by Rachel | The Naptime Projects | Sep 28, 2017 | Motherhood
I don’t love motherhood. I don’t adore being a stay at home mom. I love my baby boy dearly, but I’m not a natural mom. Patience has never been a strength of mine, and I’m not an overly compassionate person. Both are extremely necessary for being a mom, especially a...
by Rachel | The Naptime Projects | Aug 12, 2017 | Motherhood
For some reason when children come into your life, people feel the need to ask some very intrusive or just obnoxious questions. It all starts in pregnancy when every person you ever come in contact with feels the need to give you advice that you didn’t ask for or...
by Rachel | The Naptime Projects | Jul 26, 2017 | Motherhood
** This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may make a commision off of things I recommend on this page. All opinions are my own and I would never recommend something I do not love!** I firmly believe every mother should have at least one hobby that is not...
by Rachel | The Naptime Projects | Jul 22, 2017 | Motherhood
My journey with depression and anxiety started my sophomore year of high school. Looking back on it now, I can see all the signs of cyclic depression (commonly known as recurrent depression), even though I had no idea what was going on at the time. I’d down-cycle...
by Rachel | The Naptime Projects | Jul 13, 2017 | Motherhood
A couple of weeks ago I posted 6 hilarious articles for moms having a bad day. As much as we all need to laugh, sometimes we need to be validated instead. On those days, when you just don’t feel like a good mom, when you feel like all you can do is fail, turn to this...
by Rachel | The Naptime Projects | Jun 29, 2017 | Motherhood
Sometimes as moms, we have hard days, or even just down right bad days. You aren’t getting things done that need to be done, the toddler is on their fifth tantrum of the day, and you haven’t even gotten to eat your own breakfast yet. We’ve all been there. You need...
