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Mommy Den: 5 Ways to Know You’re in Desperate Need of Mommy “Me Time”

Frustrated? Overwhelmed? Kids getting on your last nerve? Looks like it's time for some Mommy Me Time.
By Notoya Green · Updated October 27, 2020
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Mommy Me Time

If the kids spilled juice and you’re just about ready to jump over the table and snatch somebody up… it’s time for some Me Time. Find a way to de-stress, decompress and re-center yourself.

5 Ways to Know You’re in Desperate Need of Mommy “Me Time”
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Mommy Me Time

If you enter a room, holding multiple kid items in your hands, and don’t remember why you’re there in the first place… it’s time for some Me Time.

5 Ways to Know You’re in Desperate Need of Mommy “Me Time”
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Mommy Me Time

If for days on end you have to toss on a hat to hide your hair before you go outside…girl, you know it’s time for some Me Time – and a hair appointment.

5 Ways to Know You’re in Desperate Need of Mommy “Me Time”
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Mommy Me Time

If it takes you several days to respond to emails and text messages, and when you do sit down to reply, you are humming the theme song to the kid show du jour in your house… it’s time for some Me Time.

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Mommy Me Time

If you’re leaving your house with stains on your clothes (which never happened before you had kids) and having to pretend that they weren’t there when you put them on… it is definitely time for some Me Time!

5 Ways to Know You’re in Desperate Need of Mommy “Me Time”
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