{"id":80,"date":"2022-09-25T17:57:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T17:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindovermotherhood.blog\/?p=80"},"modified":"2022-09-25T19:56:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T19:56:27","slug":"motherhood-is-messy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindovermotherhood.blog\/?p=80","title":{"rendered":"Motherhood Is Messy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s 4pm and I just guzzled down my second cup of coffee, who knows how many more cups I\u2019ll have today. Baby is napping, which I know will backfire this late in the day, and my toddler is singing to &#8220;Head, Shoulders, Knees &amp; Toes&#8221;. I&#8217;m debating between waking baby up but decided for just a few minutes to enjoy the fact that both kids are content. This stage of life is \u201cmessy\u201d. Before kids, I never envisioned how even maintaining the very basics of my home would seem virtually impossible. Forget the bigger tasks like dusting, vacuuming, mopping! 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