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Home » Mom Life » Learning to Go With the Flow

Learning to Go With the Flow

Jan 17, 2017 6 Comments

When I was pregnant with Lily I told myself I had to become a go with the flow kind of person. Surely there would be times when things don’t go according to plan. Plus, how could I possibly schedule around three small children?! While I had all the best intentions throughout my pregnancy with her and the first few months of her life to roll with it, I have recently come to the realization that there’s no faking it: I am NOT one that can go with the flow. Or at least I only can for a total of 24 hours. And here’s why:

Last week and weekend was a busy one for Ted. Not only was he gone most days/evenings, he left the state for a bachelor party with friends. For about one month I had a plan in place to spend time with my parents and my brother-in-law, you know, kept the schedule packed so I wouldn’t be alone with my trio. But guess what? That plan went out the window when Nana got sick and Uncle James had a major deadline at work come up.

Upon hearing the news life wouldn’t go as planned when my major support system was for a better term, unavailable, I had a meltdown. A Mom meltdown one might call it. My ugly cry lasted a good hour and then I realized I had to snap out of it. If not for my children, for my neighbors who may have heard my cries. I tried my best to just go with it. To tell myself that hey, four days with the kids and their Mommy would be an adventure! We could DO this! Um but 4 hours in and that ugly cry later, I knew I needed back-up. A new plan I could go with despite the understanding that every day would likely be very different. And with that, I leave you with this photo dump of what, when, and where life went when I was trying to just go with it as Mom while Dad was out of town.

Night number one: I actually made dinner! And notice there aren’t many food pictures to follow.
You got this Mom! Ms. Lily is always my early riser and watched from a new view in her brother’s chair as I folded laundry and prepped their morning smoothies.
I’m so thankful I have friends nearby I can “phone” for a drop-in or last minute playdate. The boys enjoyed some quality time with friends most of Friday afternoon [Mom too!]
Ted usually takes Joey to karate, but I was determined to keep us busy and him active. So I hauled the three amigos to karate too!
Grocery shopping after a morning activity? Always risky. This picture was snapped 2 seconds after Anthony had his mouth on the ledge.
Yep. This was lunch after karate and Kroger.
Guess who got a shower in while the boys napped?!
I haven’t quite figured out how to get all 3 kids napping at the same time. So Lily tried a new game this weekend while her bro’s snoozed: playing with Cheerios!
Flowers from Nana. I knew she felt awful for having to cancel our weekend plans!
After doing bath time solo for 4 nights, I think it’s safe to say it should be an Olympic sport.
Guess who decided he liked Greek salad this weekend?!
We decided to read books in the morning vs. evening when Mom was in charge. Mainly because I was too tired at night…. anyone else ever feel that way?!
Anthony found a new spot to brush his teeth: Mom’s closet.
I also found random pieces of food all over the house… like this orange pepper!
Another friend I phoned just so happened to be one of our sitter’s, Marjie [pictured on the far left]. We were able to spend some quality time with Marjie, her daughter Kristen, and her husband Bill—- at their house, which was such a treat because I could get out of our house!
And then, the weekend ended with Ms. Lily munching on a cucumber stick. I’m pretty sure she didn’t eat any of it. But she enjoyed picking it up and licking it.

Admittedly this is the most my iPhone camera has been used in a few day period. I think I was trying to tell myself I would be OK, and document the fun [ha!] as we went along. Now that I’ve lived to write this blog post, I realized there’s a lot that goes into single parenting. And that I appreciate all Ted does when he is home. I should probably share those words more often…

So tell me: What do you do when things don’t go according to plan? Have you learned to go with the flow?! 

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Comments

  1. Audi says

    January 18, 2017 at 11:53 am

    You did great! Four kids all on your own for four days is no easy feat, and you handled it like a champ 🙂 Inspires me to believe I could handle one more in a couple years, maybe lol

    Reply
    • Katie says

      January 26, 2017 at 11:20 am

      Lol if you ever need inspiration I’m here 😉

  2. Corwin says

    January 20, 2017 at 5:25 am

    Love this! Such transparency AND such inspiration ?

    Reply
    • Katie says

      January 26, 2017 at 11:19 am

      You are my inspiration momma!!!

  3. Natalie Gontar says

    January 20, 2017 at 2:32 pm

    In my opinion, going with the flow when you have kids is not exactly absence of planning. It is trying to avoid frustration when something doesn’t work out, and moving on. I have found this post to be especially helpful: http://sleepingshouldbeeasy.com/2015/11/10/be-more-carefree/

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    • Katie says

      January 26, 2017 at 11:19 am

      Thank you Natalie!!

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