Ten Ways to Stay Sane as a Mom

Trying to stay sane as a mom can be a challenge.  No worries, help is here!

• Realize it is ok to be in dish denial.  Use paper plates for dinner if you are on the edge.

• Close your eyes and imagine your happy place for 5 minutes every day.

• Taking the long way home when you are alone in the car is not an avoidance problem.

• If you start counting kitchen tiles out of boredom, it’s ok.  Call a friend though if you begin to name them.

• It’s ok not to save every paper coming home from school.

• You only need to dust behind the books on the shelves if you move.

• You are not losing your hearing just because at some point you can’t hear your kids fighting.

• We believe there is no calories in birthday cake, Valentine’s candy, and spring time Peeps, or anything chocolate.

• If you feel you are beginning to lose it, click your heels 3 times and say, “There’s no place like home….there’s no place like home…there’s no place like home.”

• Repeat number 2 as necessary.