Parenting is a beautiful gift but it can also be one of the hardest things in life, it’s like a combination of rainbows and a giant ball of love followed by wanting to curl up into a ball and rock back and forth in the corner. But you wouldn’t change being a parent for anything.

I often find myself losing it over the smallest things, probably because I have repeated myself 10 times a day over the same thing and still no one listens, but somehow my children come home with certificates from school for great listening, go figure. Being a Mum sometimes feels like groundhog day, the constant cleaning of the same thing everyday, always doing the laundry and the pile never seems to shrink, floors never stay clean, no one else can see the bin overflowing, children always trashing their room, cooking every day, school drop offs and pick ups. You think you would have more hours in the day, once the kids were in school but no, you drop them off and boom, you’re off to pick them back up.

Then there’s no time for yourself until the kids are in bed, thats if they sleep. Oh I went through that for years, having 3 kids under 3.5 years. I was up at least 10-15 times a night. If it wasn’t a bottle, someone was teething or the other one woke the other one up. Then hello 5am morning cuddles. But by the time the kids are in bed you are pretty much exhausted and just go to bed yourself.

I often find myself thinking so many negative thoughts, which usually put me in a bad mood and find myself snapping over a sock on the floor. But what I have come to realise is that, one day my children will be all grown up and moved out, there will be no mess to clean up, no sock on the floor, no over flowing bin, no school runs, no more sounds of laughter or them trying to kill each other over who had the red texta first. I will somehow miss this chaos of motherhood.

I try and be more mindul, by being grateful for the things I have before thinking negative thoughts. We often take things for granted.

I try and be more mindful when I have those overwhelming feelings of negative thoughts. I try and stop and think of the things that I often take for granted.

• A house to clean = a roof over my head
• Clothes to wash = clothes to wear
• Kids messy room = a room for my children
• A bed to make = a bed sleep in
• School runs = education for your children
• Noisy kids running a muck = healthy kids at home and not in the hospital
• Dishes to clean = food to eat
• Bath water all over the floor = clean running water
  

  Writing in my gratitude journal and drinking my Healthy Mummy Pregnancy Smoothie

Every morning I wake up early before the kids most times, so I can enjoy that quiet morning bliss while I sip on my coffee and write in my gratitude journal. Since I have been writing in my gratitude journal, I Am Happy, I Am Here. I have found myself to be a bit more calmer and more grateful of the life I have. It’s still exhausting and hard but like I said earlier, one day all this will be gone and it will be just me in my clean, quiet house.

Mumlife will always have it’s challenges, but when you feel those overwhelming feelings coming on, try and take a step back and think about 3 things that you are grateful for. Write it down or say it out loud, even if you are doing it with clenched teeth.

Always remember you are doing a great job and you got this Mumma!

Tasheena xx