How Busy Moms Get it All Done

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Whether you’re a busy professional mom or one who stays home with the kids, all of us have common ground: The requirement for childcare. Let’s face it, all of us are working, whether it is full-time, part-time, inside or outside the home, it all keeps us busy. Even if you’re the finest of mothers, there are moments when we all require a break. The issue is, how do you achieve that goal? With work and house demands, it is simple to get lost in all of your responsibilities!

Great Support System = Successful Busy Moms

Having an excellent support system, whether it is for your kids, your family pets or even your senior loved ones, makes busy moms better moms. Understanding that you can get a break and relegate your most valuable responsibilities to a caretaker is a powerful thing. It eliminates for the most part feelings of mommy-guilt and permits you to focus on other items to enhance your family and relationships. No matter if it is work, a date night, or just a trip to the grocery store on your own – gaining this peace of mind is invaluable.

Check Your Options

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There are various choices so ensure you examine them all thoroughly prior to making a final decision:

(1) At home care – Bringing a sitter, nanny, or pet caretaker into your house is by far the simplest and most convenient option. It can likewise be the most demanding. Having somebody you’re not familiar with enter your house, even for a night, can be stressful. Make certain, before taking that step, that you solicit a referral from a prior employer or have the prospect provide a resume with recommendations. Then, make certain you make contact with those references. You’ll be more comfortable with your choice, which will alleviate your stress considerably.

(2) Whether working inside or outside the home, think about a local trustworthy day care facility to use when required. There are lots of terrific businesses that are most likely near your home. Interview several and confirm schedule flexibility. Some do have provision for full-time, or perhaps part-time care options and there are even some that permit drop offs.

(3) There is likewise a third alternative of trusting a neighbor or friend to assist you. Think about changing off days with a neighbor that requires aid with her kids, pets or other care requirements. This can usually be the finest, and most economical option.

Do Your Research

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Whichever option fits your household and your life, ensure you are making the effort to fully evaluate your option. Fully investigating your choices and checking all the boxes can be time consuming but will be for well worth the effort. As soon as you have actually made your decision and entrusted your loved ones with a care provider, it will allow you to catch your breath, concentrate on work, and get focused on exactly what’s on your list, instead of stressing over the care your children or pets need.

Finding an excellent, steady source of assistance is a resource that excellent moms make use of. Whether it is part-time or full-time care, or only an occasional babysitter or pet sitter, having a reliable source for care assistance pays big dividends!

Affecting the Future

It is amazing when you consider that the parenting we pass onto our children is not just going to impact them but also the future generations to follow. We directly affect future generations by how we love, educate and influence our own kids.

Passing on Values

Even if we don’t consciously plan to pass on our values, our kids absorb them through their immersion in our home. They enjoy, listen and copy our behavior and responses.

Understanding this helps us as parents decide whether we want their values to be discovered inadvertently or on purpose. What values do you want instilled in your kids as they mature?

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There are several areas we as parents can affect. Ultimately, the duty to our kids lies us – not on their teachers, their baby-sitter or other relatives. We should be conscious that we make a substantial distinction in our kids’ lives.

Teaching respect for people and their property is one of the important lessons we can communicate to our children. If you are easily angered in traffic jams, rude to telemarketers and do not like having individuals over to visit your house, take a moment to think about exactly what type of message that is offering on how we relate to people. If you over react when something of yours is damaged, or you don’t remember to return borrowed items, your child is simply learning to do the very same.

Children Hear and See Everything

Our kids take notice how we speak to others and will emulate that behavior themselves. The other day I reprimanded my daughter for her tone of voice only to realize that I may have taught her to speak that way by speaking to her the same way on occasion. The tone I disliked hearing from her was in fact one that came from me.

Encourage Strengths

Absolutely, our kids can make us crazy with their behavior sometimes. Often the things we clash with in our kids are the strengths they will exhibit as grownups. It is up to us to recognize these positive qualities and encourage them. Imagine how far they can go with that drive if your strong willed child has that drive directed properly! A child who is always asking ‘why’ may become a leading scientist with a desire to discover the truth.

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It is up to us as moms and dads to recognize and encourage our kids’ strengths and talents. Our kids are not blank slates at birth that we can shape into anything we prefer. Each are their own individual with unique strengths and weaknesses. Our job is to identify their strengths and enhance them. It can simply be a matter of having a good conversation with them. I was organizing my children’s upcoming activities and had devised a busy week planned. It occurred to me that I had not even checked with my daughter to see what she preferred. As it turns out, she didn’t want to do anything I had planned! Her plans only included art lessons. I had not even thought of that option! I need to remember I am here to enhance her strengths. Her future and the influence she may have on the world depends on it!

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