Practical tips with relatable experiences for my mamas of two under two.
Let’s have a little chat about raising two under two today. If you haven’t heard of that saying before, it means you have two children that are both under the age of two! Two little humans who are your total and complete responsibility that rely on you for literally everything. I have a fifteen month age gap between my two girls, but I know of a mom who has a twelve month age gap between hers. If you’re doing the math in your head then that means she got pregnant less than three months after she had her first baby. She could almost say 2 under one! Regardless of your stage in motherhood, there’s going to be challenging seasons. Today, specifically, I’m writing to other mamas who are in the season of raising two under two because I’m right there with ya.
1. Reflection of your motherhood is necessary
2. Be intentional about what you are able to get done
I recently had one of those days where I was reflecting on how much I was able to accomplish while raising my two little, precious girls. My three month old nurses every two to three hours, and my eighteen month old needs help self-regulating her ‘big emotions’ and toddler independency throughout the day. Let’s just say, I have to be intentional about my weekly tasks with what gets done and when. And even when I try really hard to do that–there’s many times I fall short. So on that day in particular, I had chosen meal prepping as my big task to get done. I wanted to prep some homemade chicken noodle soup for lunches, bake chocolate chip pumpkin muffins, and then of course have dinner prepared too (this dinner I chose required a little more time and effort in the kitchen). Not much else was able to get done around the house that day to say the least.
3. Give yourself grace for when you fall short
4. Starting and stopping activities are bound to happen; accept it
My reflection was this: I’m slowly realizing that in this current life season of raising two under two I have to pick and choose my battles. Not saying that baking pumpkin muffins is a battle lol–but I have to choose what gets prioritized and what doesn’t. Or if I neglect to fold a load of laundry and instead relax on the couch during nap time because both my kids had a tough morning, then I’ve chosen that ‘me time’ as a priority if I didn’t actually intend for that to happen that day. What you don’t choose, you allow. Am I making sense here? Between making sure my children are fed, diapers changed, spending time playing with them, cleaning up after my toddler, and finding time to do the laundry, make homemade meals, and keep the house clean–it can be A LOT when you have two under two as a stay-at-home-mom. The amount of breaks and times I have to start and stop something happens a lot throughout the day–but as I write this blog post I remind myself that this is just a season.
5. Cherish this time
So if you’re a mama of two under two, let’s give ourselves grace in raising our littles. Before we know it, we’ll blink our eyes and five years will have gone by. We need to cherish these moments because they are fleeting. Even when the days seem long and there’s still spit up on your shirt, goldfish crumbs under the couch, a dirty highchair to be cleaned, and wet clothes in the laundry machine that you forgot to switch over hours earlier…just remember, it’s only for a season. Be blessed mamas.
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