Mom Challenge

At the beginning of the month I posted about a fun 30 day mom challenge. Visit imom to find your printable 30 day mom challenge. Did you join in? It has been 30 days( I seriously can't believe how fast time goes)!! It was so nice for me to have a small challenge each day to focus on. I love checking things off a list. It was great to have something on my to do list that focused on doing nice things with/for Jake.

Over the last 30 days we have done things like, Leave a sweet note for your child, calculate how many weekends are left until your child graduates(696 on the day it was the challenge & now only 693), Todays mom focus: Joy or on another day it was love, and laugh with your child to name a few.

A little embarrassing to admit, but the hardest day had to be day 29. Almost the last day & the challenge was turn off your phone, computer, or tv today while your child is with you. Well Jake is with me from the time he wakes up(6:30 or 7) to the time he goes to bed at 7:30(love that he is). We don't do too much tv during the day. I let Jake watch a little, but never have it on anything for me so that was no problem. But then there was the computer & phone part too. I usually get on the computer a couple times a day while Jake is awake, but occupied with other things(Monday's post was auto scheduled). And my phone is always somewhere near.  I check it several times throughout the day. Because I wanted Jason or anyone else to be able to call if they needed I didn't turn my phone completely off. But I did set all my notifications to silent so that I wasn't drawn by the sound. I really make an effort to be totally present when I am with Jake. But there are times regularly when he is doing something else and I am checking my phone. It was great to not have the temptation & just be with Jake.

I loved having the 30 day challenge. I am going to be leaving it on my fridge. Some days won't really apply any more like the number of weekends, but it will still be great to have a reminder to focus on Jake or be patient & loving. Would love for you to share how it went for you. And if you didn't do it the 1st of September is tomorrow & would be a great time to start fresh!!

**as I typed this I was reminded I never did a recap on my 30 day hairstyles in June. Yes it was a while ago. So sorry I left that hanging. I did my half way recap & that is basically where I stopped. The rest of the month there were no new hairstyles. Guess we can mark that challenge as a fail.**

A Mom Challenge

Erin of In Between Laundry recently posted this 30 day mom Challenge. After reading over the list it seemed like fun.  It was a few days before August began I decided to give myself the challenge too. We are now 8 days in and it has been great to have a small challenge each day to focus on for my relationship with Jake.

So far it has all been pretty simple things, but special at the same time. And some of this is stuff I want to be doing all the time, but sometimes the busyness of the day makes me forget.

Over the last 8 days it has been: Go the whole day without yelling at your child, hug your child 3 times today, kiss them while they sleep, or remind yourself they are only "3" years old & treat them that way. Along with some others too.

Do you want to join in with the 30 day mom challenge? We are only 8 days in and most of the first 8 days you could do all in one day and be caught up.

Go to imom to print a copy of the 30 day Mom Challenge. 

If you decide to participate or even decide to wait until the next 1st of the month I would love for you to comment and let me know you are joining in.

Would you add anything else to the 30 day challenge? What are some things you struggle with in your daily life as a mom.