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Category: Motherhood
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Turn it Around
Is homeschooling in a pandemic, with five kids, in a Fifth Wheel, and with an ADHD brain hard? YES!!! The other day I hit my limit and went on a wild frenzy yelling, smacking butts and I stopped in the middle of my rampage right away and ran out the door. It can get so…
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A Good Cry
When you are well, a good cry should regulate you, not sink you. This past week was stressful, all fun to me (event planning for Feast of Tabernacles), but a lot to juggle for my ADHD brain. Have I mentioned I have five children and we live in an RV? I am not faint hearted!…
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You Can and Are Doing It!
Last year around this time, at a Women’s Fair a young mom rushed out as one of her four kids throws the tantrum of the century, after having sat in the stroller like a champ for a couple of hours. Outside, in the parking lot, three of the kids run off. She rounds up two…
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Baby Five Birth Story
The newest member of the Perry Tribe is here! Little “A” was due to be induced on July 23 because of a rare pregnancy condition called Cholestasis. After having a perfect pregnancy, at week 32, I was diagnosed with ICP. It was a scary few weeks as I changed my diet to low fat, low…
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Practicing Sympathy for my Highly Sensitive Child
It can be so difficult to be patient and sympathetic to my highly sensitive child. I notice my patience level hits rock bottom when I am super pregnant, tired, sore, or having a difficult day in general. I find myself having yelling matches with my six year old when he is in a sour mood…
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Self Care for Wonder Woman
Motherhood can be hard at times. We grow up with our experience as a child with (or without) an ideal mom making a great impact on us. We form core beliefs about what being a mom is. We strive for ‘Wonder Woman’ status because we want to demonstrate those attributes we admired in other women.…
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Mr. Mean Mom
I had been talking to a dear friend about how she has been losing her cool lately; yelling and losing her temper a little more than she would like to admit. I gave her some encouragement and afterwards she confessed that it was so refreshing to hear. She has experienced going to mom groups, including…
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Prioritize Post-Partum, God Does
he Creator knew that a woman would need rest, caring, and a time of rest to recuperate from the intensity that 40 weeks of pregnancy brings. Leviticus 12 talks about having forty days (aka six weeks) of rest for a boy and twice as long for a girl (perhaps longer recovery is needed from all…
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Crying Over Spoiled Milk
Pumping sucks… Pun intended. Last night I cried over spoiled milk. Not 2% or whole, but breast. Breast milk. This past week I have been struggling with clogged milk ducts as my breasts adjust to the baby’s new night feeding schedule (he had a cold and was comfort nursing the previous two weeks). It’s painful…