Create moments for yourself when your children are at home
Even if your children are at home, you can create moments for yourself, for your disconnection and mental and emotional well-being … You will no longer feel that they absorb you so much!
When the children are at home it seems that the time for mothers and fathers just vanishes. It is true that you will spend a large part of the day doing things like cooking, driving, playing with your children or doing housework. But just because you’re so busy doesn’t mean you can’t find time for yourself every day – in fact, you need to.
You just have to get creative and discover the many ways you can add some mini breaks during the day, even if you have a house full of children to take care of, and you don’t have to neglect them for a moment!
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A SPA DAY AT HOME
Maybe you can’t go to a real spa, but you can have it at home . To achieve this you will have to wake up 40 minutes before everyone wakes up, so you will have that time to focus on yourself. Put on soothing music and a soft bathrobe. Start with a facial or take off your robe and step into the hot tub.
Get a thorough and pedicure if you have enough time or take a break to massage your feet or hands. Although you would like it to last longer, you will have to settle for that extra time for yourself, but less is nothing!
TAKE A NAP
Perhaps your children no longer take naps and you think that you will never be able to rest after eating. But actually you can. Encourage your children to play alone and stay close to them. If your child is playing in the toy room , take a mattress there or something that you can lie on comfortably, even if it is a few cushions. You can close your eyes if you need to, so you can rest and take a nap, even if it’s a mini nap!
MANAGE YOUR TIME
Good time management is a struggle for all parents. For this reason, if you create a to-do list, it can help you make the most of your time and free your mind from trying to remember everything you need to do, it is too exhausting! From the objectives you want to achieve to the shopping list, try to have everything written down and use the list only when you need it. This way you will feel less weight on your shoulders.
DISCONNECT
There is no better way to take a break than to disconnect from worldly things. Create areas and free spaces in your home, where there are no electronic devices or noises that bother you. It can be a place to disconnect from eyestrain or simply to avoid daily stress. In addition, social networks can generate additional stress so having devices nearby can drain your time, but also your energy. A technological break a day (both for you and your family), is a sure hit.
LEE
Reading a book is wonderful, because it opens your mind and your heart at the same time. Maybe you remember with longing when you were able to read a long novel in less than a week and now, you don’t even have time to read a magazine article … That must end if you are a lover of reading.
Establish a reading space and time that allows you to be close to your children and at the same time read quietly. You can do it in the garden of your house while your children play and at the same time you can supervise them without problems.
ENJOY YOUR ROOM
Have you ever sent your kids to their room? Well now it’s your turn. Go to your room and leave your door open while you take a quick break. You can also tell your children to play a board game on the floor while you rest in bed. Your bedroom doesn’t have to be a place where you only go to sleep. You can enjoy your bedroom as your private resting corner.
Dr. Tabriella Perivolaris, Sara's mother and fan of fashion, beauty, motherhood, among others, about the female universe. Since 2018 she has been working as a copywriter, always bringing to her articles a little of her experience and experience as a mother and woman.