7 Things Kids Shouldn't Expect On Mother's Day

Mother's Day is a treasured day for moms. It's not just special because of the adorable handmade gifts and flowers they get... No, it's much more that that. It's special because it means...The. Whole. Day. Is.About.Them. As a mother, every day is spent taking care of other people. From morning until night they're taking care of little and big people. While mother's love taking care of their brood, they save up all of our selfishness for one day. Mother's Day

Here are 7 things children should not expect to happen on Mother's day...

A home cooked dinner.

Unless you're planning on making it yourself, which you should, don't plan on mom cooking you anything. Don't expect a snack, a drink, a meal the kids won't eat, nothing.

Any type of emotional support all day.

Don't expect mom to give you emotional support all day. You will need to find support in your siblings, other family member, or dad. Mom's off. She will not care about your boo boos, your argument over who had the lego first, or the fact that she won't make you food. None of it. Don't waste time. 

To see mom in the morning.

 Moms work all day, every day, 24 hours a day. Sleeping in is the biggest rarity in her life. Do not expect to see her on Mother's day morning. She will be sleeping. As long as she possibly can. If she has little kids her body might rebel against her, telling her she has to wake up. Then you, as the child, shouldn't expect anything other than the blame. Because it really is your fault.

Diapers to be changed

You can't be too shocked that mom has no desire to change dirty diapers... At all. Don't expect any diapers to be changed on this glorious day. Not a grand babies... Not a child's... You should help a little sibling out or teach them to do it. Mom is off the hook!

The house to be cleaned

Unless she wants to dance! The house could combust on mother's day and she wouldn't care. It's her day!

Fake laughter at your not funny jokes

I hate to break it to you, but not even mom will give you a pitty laugh today. You'll either have to actually be funny or try the day after Mother's day.

Mediation

 This is the day all kids will have to duke it out. Instead of helping you deal with your problems rationally, she will give you boxing gloves and tell you to enjoy.

The one thing you should expect is to do absolutely everything for your mom and wait on her hand and foot.All.Day.Long.

5 Things Moms Teach Their Kids

5 Things Moms Teach Their Kids

As a mom, you're always on the go.You wake up in the morning thinking about everything that needs to get done all day, what you're going to make for dinner, the tower of laundry that needs to be folded, the doctors appointment that needs to be scheduled, and the list goes on. You have been given one of the most amazing gifts in the world. You're a mother. You've been given a beautiful child or children to raise and help become strong and powerful little people that will maybe change the world one day. 

5 Things You're Teaching Your Child

It's ok to lose your cool sometimes

As much as you'd like to be calm and loving at all times of the day, it's impossible. You will inevitably step on a murderous lego, have a hard day at work, or deal with a self-righteous person. Your child is going to see you lose your cool and it's ok. The most important lesson is what comes afterwards. After you lose your cool, you need to be able to rebound and move on. Kids need to see that their parent isn't perfect so they can accept their own imperfections. 

How to take care of people

Your child sees you take care of them everyday. You make them lunch (even if they don't eat it), you make sure they're safe, you tuck them in to bed at night, you help them deal with disagreements with friends... Even though they don't tell you, they know you're taking care of them. This is why you're the first one they go to when they're in trouble.You're teaching them how to take care of others just like you take care of them. 

What he or she deserves

Your child looks to you as their example for everything. They watch to see how your spouse talks to you, how the impatient driver behind you treats you, how your naive friend jokingly makes racist comments to you, and most importantly they watch to see how you respond. Your response teaches them how you let people treat you. Kids watch how their mom let people treat her to determine how they'll let people treat them. 

How to have hope in an imperfect world

As much as you'd like to prevent them from seeing all of the evil and imperfections of this world, they see it. They see how the justice system doesn't always let good guys win, they see things aren't always fair, and sometimes they see things that could make them lose hope in the world they're growing up in. You teach them to see the hope in it when you don't give up.Your child will fight for change in the world when they grow up seeing their mom making a difference.

How to love themselves

As a mom, you and your body have gone through more changes than you can count. It's easy to focus on the negatives. You look in the mirror and see stretch marks, extra weight, or imperfections you can't see past. Your child watches to see what you say about your changing body. As their body starts to change or they see how different they look in comparison to their friends, they'll look to you to see what they should think. Moms teach their kid to love their bodies, imperfections and all, when they love their own. 

A Promise To You Mom

You may not see everything you're doing for your kids and what it means when you're up to your neck in dirty dishes and laundry, but I promise you're changing their lives. You're teaching them how to be world changers by loving and taking care of yourself. It's easy to feel guilty over putting yourself first sometimes, but your kids learn more from a well taken care of mommy than a burnt out one. 

Save This For Later

Your Inner "Greatness"

As you all know, Joel travels quite a bit for work. He had a bit of a break in travel the last week or so, but he's getting really busy the next two months. I'm due in December so he's trying to get all his travel in before so he can take some time off. It's definitely worth the next few busy months for help later. I'm still not entirely sure having three kids under four is possible...These little boys sure miss their daddy when he's gone. We decided to take a little family trip to Vancouver, Wa. We packed it full of some super fun things!Bollywood Theater was by far my favorite! It was delicious! If you're in the Vancouver, WA area you have to go and tell me what you think!!! You walk in to see a Hindi movie playing and stand in a super long line. The word is out. This place is a hit! Don't let the line scare you, their service is amazing!!They use authentic Indian utensils and dishes. If you were to go to a restaurant in India, you would see the set up in the picture above. They even have a little modern flare to some of the dishes. Everything we got was spicy. On purpose. Oh man was it amazing. Don't worry, they have white friendly, not so spicy food as well. Liam wasn't as thrilled with the heat level. I kept giving him these cucumbers in yogurt to help. Nothing was helping. He was getting upset and I made a final attempt to give him a cucumber. Joel saw what I was doing and stopped me. "Babe, you know those are really spicy right?" Umm..... Nope. I'm a "great" mom. I finally gave Liam regular yogurt and it fixed it all. After I tormented him. Come on, I know you all have them. Those moments where your inner "greatness" comes out. Share your stories!  

The Terrible Sleep Training Mama

One thing I have learned over my "extensive" two years of parenting is all parents think their way is the only way. If you ask for advice on any topic concerning your children, get ready to hear that your terrible for even posing said question, ridiculous advice that you'd never follow, hilarious remarks from friends, and a few good ideas. 

 

One thing that's extremely important to my little family is sleep. If my children don't get enough sleep, they are monsters the next day. If my husband doesn't get enough sleep at night, he acts like the world is over. Literally over and can't proceed with his day. If I don't get enough sleep... Let's just say, stay away from mommy. 

 

We learned very early that sleep training is key to our sanity as a family. Ah sleep training. The controversial topic that causes riots amount at mothers.

 

I've heard it all. Letting your children cry it out won't hurt them. You are traumatizing your children and making them feel abandoned when you let them cry. Lay with your kids until they fall asleep. Lay them back down every time they get up in bed. 

We'll, I've tried it all. I don't think there is a universal way to sleep train your child. I think it depends on your child. You know what your child needs, as their mom. It's completely ok if you don't agree with this post. Let's just remember to keep the comments friendly. :)

 

We have chosen the cry it out method with both kids. We were very strict with Liam for the first year and it went perfectly. He cried for thirty minutes the first night and he cried less and less the following nights. Then Joel and I lost our minds and thought it would be sweet to let him sleep with us in bed sometimes. This turned into him climbing into our bed in the middle of the night. It was cute at first. Then we had Levi. I'll never forget the first night we brought Levi home. Liam woke up in the middle of the night, Joel brought him into our bed, and he was utterly betrayed when he found Levi in our bed nursing. It took about a week straight of working with both of them to share. 

 

It got worse from there. They both go to sleep in their own beds to start out the night. Then they both mosey in around three in the morning. How do we fix this? Put list back in his bed and let Levi cry it out. However that is much easier said than done. My husband and I are delirious I the middle of the night and don't realize we're giving I until the next morning whenwe wake up with no blankets and a child's foot in our face. 

 

I guess we have eight months to fix this. Otherwise we will have five people in our beds every morning. No thank you.