use my kindest, nicest voice and quietly ask them to help me clean up the room. I teach them that everything has a place in our home and that in order to have a organized home things need to be put away. But the most important thing I have learned is that sometimes I need to let them be kids. They are just kids and sometimes they don't realize the situation from a mother's standpoint. If I really ask myself, Why is this toy here?? What have they learned, felt, experienced from this object?? Was their a reason they left it here in the kitchen?? If I really think through the situation I have come to learn that they really don't mean to leave the toys, books, etc out. They don't think like us mothers!! They are kids!! They don't think, hmm... Am I going to have this put this toy away when I am done?? Is this going to drive my mother to insanity, if this book is left on the floor?? They really don't think like this! They are just learning, exploring, and experiencing life. We must look at it through their eyes. But... this I strongly feel that this doesn't give them a free ride to have a messy house, or room. We as mothers still need to teach them about cleanliness and organization. Hence, I feel that we need to KEEP CALM AND MOTHER ON.
I am sure their will be days when the house is not picked up, when their toys are all over the floors, but if we are consistent as Mothers, at some point I believe that the house will be picked up, and we won't have done it all by ourselves. If we teach our children young, then when they are older, they will have come to know what an organized home looks like, feels like, and is like. And you can better your bottom dollar, that this will be because of you- Their Mother!!
So... if you have having a real difficult challenge with your child/children please remember this- You are a great mother! Keep Calm and keep doing what you do best- being their Mother!!
I can't wait to share some more ideas with you on Motherhood!!
Enjoy!
You might also like this Mothers Day Printable from My Blessed Life!
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