Thanks Melissa! I really needed this today, even if I am not sure its true!!
the rules:1. admit that ONE thing you feel awful about involving being a mom. get it off your shoulders. once you've written it down, you are NO LONGER allowed to feel bad. it's over with, it's in the past. remember, you're a good mom!
I feel bad that I don't do enough with these guys. Sometimes the thought of getting them both dressed, shoes on, jackets on, out the door and to the car, and getting both into the car seats is too much for me. I would much rather just sit in the house all day.
2. to remind yourself that you ARE a good mom, list SEVEN things you love about your kids, you love doing with your kids, or that your kids love about you. these are the things to remind yourself of EVERY DAY that you rock!
1) I love when they give me hugs and kisses. It is the best feeling in the world!
2) I love taking them to gymnastics. I love the looks on their faces when they realize where we are.
3) I love that I am Emma's favorite person. I love that I am the one who makes her feel all better.
4) I love just sitting on the couch with them watching Calliou.
5) I love hearing them laugh.
6) I love watching them interact together. They have such a special bond that no one will ever understand.
7) I love when they first wake up and are all warm and cuddly and their cheeks are pink!
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Can I get in this too?
1) I love that they don't know how much trouble you go through to give them good meals and set a good example by eating food you hate in front of them.
2) I love that at night I can barely sleep when you aren't there for fear that something might happen. Yet when you are, I know you can handle everything and I completely relax.
3) I love that no matter how much you try to get mad and discipline them, you usually end up laughing or just feeling bad. Leave that stuff to me Good Cop.
4) I love that you have nice friends who send things like this to you to remind you that no one is perfect and there are so many others who are going through the same thing.
5) And I love that sacrifice everything for them, even though you should be more selfish at times.
And the one thing I don't like...is that you are so hard on yourself, and yet you have done such a great job bring these two to where they are today. Everyone says it all the time, it time to start believing it.
awww - what a sweet hubby! Jen - thanks for the nod! I filled out my 3 questions over on our blog!
Jen, if I could give you one thing it would be to ooze "self-confidence". You don't realize how smart you are, how relaxed you are with two toddlers, how easily you smile then to put on your "other hat" and step out of your Mom mode and slip right into your nursing mode. Off for twelve hours while we are all sleeping through the night..you and Nicky never cease to amaze me!! Not only are you wonderful Mom's...your both wonderful people and that is something your kids will always remember. What a wonderful, amazing person you are. They won't remember if you dressed them nice, or took them places...but they will remember how you were always smiling and ready to go anywhere or do anything.
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