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  Excerpt from How to Be a Good Mommy When You're Sick ebook:  Amazon Kindle paperback: MSI Press webstore  (code FF25 gives 25% discount) Everyday Basics Remember your foundation Do not apologize!     Apologizing for meeting your basic sleeping needs does not benefit anyone. This also gives people the impression that your needs—including your schedule—can be altered based on their own needs or that your schedule is merely a matter of convenience and not essential to your wellbeing and that of your family. Stick to what you know is best for you, your health, and your child/children. Everyone else can learn the routine and should be happy that you are showing strength and doing everything you can to stay as healthy as you can be. People who are not happy about your strength and resolve to take your health needs seriously should be given the boot! Do what you can and be happy with it!          At times, your sleep schedule may require you to pick and choose some activities ve

  Excerpt from Clean Your Plate! (Bayardelle) -  Don’t Be a Quitter Your kids want to try out ice skating. They’re jittery with excitement for their first class. They come home glowing and talk of little else for the next week. They ask for new ice skates for Christmas, they start saving up their allowance for new gloves to wear during their lessons, and you start Googling how to be the parent of an Olympic ice skater. As the weeks turn to months, the excitement slowly starts to wear off. After a few weeks, they no longer look forward to classes with as manic a level of excitement, and after a few months, they start outright complaining or asking not to go. If this is your first rodeo (i.e. the first sport or extracurricular your kid has tried), it’s probably no big deal. You let them stop and pick another activity because you don’t want to drag them to something they no longer enjoy. So, they decide try soccer. You see the same manic excitement and the same letter to Santa requestin

excerpt from How to Be a Good Mommy When You're Sic k by Emily Graves -  Remembering The following checklists are meant to be used as a quick reference or as reminders as you reflect on areas of your life that you may be able to improve or make easier using the information discussed throughout the book. Sleep •        Establish a sleep routine for your family. •        Be prepared for the initial battle to establish that sleep routine. The first week will be difficult but you can do it. Use your will to make this happen. It will benefit your entire family. •        Make a list of how an established sleep routine would positively impact your and your family’s daily lives. Use this as encouragement during the initial battle. •        Make sure your established sleep routine includes an adequate amount of sleep for each person involved, especially yourself. Being exhausted exacerbates chronic health issues. Do not leave yourself out of this process. •        Include a nap for yoursel