05/17/2026
You know how they tell you on a plane that if the oxygen masks drop, parents should put theirs on first before helping their kids?
I used to think, “Yeah right. I’d make sure my babies were okay first.”
But today, I finally understood it.
My girls needed something from me basically every two minutes all morning. One of those nonstop mom days where you’re constantly pouring into everyone else. I kept making sure they were happy, fed, entertained, and taken care of… and before I knew it, it was 1 PM and I hadn’t had a sip of water or a single bite to eat.
I started feeling awful. And the worst part was, it started affecting how I was showing up for them. I was getting overstimulated, frustrated faster, and losing patience more easily.
Finally I told myself, “I need to take care of myself too.”
So I let them have a couple meltdowns while I ate and reset for a minute. And afterward, I felt so much better. More patient. More present. More like the kind of mom I want to be for them.
And that’s when it clicked for me.
Sometimes as moms, we have to remember to take care of ourselves too. Because if we completely run out of “oxygen,” we can’t show up for our kids the way they deserve.
