While you have spent the last several years focusing on your kids’ well-being, you cannot forget about yourself. After all, you can’t be the mom you want to be if you don’t give yourself a little TLC now and then.

However, many moms feel guilty for thinking about themselves and their health, so here are a few ways you can focus more on yourself without feeling like you’re abandoning your motherly responsibilities. 

Get a Checkup

Regular medical checkups are the most important and useful ways to take better care of yourself. Your family doctor can highlight any issues they encounter (although hopefully, you’re all well). They can then take the next step towards treatment, such as referring you to a specialist or suggesting medical weight loss solutions to help you cut weight you may have gained over the years to help you feel better and make it easier to be more active. 

Reach Out for Help 

As much as you might envision yourself as a supermom, you can’t be expected to do it all alone. Everyone needs support, and accepting that you need this support from your partner and family will go a long way towards improving how you treat yourself. A supportive environment helps you create a protective environment around your child while also ensuring you aren’t burning the candle at both ends trying to balance work, parenthood and life. 

Find Some Time for Yourself 

If you have a supportive environment, you should be able to find time for yourself. Often, this is the time after dinner when the kids have gone to bed. You can take a soak in the tub, catch up on your favorite shows, or finally finish that book you’ve been trying to get through for months. You may not need much time to yourself, but a few hours each week will do wonders for your mental health. 

Make a Schedule and Stay Organized 

People seem to immediately become masters of organization and schedules once they have kids, but if you feel you’re still a little flustered and stuck in a messy routine, you need to sit down and think about how to structure your day. Your schedule should include everything from everyday parenting needs to work, and you may even be able to include an exercise schedule to help you stay active. The more you stick to this routine, the easier it will be to stay on top of everything and even find pockets of time for you to take a breather. 

Help Other Moms 

There’s a new mom every day, which is one of the best reasons to start a mom blog so you can help them like others have helped you. However, mom blogs don’t just benefit the readers, but the writers, too. You can share experiences and information that will help you work through issues and fears you didn’t know you had. From this, you’ll find it easier to focus more on what matters, which is bound to benefit you and your family.

Looking After Yourself 

Everyone needs to take care of themselves as much as they care for others. If you don’t, you risk spreading yourself too thinly and you won’t have the mental or physical energy to be the person you want (and need) to be.