Top 10 Things Moms Want for Mother's Day

Flowers, jewelry, cards, massages, pedicures, and chocolate are among some of the most popular Mother’s Day gifts. All across Austin {and beyond}, mothers everywhere this Sunday will be showered with gifts, love, and attention.

Sure all of those gifts are sweet gestures and really quite nice, but let me tell you what EVERY. MOM. ON. THIS. PLANET really wants on Mother’s Day!

Men, listen up… Here’s the Top 10 List of Things EVERY mom wants on Mother’s Day! And it may cost you $0.

  1. TIME: Moms don’t have a lot of time to themselves. Whether you’re a working mom, stay at home mom, work from home mom, or something I didn’t list, moms are constantly worrying about everyone else and are busy taking care of everything else. Every mom would like a little extra time. From sleeping in and an extra long shower to reading a book and sitting in the sun with a drink in hand, give your lovely better 1/2 a little extra time on Sunday.
  2. ATTENTION: Rarely does anyone pay attention to mom… the kids certainly don’t. Or if they do, it’s the wrong kind of attention with crawling, hanging, and pulling on mom. Give Mom the kind of attention she deserves. “Honey, would you like a glass of wine with dinner?” “Sweetheart, would you like to go sit by the pool while I take the kids to run errands with me?” Whatever your approach may be, just make sure you give her some darn attention!
  3. PEACE: It doesn’t matter if you have 1 child or 5 children, rarely is there 100% peace in the house. Moms expect chaos 99.9% of the time. From tantrums to teenage years and everything in between, “peace” is an oddity. Let Sunday be that .01% and do your best to keep the peace and order in the house.
  4. PRIVACY: Let’s face it, when you become a mom, privacy goes out the window. You can’t pee, shower, put on your makeup, eat, talk on the phone, or really anything else in life audience-free. Help Mom have some privacy throughout her day. She’s not use to it and honestly, she probably won’t know what to do with it; however, she deserves to go to the bathroom without an audience and a fight over the toilet paper…even if for just one day.
  5. MEALS: Make sure Mom eats breakfast, lunch, and dinner with 2 small snacks in between. I realize this may sound like a strange request, but most of the time, moms don’t eat meals like they should! And if they do get to eat, rarely is it with TWO hands! We are too busy feeding everyone else and then it’s time to zoom off to the next requirement and before we know it, it’s 2 pm and we are still being fueled by that granola bar we found in the bottom of our purse at 9 am…{there are times the Plum squeezy pouches of baby food look pretty tasty}. Whether you eat out all day long or stay at home and enjoy the savory food from the fridge, offer Mom lots of food choices and prepare all of her meals for the day!
  6. COCKTAILS: I don’t care if her drink of choice is coffee, tea, Dr. Pepper, wine, martini’s, or all of the above, Mom should have a cocktail in hand ALL DAY LONG. No exceptions. No excuses. Get her a drank!
  7. APPRECIATION: Moms feel overworked, under paid, and for sure, under-appreciated. Give her some extra praises, high-fives, love, and hugs on Sunday. Make her a card with the kids help, bring her some flowers {or weeds} hand-picked from a walk with the kids, or just wake her with kisses {Wait… NO, do NOT wake her on Sunday!!! We’ll get to that in a second}. Regardless, appreciate MOM!
  8. PAMPERING: Mother’s Day is a great excuse to send Mom to the salon for a mani/pedi, massage, facial or all of the above. If that’s not her thing {doubtful}, then pamper her at home. Bring her breakfast in bed, do the laundry {complete the task by folding and putting away}, allow her to relax and sit back with her feet up for the day.
  9. SLEEP: Chances are she won’t be able to sleep in since the body is an evil devil, but give her the opportunity to try. Let her have uninterrupted, drooling on the pillow, eyes rolled in the back of her head, REM, slllllleeeeeeeeep!
  10. EXEMPTION: Huh? Yes, you heard that right. EXEMPTION! Basically let Mom be exempt and absolved of all parental responsibilities and duties for the day. I can promise you this, internally moms don’t have an on/off switch so being relieved of all parental duties ain’t gonna happen for Mom, but do your best to remind her to try.

She will SO appreciate all of the efforts and will most likely do more on Sunday just knowing she has the option not to. That’s really all “us” moms want… the glimmer of hope that we have a little extra help with motherhood for the day. 

Happy Almost Mother’s Day! Share, like, <3 today’s post…maybe, just maybe, it will reach the ones to make it happen come Sunday 🙂

 

 

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