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If you’re a parent, then you’ll opine that early morning routines can be hectic and frustrating. It gets worse when you have many kids who barely cooperate in any of the morning activities. Their heavy dependence on you can easily make you abhor mornings. If you’ve found yourself in such a situation, then it’s time to streamline your early morning routines! Use the following tips to transform your mornings for the better: Establish An Implementable Morning Routine Lethargy is typical immediately after your children wake up since the body is adjusting to the active morning life. As such, there is a high likelihood that the children will remain sluggish unless there is a mandatory routine. While most parents have a spelled out morning routine, they fail to realize the desired benefits due to poor implementation. You should be firm to ensure that everybody follows the routine. To enhance compliance, it’s advisable that you involve your kids when crafting the routine. Let them give suggestions and ensure that you consider them when making the final copy. This inclusion gives them the burden to comply without complaints. They’ll feel wholesomely obliged to follow the rules since they are a party to them. Ensure That Your Children Gets Sufficient Sleep The body needs sufficient time to rest after a busy day. Pediatricians recommend that kids should sleep for at least 8 hours a day. If your children are not getting adequate sleep, then you can be confident that your mornings will always be hectic. Also, it’s necessary that you establish a regular sleeping pattern for your kids. For example, let the kids sleep and wake up at almost the same time every day. The predictable routine adjusts the body, thus ensuring that they get active pretty fast after waking up. Make Sure That Dinner Is Served Early You could be confused about the relationship between dinner and morning routine, right? Well, research has shown that taking dinner at least 3 hours before sleeping result in a fresher morning. The body’s organs get adequate time to rest, thus preserving energy for your morning activities. If your children appear excessively tired in the morning, then you could be serving your dinner late. Always ensure they take dinner at least 3 hours before sleeping. This will undoubtedly transform your morning routine, and you’ll no longer force them into performing basic activities. Prepare The Night Before Performing some activities at night will significantly reduce your morning to-do-list into something manageable. You need to evaluate all the activities critically to determine those that can be conducted at the preceding night. They may include: Cooking Breakfast. Making breakfast at night gives you all the time to prepare your kids in the morning without much pressure Sorting Out Clothes. Selecting the clothes that your children will wear to school the following morning will save you from cluttering. You should ensure that you involve the kids to avoid morning arguments which can be devastating Packing the Stationery. Immediately after your kids are through with the assignment, ensure that they pack all their books, pencils, and any other item that they may require in school Always Wake Up Before The Kids Waking up before your children gives you time to strategize and think on tactics that will make your kids’ day a success. Immediately you wake up, ensure that you counter check the stationery, clothes, and everything else that the children need during the day. Once you wake them up, remind them to follow the preset morning schedule. Offer Rewards For Meticulous Work Motivating your kids is one of the surest methods to have a flawless morning routine. You can start by promising a gift to the child who complies with the morning schedule within the shortest time and with minimal omissions. This simple exercise develops an intrinsic desire to wake up and complete the morning activities which will significantly simplify your work. However, ensure that you involve them in the entire exercise. Let them understand the reason behind the gifts to avoid a feeling of discrimination in the slower kids. In fact, it’s advisable that you gift everyone with the fastest getting the gift with the highest value and the slowest getting the one with the lowest value. Keep It Fun And Simple Kids hate an environment that’s too formal! As such, you should try to make the morning routine fun and enjoyable. Make sure that you give them the liberty to make choices which will avoid unnecessary arguments. For example, let them choose the pair of socks to wear the following morning. That way, they’ll feel like you’re imposing things on them, thus making it easy to comply. Also, you should avoid assigning duties that are out of the ordinary routine. Some parents mess their children by assigning them unexpected duties in the morning. If it wasn’t planned, it’s likely that the kids will start to complain which will consume a lot of time leading to frustrations. If you really need a task out of the schedule done, you should approach the kids creatively. Let them understand that it’s necessary to do it and that it’s for their good. Ensure that you use a persuasive tone as opposed to a commanding one which would otherwise result in resistance. Prepare A Checklist One of the crucial requirements for a successful morning routine with kids is to have a checklist. Ensure that you prioritize such that the most crucial activities are performed first. You should arrange the activities in the order of priority. If you can, carry out the highly involving activities at night. For example, polishing the kid’s shoes, packing the stationery, ironing the clothes, and cooking breakfast. This eliminates the chance of forgetting crucial items in the house, which will make their day horrible. Bottom Line While handling children in the morning can be a nightmare, you can eliminate the difficulties by establishing a clear morning routine. Involve your kids when setting up the routine to enhance compliance. Also, make sure that you follow all the tips that we’ve given herein for an incredibly fulfilling morning!

Being a mom is hard work. Whether you're a full-time stay-at-home mom or you have an office job and take care of the kids, there are always things that need to be done around the house and in your family life. You may think that taking time for yourself isn't important, but it can help keep you sane, and make sure that you don't lose your sense of self in the shuffle of raising children. Here are some ways moms can have some much-needed alone time. Get a Massage We all know that moms are busy. Between taking care of the kids, running errands, and cooking meals to feed her family, there may be very little time left for herself. That's why moms need to find ways to take some time out from their schedulesand relax at a beauty salon like Utopia Beauty Salon (utopiabeautique.com). A massage is a great way for moms to get recharged and feel more relaxed than ever before. Stay at a Spa for the Day If you're feeling stressed, having a day at the spa is an excellent way to relax. The treatments are great for your mental health and can help you feel better about yourself. They're also great for your physical health, as they can help you relax and ease sore muscles or other aches and pains.Plus, while it may seem like a luxury that could be done only by women, men can benefit from spa treatments too. You might think that taking time off from your kids will make them resentful. However, going on sabbatical with your partner or taking them along on the trip will strengthen your relationship with them in ways you never thought possible. There are many reasons why moms should have some much-needed alone time away from the house. It relieves stress,allows them to focus on themselves, and it helps improve their overall well-being. Ask for Respite Care If you're caring for someone else, ask for respite care. Respite care is short-term home health care that gives the primary caregiver a short break. This can be a few hours or an overnight stay in the hospital or nursing facility. While respite care is not meant to replace long-term care, it can help you avoid exhaustion and burnout as well as ensure your loved one gets quality medical attention while receiving more time with friends and family members. Ask your doctor if they have any recommendations on caregivers who provide in-home assistance. If they don't have any suggestions, ask around among friends and family members; often people know of trusted professionals whom they've worked with before (or even used themselves). You may also want to check with local social services agencies that provide subsidized services like this one day at a time so there's no contract involved, and rates are usually lower than those offered by private companies as well. Have Your Own Sauna At Home A sauna is a great way to relax and detoxify. It’s also an excellent place for a mother to spend some alone time if she has kids at home, as it can help with weight loss, muscle recovery, skin health, and the immune system. A sauna session will allow you to sweat out toxins from your body as well as promote cardiovascular health by increasing blood flow throughout the body. Conclusion Being a mom is hard, but it’s also an amazing experience. It can be difficult to find time for yourself as a mother, so these tips will help you find ways to relax and rejuvenate. Whether you want to go get a massage or have your own sauna at home, there are options available for every mom out there.

If you are anything like me you enjoy to sit back and relax in the winter months after work and enjoy a break from the real world watching sitcoms, series, and television dramas. These shows are an excellent way to unwind, relax, and take a trip into a fictional characters life for a moment. My favourite series on Netflix right now are Lethal Weapon (the new stuff not the old show), Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, and the very addicting and hilariously relatable Workin' Moms! Workin' Moms is about a group of hard working, relatable, hilarious moms that go through life together and wind up having all kinds of crazy adventures and mishaps. These wild adventures are actually activities that you might have found yourself in. Dealing with motherhood, pregnancy, infidelity, workplace drama, death in the family and so much more. I can literally sit and binge watch this show for hours on end then start it all over again like I didn't just watch it. Kate (Catherine Reitman) is the main momma and Catherine Reitman is actually the creator of the show with her husband Nathan (Philip Sternberg) who is actually her husband in real life, which explains their amazing chemistry during sex scenes and such. Kate goes through so much throughout the show that she touches on every emotion within. She struggles with breastfeeding, has workplace issues that ruin her home life, her father passes away, her husband cheats on her, there is just so much going on with just her character that when it jumps to another amazing moms life and story you can't wait to find out what else is happening with Kate. So what have I learned from watching this amazing series and why would I highly recommend you start watching it? You learn quickly that we all live and die so you have to be prepared! Kate has a few run ins with death in the show making you realize that we should be prepared for such things. Personally I have a life insurance policy for myself and have for many years just in case anything should happen to me I don't want them to suffer. Affordable term life insurance is actually super easy to get and adds a bit of security to your life. Imagine where your family would be if you got hit by a bus tomorrow, with no extra money coming in would they be able to survive or afford your current lifestyle? The show inspires you to be the best version of yourself! Each mom in the show has their own issues and has to work them out anyway they can, some with help and some on their own. You watch them become stronger, smarter, happier, and more successful even during the hard times and that makes you want to be like them! Everyone deserves a second chance. When Nathan cheats on Kate she leaves him for a while and fools around with other men, leaving her unsatisfied and in deep trouble with people close to her. But she realizes that they both made mistakes and she loves Nathan enough to give him another chance and take him back. Being a parent is hard work and nobody is doing it perfectly! Every mom on the show has difficulty with their kids in so many unique and relatable ways. Anne's daughter goes off the deep end and becomes a snot nosed sneaky little brat, but then becomes a responsible teen that blows your mind with how responsible she becomes. Frankie struggles with postpartum and goes into a downward spiral a few different times during the series. Kate has issues leaving her work at work, thus alienating her family and nearly burns down her house. Parenting is hard and these moms screw it up constantly but they figure it out and you can too! Keep your friends and family close because they are always going to be there for you. Your job can be filled by another person in a heartbeat so do not take your family and friends for granted. Watching these people live their lives makes you realize you need to get out and do more with your friends and family, I even turned to the show when I made my "Promises To Improve" rather than a New Years resolution. Check out the list here! I love all of the girls so much they are each fantastic in their own ways! Descriptions of characters just for fun: Kate (main momma) Anne (crazy therapist) Jenny (stuck up narcissist) Val (seasoned nympho) Frankie (fiesty lesbian) Rosie (sweet ditz) Sloane (powerhouse bitch) These are just a few of the many things I learned from Working Moms, watch the show on Netflix and catch the new episodes on CBC every Wednesday! This is the last season sadly which breaks my heart but I will be getting the box set when it comes out and binge watching the crap out of it on my down time! Thank you Catherine Reitman for all the inspiration, your show is the best and it has taught me so much! Don't forget to follow me on Instagram to see how I run my business, raise my 3 kids, mother my fuzzy babies, and be the best damn wife I can be! If your a new parent you should read this article: How to get better (and more) sleep as a new parent!