Today is a day I need to take care of myself. Maggie my 1 y.o. was waking up every hour last night, and Charlotte woke up once yelling for me about 1am. I got up at 7am feeling more tired than when I went to bed.
So today I will lean on my support network and give myself a break. My Mom brain seems to always be saying, "you should be able to handle more." But I know raising kids gets infinitely harder for me when I don't get enough rest.
I am skipping ahead a little in Dr. Markham's book but she talks about the importance of taking care of yourself so you can be there for your children.
"The real job is keeping your cup full so you have plenty of joy and presence to share with your child. Kids love our joyful presence..."
"The secret work of adulthood is that we are all still growing up, and parenting forces us to learn to parent ourselves as well as our children."
The part of me still growing up and having all these emotions about raising kids really longs to be mothered. I want to be taken care of, soothed, and loved. It is very empowering to hear that I can do this for myself. That in fact its my job as a parent to also take care of myself.
I want my children to thrive because they have a mother with a full cup.
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