8 Stress Traps to Avoid to Simplify Your Life as a Mother
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Love this! It’s important to not force things. Embrace what the Lord brings in each season of life.
Thank you! I needed this. I LOVE the concept of 1000 hours outside, but with a baby, moving, cloth diapers to wash, meals to prep… it’s a lot of pressure! Not everything can be done outdoors in our current season. This is our first year trying for 1000 hours and I didn’t realize how much guilt I’ve been carrying for our lack of progress this far. Thank you for your advice and encouragement.
I know what you mean! It’s a lot and it’s so hard not to feel guilty when you have a goal you’d like to meet and when you stand by the concept - but there’s a season for everything!
I think we are kindred souls because of christ lol ....very happy i found your channel...i was looking for some words of advice during one of those overwhelming days. What a blessing...ive waited years to find other sisters that are like minded.
Oh, this makes my heart so happy! I truly believe God brings kindred hearts together at just the right time. I’m so glad you found my channel, and I pray it continues to bless and encourage you on those overwhelming days. You are not alone, sister! So grateful to have you here.
Yes! I so relate to the stress of feeling like I *have* to get the kids outside every day & feeling guilty if I think we didn't stay out long enough. I want outside time to be enjoyable not another "chore" on my to-do list. And the toys!! I am trying to limit the times when we have toys available so that life centers around family activities and family life rather than toys. I look forward to your videos every week! Thank you for being so open and sharing your experiences.
I know exactly what you mean about the chore!
What kind of family activities do you do?! I love that mindset!
Thank you so much! It’s so great to have you here!
We love reading books, making trips to local parks and the library, singing together while my husband plays the piano, "romping" games with Dad and dancing with Mom, and going for jogs (kids ride in the jogging stroller). We are also trying to make household chores, clean-up, and meal prep something fun that we do together more often. My 4-year-old loves cooking eggs & taking out the compost :)
@ "Romping games with Dad" yes! Us too lol
Great video.
The thing about eating at specific hours is key ! I grew up in France and EVERYONE does that.
One breakfast, one lunch, one snack, one diner. I was so surprised when I moved to the US and I've seen people and kids snacking all-day-long. It really creates picky eaters, and eating as a family one meal for all since the beginning is the best to avoid picky eating too.
I appear like a control freak when I talk about this ! 😆
I thought that too when I was recording this - oh man, I sound so controlling lol but hey, I’m the mama and it’s my job to train their habits. And eating habits are something they will take with them into adulthood! It’s important.
This was my favorite take away because this is the current issue in my house. It’s like every 30 mins. And I’m like “you can’t possible be hungry, you just ate!” Now both kids only want to eat certain things or they want different things, it’s driving me crazy and so starting tomorrow, breakfast lunch snack dinner. Very helpful!
I feel like this is your best video!!! Thanks for sharing, so useful... So happy to see your channel grow, you deserve it!!
Wow thank you so much, Elisa!
I love your videos!!!!
Are you on spotify?
Thank you! I’m not, but I’ve considered turning my videos into podcasts!
New mom with 2 under 2... All these tips are awesome, because I feel intimidated trying to manage and form good habits. Probably the most "important" takeaway for me is scheduling mealtimes. Thankfully, lunch is a set time already, so it should also be the easiest to implement.
Thank you so much for sharing what resonated with you! I’m so glad that was helpful! Thank you for watching 🤎
We live in New England and right now, it is sooo cold 🥴 we do not get outside very much or for very long at all right now!! And I feel so guilty most days! But then in Spring & Summer, we're hardly inside!! So we probably do get 1000 hours or so, just more in clumps 😏
Also, I totally do my kids wardrobe like you said, minimal & mostly all matching and I pick out their clothes about 2% of the time. It's so nice! I know some moms think I am somehow tamping down my kids' creativity by having a neutral wardrobe but their kids either don't dress themselves or often look like a unicorn and rainbow had a baby and spit up all over the kids 😅
Unicorn and rainbow had a baby 😂 exactly. In my opinion we are shaping our children’s appetite for everything - style, food, entertainment, etc. also, when they’re old enough to buy their own clothes they can choose what they want, 😂
😂 we’re on our 4th year of 1000 hours outside. But we live in a state (TN) that makes it a lot easier than some (like northern wintery states). We also have a fenced backyard so the kids can go out alone. I think it can be an encouragement for some but definitely could be a burden. I will say the majority of our hours are in spring, summer, and fall but I personally do not like cold weather and we don’t do much out there in winter! And totally agree, plenty of happiness and laugher happening inside.
Thank you for sharing! Yeah we are in Washington state so everything is wet constantly!
We do 1000 hours outside! We are loving it in this season of life. However, there is no way I would push myself to do it with a child under 2. If it stressing me, I pray to the lord for guidance and really listen to what he is telling me. If we get 1000 hours, great. If we don’t, also great. I homeschool so schooling outside is a must. My kids get very overwhelmed if they are inside too much. My 2 year old likes napping outside. We live in Georgia so we tend to have pretty good weather year round (except July and August 🥵) which I feel helps. I think it is important to question why it is you are doing something. is it for the validation from people or is it to glorify God?
How do you school outside? Do you have a table or just out on a blanket?
@ we have a table outside we use. We also will just sit on the ground or the patio. Just whatever my kids are comfortable with!
EXACTLY. I couldn’t agree more.
I do try and get outside with my kids as much as I can, but most of their "1000 Hours" is spent without me in our backyard. I don't keep track of the hours, I just try and fit them into the rhythms of our day.
When I tracked the amount of hours you have to be outside to get 1000 it ends up being like 5-6 hours most of the year I think. It’s a lot! And in previous seasons of life that was no biggie for us!
@@TransformedHomemakersSociety That a is a lot! I once heard Ginny say on her podcast it was about 3 hours a day (which is what we more or less shoot for). But I never did the math lol I also have little ones, none of which school a whole lot so I try to take advantage of that. Being outside with littles either at your house or at a park is a great time to get reading in, knitting, cardio workouts, prayer, fellowship with other ladies and of course being present with your kiddos and delighting in them. It also keeps your house cleaner (or at least prevents it from getting messier while your out) But it can totally be more stress than its worth at times and the outdoors isn't Jesus and Charlotte Mason isn't my god lol
Also, can I just say I have been loving your channel and it motivates and inspires me in my mothering and housewifery, so thank you!
@ We live in WA state so it's verrrrry wet all the time which makes it so hard with real little children like mine.
Also one thing I try to remember when I read Mason's material is that she didn't have children herself. I don't by any means think that disqualifies her, but I think she would give us grace - especially in the world we live in today which is drastically different than her time. But I love what you said about her not being your god - yes. All these things, 1000 hours outside, charlotte mason, etc. It's easy to get legalistic about it!
I totally agree with the house being cleaner when you're outside! Thats why we never had issues being outside before! Easily clocked in 3 hours a day, but most of the time 5 or 6. But lately we've been loving snuggling up and reading books and doing school inside. I think come spring/summer and the baby is a couple months older we will be in a totally different season.
Thank you so much for this encouragement, Rebekah! It's so great to have you here - someone who takes the time to write thoughtful comments!
Hour tracking has never been attractive to me. I always get stressed about rigid metrics. We’re in Florida so we need to stay in during summer but we are outside all the time especially with our dogs. Also, I let my kids look silly if they mismatch their clothes lol why not let them express themselves and learn coordination through experimenting?
I agree! And I think that that’s a matter of preference and parenting choice that you get to decide on your own personally. I think as parents it’s our job to develop the appetites of our children, whether that’s style food, entertainment, etc., and so while we are paying for the clothes, storing the clothes etc then I think it’s totally fine to let them experiment within the boundaries that we provide for them in this case that’s the specific clothes that we have for them. Also keep in mind that my eldest is four so he’s only just recently starting to develop his own sense of style and it just so happens to be that he likes planer clothes and he doesn’t like character shirts or anything like that which I find hilarious because that’s what I prefer too, but if he did prefer flashy clothes, then I would probably allow him to express his sense of style within reason. Again it’s personal preference, but I also think that it’s important to teach our kids coordination what matches and what doesn’t match.
The 1000 hours outside I’ve never heard of but past my child raising years. How ever your last statement of Happiness, do you realize that if that’s what that method is saying, it’s made nature a god, that’s at the root of that idea.
That’s a great way of looking at it. I hadn’t thought of it that way I just knew I didn’t like it when I read it! I think it’s a beautiful thing to enjoy God’s creation, absolutely, but not let your happiness rely on being outside.
Ok, I need to wait and post my comments at the end so I don’t leave too many.
I definitely need to do less for my kids…yep, I’m not making them do enough. Thanks for the info on how you did that. I am a nag around here and I don’t like it. Need to implement some of your ideas.
Do you also get dressed right when you wake up?
Toys, ugh, toys. So many toys. 😂 My children play with all of the ones we have but we have so many. I have some in rotation but I need to do better with that.
I do get dressed pretty soon after waking up, but not always. But if I don’t I feel guilty because I’m not setting a good example. But usually i have a reason for not. Like not wanting to get spit up on my clothes before going somewhere etc.
Toys are such a big deal! It’s so hard getting rid of ones they play with too!