Day in, Day out…

It goes without saying that no two days are ever the same, especially with two little darlings. Since the recent lifting of restrictions we’ve tried to get out and about a little more. Whether that’s play dates, trips to the shops or a full on days out we’ve been trying to make up for all the lost experiences and interaction from the past eighteen months. There aren’t many days that we spend at home all day, especially now the weather is much brighter but those days can feel either like a relaxing retreat from the world or like you’ve invited a hurricane inside!

Then there are the same routines and mum-jobs that need doing each and every day whether we are at home or out and about. It’s these that can make mum-life seem exhausting. From trying to get us all up, dressed and fed in the morning, to sweeping and vacuuming the crumbs under the dinner table for the sixth time each day, it can be draining doing the same things each and every day. You may have heard the well meaning advice from others such as ‘leave the housework’ and ‘don’t worry about the washing and ironing, it can wait’ and it all comes from a good place. However these things can only be left for so long before disaster hits. I used to be the type of person who likes to do a ‘big house clean’ each week and top up throughout the week. I loved the feeling of having every part of the house done at the same time and it feeling fresh, clean and tidy. However my two little additions have meant I just can’t do that anymore and even if I did it would all be undone within seconds. Nowadays I’m trying to take advice from popular podcasts/social media and books to do ‘little and often’. I’m trying to get a couple of little jobs done each day so that things don’t get left too long and we still have time to get out and about or defeat the tantrums or just make the most of family time.

It can take time to adjust to a new routine and change of pace with life but it’s important to remember not to put too much pressure on ourselves or cram too much into life, no matter how much we’ve missed recently. Likewise it’s important to not leave things too long and let them build up into something unmanageable. Do what you can, when you can and let’s appreciate the day in, day out activities we often take for granted.