Catch up + Q&A: Morning Routines, ADHD Meds & Staying Afloat

Samantha says, how are you keeping up with your house? I have three kids with number four on the way and am struggling.

At this point when I received these questions, I was pregnant, but I hadn't said anything yet.

I feel like I didn't say this on this podcast.

I don't think anybody from my husband's work listens to this.

Anyways, we felt my husband was applying for a promotion and we felt it would give him a fair shot, I guess, if we didn't disclose that I was pregnant during the interviewing process.

Technically, I don't think we, I mean, I believe you don't owe anybody the news that you're pregnant within the first couple of weeks.

And I also don't believe that there's a magic number that you're suddenly in the clear for miscarriage, right? Like, you just have to figure out when it makes sense for you to share the news.

But anyways, and so I was trying to keep it like shush for that very reason.

But also like, you know, the myth that the more kids you have, the quicker you show.

So like with my first baby, I don't think I started showing till 22 weeks.

And I want to say around six weeks, I started showing with baby number four.

And I had to really question what I thought about the body image and is it okay to show up online looking pregnant and just like hoping people wouldn't say anything, being okay with people thinking that I'm just gaining weight because that would be a totally fair thing to do in a crazy season and wrestling with that.

And I, anyways, so while I say all that to say, while we got this, a lot of questions about like, guys, what do I, should I do when I'm pregnant? I wanted to be like me too, but obviously didn't.

And so now I'm happy to answer all of these questions, but how am I keeping up with your house? Okay.

Here's the thing, Samantha.

I don't think I'm keeping up with my house.

When I think about my life, I think about it in a bit on a big piece of paper.

And I think about like all of the things that I will like have and achieve.

And whenever I'm not doing or having one of those things, I just I'm like, yeah, it's because it's just not I'm not on that part yet.

Like, for example, I really believe there's going to be a time of my life where I'm I eat really healthy.

That is something I've done my whole life.

And I've put it on pause as I've been in like a really asking season, being with these kids.

And I don't freak out.

I'm not like, oh my gosh, what is going on? It's some identity thing because it's on my paper, you guys.

Like I am a woman who eats healthy.