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Mystie Knutsen

 nursing her 6th child July 2015

Here Are 5 Tips For Working and Stay At Home Mothers
by Dr. Sinclair Grey III
Nov. 17, 2015


Let’s face it – being a parent is no easy task. With all of the demands that children place on a parent, it’s very important that the parent remain focused and committed. What’s even more difficult for working and stay at home mothers is when they don’t get much support. Perhaps it would be best to say that many of them find themselves on an island all by themselves.

Because they are so many books that tell perspective mothers about what to do and not do as a parent, the truth of the matter is that it’s an on-the-job experience. Yes, books can help, however, you (as a parent) will have to learn what to do for your child since your child is unique and different from every other child in the world. Think about it for a moment. No one has the same fingerprint or DNA. Since that is a fact, wouldn’t it make sense that every child is different.

Mystie Knutsen, founder of Mommytoomany Blog Spot gives daily tips to working and stay at home mothers. Knutsen, 33 is a mother of six who happens to be an entrepreneur understands the challenges of being a parent and a business owner. Even though the daily struggles aren’t easy, Knutsen has learned how to balance her life with all of its demands.

In speaking with Knutsen about how she is able to balance her life, she offers a few tips for working and stay at home mothers who have children ranging from birth to pre-teen.

1. Schedule your day the night before. This will include getting clothes ready, packing bags, pursues, and backpacks. By scheduling the night before, you avoid stress, being late, and also, you free yourself to do other things
2. Schedule the whole week meals on Sunday and if possible, do all of your meal prep on Sunday. This will avoid over purchasing at the grocery story and it helps alleviate the stress of finding out what to cook. With this, you can have more free time with your child/children
3. Make Time For Yourself. Failure to make time for yourself leads to burnout, resentment, and stress. Find time to read a book, take a bubble bath, watch your favorite program, and taking yourself out to a movie, just to name a few
4. Take an hour each day to focus on your health. Exercise is necessary for emotional and physical well-being. Let’s be honest – when you don’t look you’re best, you’re not feeling your best. Also, exercising will enable you to have more energy throughout the day, which you will definitely need
5. Don’t forget your dreams. Having children doesn’t mean you stop dreaming and having goals. Eventually, children do grow up and because they do grow up and leave home, mothers must continue on their quest to achieve all of their goals and dreams
6. Too many times, we take the role of mothers for granted. We see them with their children but fail to understand everything they have to do to make things happen. I appreciatively applaud the work and sacrifice that all mothers make, have made, and will make. For those aspiring to become mothers, it’s important that you understand it’s not easy but it’s doable.

Dr. Sinclair Grey III is a speaker, writer, author, life coach and radio/television talk show host (Tuesdays at 7pm). Contact him at www.sinclairgrey.org, drgrey@sinclairgrey.org or on Twitter @drsinclairgrey



Mystie Knutsen, pregnant in June 2015 with child number 6.

Mystie Knutsen, founder of Mommytoomany Blog Spot is the mother of six children and single by the way she writes.

 

An admirer of hers, Joshua Levi Lester, responses to her essence reflecting with penetrating words, "And heaven descended as a Star of great life unto the earth." Ms. Knutsen posted a picture of herself minutes after birthing her sixth child. To this Joshua wrote, "And the angel opened her eyes and beheld that she was the god that so loved the world, for she had given it life born from a star.

Namasté mother And Daughter."