As part of the Know Your OTCs program this month, we are talking about self-care. As moms, so often we spend most of our days focusing on everyone else and it can be easy to forget to take care of ourselves as well. Sometimes it feels like another job. Why do I have to take care of everyone else and take care of me? It can be overwhelming, so we tend to fall to the bottom of the list. For example, I had to reschedule my last dentist appointment because one of my kids got sick. Then I had to cancel the rescheduled appointment because I caught the stomach bug from my kids. I told the dentist I would call back later and reschedule again. Every day I think at least once during school drop-off or while grocery shopping “I really need to do that,” and then promptly forget again until around 11pm, when I kick myself for letting another day go by without making my new appointment. I know I’m not the only mom who does this. [Read more…]
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