It's Ok!

Rest assured, moms. I’ve decided the things that you feel the guiltiest about are actually ok! Here’s a quick list I put together. 

It’s ok to:

• Think Cheez-Its can pass as a healthy snack, especially if they buy you five minutes to eat your own dinner.
  
• Think if you have to sing “Old McDonald” one more time, you may lose it.
  
• Pray your kids take an extra long nap today.
  
• Give your baby a little Tylenol before bed because you don’t think you can take one more sleepless night of teething.
  
• Not remember the words to popular lullabies. What is it that mama will buy if the diamond ring don’t shine? I can never remember.
  
• Put a small book in the crib so your baby has something to play with when she wakes up, buying you another five minutes to get ready.
  
• Look forward to going back to work on Monday.
  
• Think your kids are the smartest – and cutest! – kids you’ve ever met.
  
• Secretly take credit for how smart they are.
  
• Get excited for your People magazine to arrive every Saturday.
  
• Scold your son for saying you still look pregnant when your baby is 8 months old. And cry about it later.
  
• Grab the camera instead of picking up your baby when she’s crying. Those big bottom lip pictures are the cutest!
  
• Work out only to have uninterrupted time to watch your favorite TV show.
  
• Cuddle with your baby a little longer than you should before bed.
  
• Hate all the work involved with bath time and push it off until it’s absolutely necessary.
  
• Want to open mouth kiss the person who invented the epidural.
  
• And kick the crap out of the person who invented the bra, pantyhose and high heels.
  
• Plan a day away, not really because you need it, but mostly because you want your husband to understand and appreciate how much you do.
  
• Get on Facebook instead of reading that book to your son…again.
  
• Comment to add to this list instead of helping your husband.
  

-M