#mumbreaks

[psychomomma]

Opportunity cost level: motherhood

When you have a baby/toddler/kid and it's nap time you have 3 choices: you either seize the opportunity for alone time, rush to clean the house/cook/etc or take a nap too. And the thing is, no matter what you decide to do, you'll regret not taking advantage of your time doing the other thing you could do.

[psychomomma]

Mums don't need a break because of, the 7 loads of dishes that we have to do a day, Or the piles of clothes that our toddlers demolish immediately after I've folded, Or the nights that we don't even get a solid half hour sleep, Or even the small stain of shit that we didn't know was smeared on my our dress before we leave the house at a failed attempt to adult. We need breaks because of the relentlessness. Because knowing that tomorrow there will be 7 more piles of dishes today, Because knowing that tonight, tomorrow night and every night for the foreseeable future...there will be no sleep again, Because knowing that tomorrow if there is not shit smear it will be spew chunks, or a long stream of green snot wiped on my new jumper. That I didn't find in time to bring, coz I was so fucking flustered at the cafe about my shit smear that I left in a huff, left it there and went back to my god dam messy house that I couldn't be fucked cleaning because I was toocunting tired. Its. Too. Much. Mums need breaks so that we can, Mum properly. Love properly. Live property. #mumbreaks Look at me now Bitches. #stillgotit

Constance Hall