#Winning at #MomLife or am I?

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I scream. A lot.

My 7 year old still has training wheels on his bike.

My 3 year old still uses a pacifier.

I don’t get up at 5:00 a.m. to workout at home.

My 7 year old can’t tie his shoes.

My 3 year old can’t fall asleep without me.

I buy non-organic fruits and vegetables.

Clearly, I’m winning at the mom game, right?

Not according to all the posts I endure daily about how great everyone else’s life is on social media. Am I the only one who feels the pressure to Mom Up and lead a more perfect life?

Wrong!

Recently I responded to a mom’s post about how I was also failing at this game called motherhood. Her response? “Phew and thank you!” There’s so much pressure on moms to be perfect and to have the most amazing life, every day. It’s so unrealistic and exhausting. After the brief interaction with that mom, I liberated myself from the game. My kids are my kids, perfect in their imperfection.

My life is not that exciting, at least not everyday. My house is a mess 90% of the time, and that’s ok. We are living and enjoying it, as best we can. One day I know I will look back at this stage in the “game” and remember it fondly. How? Because I already do that with the past seven years.

So I guess I am winning at this mom game. Are you?

 

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Maria Sette
Maria is a full-time mom, teacher, wife, daughter, and sister, who feels pulled in too many directions! Her older son Michael took over 24 hours to be born, and at six-months-old was diagnosed with allergies to dairy, eggs, nuts, soy, shrimp, and wheat…all after exclusively nursing because she was SO SURE that would help him be a healthy kid. Luckily at age 1, he began to outgrow some of his allergies. Fingers crossed the others will soon follow because that plus a husband who doesn’t eat any veggies and Maria always battling her weight makes for three meals to prepare every night. Luckily, Christopher, her younger son, is a cooperative eater! As someone who has always been committed to making positive change, Maria uses her privilege and position as an educator and mom to work toward a most anti-racisit, equitibile, and inclusive world. Recently, Maria has even started getting up at 5am to workout in her basement. (Thank you pandemic living!) She is addicted to reading chicklit on her Kindle app in the dark, most Trader Joe’s products, and watching TikToks.

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