Self-Care for Moms

Sometimes when we are working so hard to take care of others, we end up ignoring our own needs. When we do this, we can feel like we are doing it at the service of others, and at times we are. However, ignoring your own needs can add up to making you less able to care for those around you.

As mothers, we are nurturers. We are feeding our children and husband, cleaning, organizing, purchasing things for the family, and so much more. We cannot neglect ourselves in the process.

On the flip side, we also have to be careful not to be selfish. By self-care, I mean meeting your own needs through planning and consideration just as you are meeting the needs of your family.

For example, you know that your children need naps as babies and a bedtime as children. They need proper sleep to be refreshed, to be healthy, to be able to learn and thrive. Do you do the same for yourself? Do you protect your own sleep by setting up yourself for success with a quiet, good place for sleep?

What about for food? Do you plan ahead to be sure you and your family have proper food and snacks so that you can be healthy and fed. If you’re not doing this, you maybe be cranky or quick to snap at those you love, simply because you’re hungry.

In a way, we never grow out of those basic things we think of to soothe a baby. Why is the baby crying? Is the baby hungry? Is the baby tired? We should give ourselves the same courtesy. I wonder how many moments we could be more kind if we’d just fed ourselves and slept.

My point is to take care of yourself, so that you can take care of others.

Here, I plan to have a running listen of products that I have tried and loved that are now a part of my own self-care/routines.

Product Recommendations

  • O’Keefe’s for Healthy Feet – I like to use this on my feet after bathing/showering and then put socks on. I find it works well to do this before bed and sleep with the socks on to lock in the moisture. This process lets it have an opportunity to work while I sleep.
  • Pimple Patch – somehow I came across this product and tried it to treat this under the skin bump I’d had on my face for about a year and it seemed like I would have to make a trip to the dermatologist for it, this thing got rid of it! For that one it took a few repeated uses, but it worked! For more standard bumps, it works with one use. It’s amazing! I highly recommend it.
  • Loreal Eyebrow Pencil
  • Boi-ing Industrial Strength concealer
  • How to set your natural curl

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