If You Say “Mom” One More Time…

If You Say “Mom” One More Time…

I love being a mom, but some days, I just cannot hear “Mom!” one more time. In my head, I hear Stewie Griffin, the baby from the animated show Family Guy, chanting “Mom” on repeat. It makes me cringe.

Hilariously, Dad is sometimes standing two feet away, but alas, the request for juice, a snack, help with the potty, a piece of paper, some tape, a straw …. all goes to Mom. Dad helps a ton, but for whatever reason, the never-ending list of demands is a Mom-thing.

Wrangling the Requests

Especially in the morning, when the house is chaotic with everyone getting ready for school, packing lunches, and buzzing around the kitchen, the requests can become overwhelming. Or later in the evening, during dinner prep and homework time, the requests seem to keep flying out, in a nerf-gun-like cadence. Pop. Pop. Pop. Sometimes, I just have to say: No More Requests.

I have to remind my kids that I’m still working on the last ask and that I can’t do more than two things at once. Making a sandwich and cutting out a superhero picture for you don’t exactly work simultaneously!

Patience Please

I am also working on teaching patience, mostly to my four-year-old, who has very little. I ask him to wait a minute or to let me finish what I’m doing. Last week he told me, “I just have two requests: a juice please and the tv on.” I had to laugh because I appreciate him limiting the requests but also felt like he was tempering down his needs to me so that I knew not to expect any more. He’s a funny kid, and maybe my patience training is working just a tad!

Mommy Moments

Time is fleeting – so I remind myself it won’t be long before the tiny voices are long gone and my kids won’t need me quite as much any more. These Mommy moments will be behind us in just a few short years. I’ll try to take a deep breath and have my own sense of patience the next time I hear, “mom. Mom. MOM!”

Rachel Harris Ledet
A New Orleans native and entrepreneur, Rachel is a mom of four with an active schedule. Rachel maintains a daily balance of running her own marketing firm, 30|90 Marketing, managing her kids’ schedules, and maintaining extracurriculars including coaching dance, volunteering, and occasionally teaching courses. Rachel lives in Mandeville with her best friend and husband Lenny, daughters Addison and Amelia, stepson Luke, and son Tucker. With a family of six and a million balls in the air, Rachel keeps things light by continuously learning, spending time with amazing friends, blogging, finding any route to a concert or outdoor festival, and planning her next getaway with her husband. A sense of humor can get you through almost anything, so she tends to surround herself with fabulous and very funny people.

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