The Super Scientific Paper on Motherhood
My children mirror my mood. If I allow myself to get stressed out and overwhelmed, 9 times out of 10 my kids will start getting stressed as well. The whole mood plummets and we're all grumpy. Why? Because mom got stressed about not getting XYZ done "in a timely manner" and started snapping.
Right now my kids go to online school, but I"m responsible for making sure the log in every day and get their assignments done. I have realized that (especially with a newborn) it's incredibly unrealistic to expect much work to get done before lunch. They do their online classes, and I pump, we all eat breakfast, sometimes twice. Sometimes, I can get one of them working on some stuff while the other is in their online class but more than half the time the baby is fussy and requiring my whole attention, so they move at a slow pace, we're talking like one problem in half an hour slow. I swear every time I'm ready to sit down and help them stay on track, it's either lunch time or snack time. I used to get really frustrated that our "schedules" didn't line up, that when I was ready they weren't ready to work anymore. I realized that I need to just take a deep breath and let them have a snack, or more recess, or what have you because once they're on the right page to work, they'll crank out their work so fast.
Anyways, this is mostly just a wordy ramble to remember this season of motherhood by, and to remind myself when I stumble across it again to take a deep breath and let them go play in the rain because their school work isn't going anywhere.
This most scientific paper about how mom just needs to take a chill pill and it will all be ok is sponsored but Atlas's naptime and mom's 6th cup of coffee.