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A lot of young moms think that because they have a baby that now they have to sacrifice
and they have to go without. I am a huge fan of those cute little motivational quote pictures
that everybody shares on social media and I post a lot of them on the young moms club
Facebook page. But the ones that I hate when I see them, they bug the crap out of me. And
those are the ones that say things like a real mom sacrifices for her child. A real
mom goes without so her child can have everything. A real mom gives up sleep for midnight feedings.
A real mom gives up her designer clothes for yoga pants. Even though I am a huge supporter
of yoga pants, today's figure it out friday is all about why most of that stuff is completely
inaccurate. You do not have to give up things because you had a baby. And in fact you should
be putting yourself first, even in front of your child. Watch to find out why. Ok so you
know when you're traveling on an airplane and before takeoff they go through that whole
safety protocol and they tell you in case we lose cabin pressure, the oxygen masks will
deploy. If you're traveling with a small child, be sure to secure your own mask before helping
the child next to you. So before when I used to hear that I would think like no if that
were to happen, I would definitely secure my kids mask first because I would much rather
them have oxygen than me. Here's why my thinking was wrong. OK imagine I'm on the airplane
with my two kids and the oxygen masks deploy and I decide to hold my breath and am trying
to help one of my kids with their mask and I'm trying to figure it out and I start to
get a little dizzy and all of a sudden I pass out and then one of them passes out and then
the other one passes out because I couldn't figure out how to get the masks on securely.
The correct thing to do would be to grab my mask, get it on my face properly even if the
kids start to get a little dizzy, as soon as I am completely one hundred percent, then
I would help the children with their masks, get them taken care of, and then maybe even
be able to help somebody else too. Now I know that is an extreme example but it applies
to motherhood as well. In order for you to be the best mom that you can be, you need
to first take care of yourself one hundred percent. You need to be putting yourself first.
As long as your kids basic needs are met, you know they're healthy and they're fed and
they're sheltered and clothed, it's ok to do some things for yourself. It is ok for
you to ask a family member to watch your kid so that you can go work out or go shopping
or hang out with friends or even just take a nap. You never have to feel guilty about
putting yourself first because by putting yourself first, you're actually putting your
kid first. By keeping yourself happy and relaxed, you're going to be a much better mom to your
kids. Well that's the message for today. if you liked this video, please click like and
if you have a friend who you know needs to hear this message, then please send it to
them. Before you go, I wanna know how you feel about putting yourself first and also
what kind of things do you do for yourself? Also if you haven't yet, head over to young
moms club dot com, enter your name and email to officially join the club and I will send
you the seven steps to being a kick *** young mom for free. Thank you so much for watching
and I'll see you next week. Keeping yourself happy and relaxed, I forgot what I was gonna
say.