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Are You Ready?

September 9, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Okay Moms. It’s that time again! Summer is over. Labor Day is behind us. No matter what part of the country you live in, your kids are back in school. It’s time for you to start taking better care of yourself. It’s time for me to do my best to motivate you to lead a […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: depression, exer cise, exercise, habit, helaht, Not Your Average Fitness Course, routine

End Of Summer Blues

August 29, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

The kids start school tomorrow. We will have a first, second, third, sixth and seventh grader. The girls are all very excited for the first day. The boys? Not so much. Especially Number 6 who has been crying every night for the last three nights when it’s time to go to bed. He has a […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: crying, first day of school, growing up, heartbroken, merch by amazon, Number 6, reality, routine, summer, unicorn

One Way I (Effectively) Deal With Power Struggles At Bedtime

May 31, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Number 6 and Number 7 share a room. And every night, we have the same routine at bedtime. I read them a story, and then I lie down in their beds with them and sing them each two songs while I rub/scratch their backs. Usually we do things in the same order. I sit on […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: bedtime, control, dexision making, positive discipline, power struggles, routine, sleep, song

I Want To Help You Burn Off Your Crazy. Or Just Get Up Off Your Butt.

April 22, 2017 by not your average mom 5 Comments

One of the things I feel super passionate about is exercise. I don’t view exercise solely as a means to lose weight. It can definitely help in that department, but for me, exercise is the foundation for pretty much everything. For me, exercise is an antidepressant. I have been Zoloft/Celexa/Lexapro/Everything Else free since exercise became […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: exercise, fitness, habits, Not Your Average Fitness Course, NYAFC, routine

Seven Things You Can Do To Make Your Morning Routine Run More Smoothly

April 17, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Last week the kids were off from school for spring break, and then yesterday was Easter. We had a great “staycation” full of mini adventures. The first five days of break we went geocaching, visited The Elephant’s Trunk Flea Market, went to a local creamery for ice cream, went to the beach, and went to […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Timesavers Tagged With: beach, braid, bus, how to reduce school morning chaos, meltdown, morning, outfits, planning, routine, streamilining your morning routine

Because we all do stupid sh*t to get our kids to sleep at night.

January 22, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Number 6 (6 years old) and Number 7 (5 years old) share a room. They are old enough that sleeping through the night isn’t an issue anymore, but young enough that they still want (and need) the whole bedtime routine. I often wonder about other peoples’ bedtime routines. Ours goes like this: Get pjs on. […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: away in a manger, reindeer, routine, rudolph, sleep, songs

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