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Be a Supermom… for you!

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I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Beech-Nut. I received a free coupon to facilitate my review as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation.

The first time I became a mother, in April 2012, I was sure everything that would touch my child would be of the purest form. She would have the best from the start. I would be supermom.

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This is a hard thing to be… to come by supermom powers, I was sure I had to do everything myself and buy very little already done things for her- often this stretched from food to hand altering clothes. I became stressed- to the max- making sure I’d fully driven myself crazy to validate my parenting skills. Surly being insane meant I was also Supermom. No?

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Well… No. The answer is “no”. Being a supermom is about parenting your children as they need to be parented and also maintaining some form of sanity:

san·i·ty
ˈsanədē/
noun

noun: sanity

  1. the ability to think and behave in a normal and rational manner; sound mental health.
    “I began to doubt my own sanity”
    synonyms: mental health, faculties, reason, rationality, saneness, stability, lucidity; More

    sense, wits, mind
    “she was losing her sanity”
    • reasonable and rational behavior.
      synonyms: (common) sense, wisdom, prudence,judiciousness,rationality,soundness,sensibleness

      “sanity has prevailed”

And so when Camille was born, I vowed to take care of myself and pass some of the mothering off where I could. And this gave me more strength. This made me feel like a better mother, a more powerful, better equipped supermom! Oddly, it all began with a shower.

Every night I try to take a shower. Sometimes Millie cries, or Addie isn’t quite asleep. Sometimes this makes me rush a bit, and I don’t get to savor the warm water releasing the tension in my shoulders, or the lovely sugar scrub my mother in law brought back from the Keys as a gift for me… but I do get under the water and I wash my hair… although sometimes I don’t rinse!
How did you get to be supermom? #IC #realfoodforbabies #adI’ve also relinquished my super powers when it comes to working out. While I love taking care of my body, I’m not getting paid to run races, or even having the race paid for for me to run. This being the case, I’m ok when my daily workout is actually a tickle fight on the lawn, or a 1/4 mile walk with Millie on my back, Carter on the leash and Addie at my side. I’ve got curves where I once had chisel, but I also have fulfillment where I once had blackness. Being supermom is about balance, even when we feel like balance is the last thing we have.
 
Finally, I’ve asked for help when it comes to meal planning, prepping and cooking. In the past, I was making everything from scratch as though not buying a single prepared food somehow made me better than… In truth, I was just more stressed. Sometimes we eat much later than we want because I cannot get dinner on the table after a full day of soccer, nap, playground time, plus work, pumping, nursing and a clean house. Knowing that Dave is here to back me up even if it is later in the night than we’d like, means a lot. Having a superdad to not ask questions about why we’re not eating earlier means a lot to me. To our family dinners. To our marriage.
 

When Addie was just starting solids, I made all of her food… but baby #2 is different for most families, and we are no different from most. As I walked the aisles of Babies ‘r’ Us, a gift card for Addie’s birthday burning a hole in my pocket, I saw Beech-Nut‘s new organic baby food. Included in the display were awesome gift boxes offering a variety of foods. Kale with cucumber, raspberries, squash, sweet corn… the list goes on and the foods sounded delicious, so I added them to our cart… and something in me felt lighter. How did you get to be supermom? #IC #realfoodforbabies #ad

These were the same foods I’d make at home when I had the time- flavor combinations that would give her the benefits of wonderful foods, but in a texture she was ready for and with flavors she already loved (like avocado!). It meant that the sweet potatoes I’d had ready to bake, then individually scoop and freeze could wait. The momming that was needed could be spread to more outdoor play and even extra time to rinse the conditioner from my hair. And Millie? She loves the food (yes, I too tasted it, and it’s delicious). Each jar is perfect for 2 meals, as she is still breastfeeding before eating, and gives her the right amount of texture to help her enjoy first solids, assist in feeding herself, and because it’s not over processed- still falls in line with my desire to incorporate baby-led weaning to food. The mess she makes is so enjoyable at night because we are all enjoying mealtime a bit more.

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Beec-Nut accomplished what I try to when I make my foods- use whole, organic ingredients. No added salts or sugars or colors. The Beech-Nut organic (non-GMO) line uses a unique just gentle cooking™ process which doesn’t add any excess water or artificial preservatives and won’t cook the nutrients away. How did you get to be supermom? #IC #realfoodforbabies #ad Sanity restored. So in the end, it’s still just the beginning. Each day we wake up to make choices about how we will define being supermom that day. How we can take care of us and our babies and give them the best, whether they are 8 months or 18 years. It’s a struggle, the balance- of superpowers and momming… but I feel very fortunate to have my girls, have the opportunity to choose where to relinquish some hold, and the courage and support around me to do so. How did you get to be supermom? #IC #realfoodforbabies #ad To learn more about Beech-Nut’s new line of organic baby foods and give #realfoodtobabies, head over to the website HERE, or check them out on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and IG! And stop into your local Kroger, Babies “R” Us, Wegmans, Price Chopper, Wakefern, Walmart.com,  Winn-Dixie, BI-LO, Stop & Shop, Giant Carlisle, A&P, Pathmark, Albertsons, Hannaford, Raley’s, Meijer, Nugget Market, Diapers.com, Harris Teeter, Shaw’s, ACME, Shoppers Food or Cub Foods to pick up some of your own! Enter to win a free Beech-Nut product coupon below!

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How do you take care of you, or help the mamas around you? Share your stories in the comments!

 

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  1. I was just talking to my sister in law about making her own baby food versus food from a jar. She must not know about these…..

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    • I made all my food before… the stress and competition moms put themselves through. Trust me… this food is really awesome! The combos are the same ones I made for Addie- but already done for me so I can spend more time with the kids than in the kitchen!
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  5. I try take care of me every day, too, whether it’s taking a late shower (like you!), playing a little words with friends after Brian has gone to sleep or just grabbing a tea on the way home from work. Simple pleasures!

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  8. I agree. Being a supermom really is about balance. With my first, I totally took on way too much and tried to do everything perfectly (including making all my own baby food). With my second however, I just can’t do it all and I’ve learned that that’s okay. It’s hard work having a baby and a toddler. I’ve used the Beachnut Organics in the glass bottle. My ten month old is still not big on eating, so he never actually finishes a jar before the two days after opening, but at least I know I have a back up.
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  12. When my kids were still babies, I used to make their food from scratch. That baby food looks and sounds delicious.

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  21. This is an oh so true post. And I laughed about your curves where there used to be chisel. I love that you embrace what caused those curves as being better than chisel. 🙂 I’m glad to see Beech Nut has an organic line. I’m not surprised though, they’ve always been a brand fave.

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