Morning Routine for Moms
Morning Routine for Moms
Morning Routine for Moms
A morning routine with young kids.
Hard no, friends. Hard no.
When I first began my personal development, I had a 1 and 3 year old. Fortunately, they mostly slept through the night, but I found my solace in the nighttime. It inevitably left me up way too late, cup not filled, and dead tired the next morning. I woke up to the bellows of “MOMMMMMM” Every. Single. Morning. There was no way I could muster up the energy to wake up on my own to join the 5am club and I was left to feel like a failure and like I’d never succeed in life.
I think anyone can benefit from a morning routine, don't get me wrong. If you're ready to start one, try 5 minutes and then build (this is how I teach my LGA ladies). But we live in a society that puts the morning routine on a pedestal and creates a belief that if you're not a part of that 5am club, you will not do great things and maybe even fall behind in life.
You are raising humans. You don't need a 5am club to do great things.
You need intentional space in your day, somewhere, to fill your cup. It doesn’t have to be mornings.
Here are my suggestions.
Create An Evening Routine
Again, you can build this a little at a time. What kinds of things can you do in an evening routine?
Journal
Meditate
Early Sleep
A Bath
Essential Oil Routine
Read
Listen to a Podcast
Cup of Tea
Find a ritual with one or more of these things. Build on it, take some things away, change it anyway you’d like. But create that ritual that your soul craves. You know how you crave the silence, the TV show, the glass of wine or a snack without a little human stealing it from you? When we create these new rituals, in time, your soul will crave these rituals just the same. Maybe even more so because of how much they’ll fill your cup.
Why the evenings?
I find that this time, as a mother, has so much more sacredness to it. We often are pulled to numbing activities because the depletion is so big, but these numbing activities often leave us even more depleted and empty cupped (that’s a verb now, right?)
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Is numbing okay?
YES! Of COURSE it is! But we will get the most out of it if we do it with intention. To very intentionally CHOOSE to enjoy a glass of wine, scroll on social and watch that TV show. It’s when we revert to this subconsciously that we are unintentional and getting nothing from it.
Does bedtime fall all on you? Delegate
This can be in any way you can imagine. Ask yourself “how can I?” Are you delegating to your partner. Are you giving your kids accountability and responsibility to get to bed on time? Are you setting boundaries with time and expectations to make bedtime easier? There are lots of ways to delegate to ensure that you are getting the time you NEED and DESERVE.
And while we can let go of morning routines until they feel good to implement, try and give yourself at least 2 minutes before flying out of bed. Even if the kids are screaming for you. Can you take 60 to 120 seconds to breathe a few deep breaths and set an intention or say an affirmation? Yes. Yes you can.
And remember, “there’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.”
Did you know that I teach women how to create routines that work for them, mentor them around finding and implementing boundaries and creating time for themselves with ease? I do this in The Layered Growth Academy. And you can find more details and join the waitlist for the next enrollment.