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Mothering Through Fatigue

Hormones & Fatigue: Fighting Fatigue by Understanding My Cycle

February 19, 2019 by Aprille Leave a Comment

In my last post, Hormones & Fatigue: Part 1 – My Health & Weight History (and Update), I explained what I have gone through in the last ten years regarding my health, weight loss and weight gain, and understanding my hormonal cycle. This is one of the things I shared in that post: In this post, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Mothering Through Fatigue Tagged: CFS, chronic fatigue syndrome, cycle, fatigue, hormonal, hormones, menstrual cycle, period

Hormones & Fatigue: Part 1 – My Health & Weight History (and Update)

February 17, 2019 by Aprille 1 Comment

Structuring my life and health AROUND my hormonal cycle is the only way I succeed at anything. I think I will always struggle with fatigue, anxiety, depression, weight management, and digestive issues. This doesn’t mean there’s necessarily something “wrong” with me. It’s a combination of genetics and my overly-stressful life. Sometimes, playing the cards you’ve been dealt is better than trying to find new ones. Being the best me I can be within my health limitations has done more for me than trying to pathologize and fix my limitations ever did.

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Posted in: Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Mothering Through Fatigue, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: exercise, fatigue, health, hormones, pregnancy, weight, weight-loss, wellness

How do you pursue a relationship with God when you’re exhausted?

July 26, 2018 by Aprille 4 Comments

Over the last few posts in my series, Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith, I feel that I’ve done the best I can do to present theologically-sound, Scripturally-based truth about pursuing a relationship with God. My posts have been purposed and thought-out over months of planning, mulling, and meditating. What I have presented … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Motherhood, Mothering Through Fatigue, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: Bible, exhausted, faith, fatigue, god, tired

Life hacks for introverts: how to structure your day, week, and year

June 4, 2018 by Aprille 1 Comment

As an introvert, there have been a few real “game-changers” in how I cope in a special-needs household when both my husband and son are extroverts. This is one post in a series of posts I am writing for introverts. You can view all of the posts on the landing page here. Probably my biggest … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Motherhood, Mothering Through Fatigue, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: fatigue, introvert, introverts, mental health, motherhood, routine, schedule, self care, structure

How Tired Moms Can Find Sabbath Rest

August 2, 2016 by Aprille 2 Comments

“For so he giveth his beloved sleep…” Our Sunday School teacher reads the words, and I literally laugh out loud with a snort. Let’s just say that I wasn’t feeling all too holy that morning. Once again, our special-needs five-year-old is in a disregulated phase, resulting in freakishly early mornings for this tired mom. For … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Motherhood, Mothering Through Fatigue, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: church, motherhood, rest, sabbath, sleep, tired moms

Dear Formula Feeding Moms: I get it now

May 11, 2016 by Aprille 16 Comments

I really hate that there are stigmas attached to both breastfeeding and formula feeding. I hate that this is a matter of contention between moms. Most of all, I hate the role I have played in it all. For three weeks, my firstborn would not nurse. Five years later, I still have no idea why. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Motherhood, Mothering Through Fatigue, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: attachment parenting, babies, breastfeeding, fatigue, formula, la leche league, motherhood

When you’re too tired to be a good wife

April 16, 2016 by Aprille 7 Comments

This week was one of those weeks – the kind of week where I really was too tired to be a good wife. Little Brother was going through his sixth week of not sleeping through the night. (He has cut six teeth in five weeks while simultaneously figuring out hands-and-knees crawling AND pulling up – “wonder week” would be … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Marriage, Motherhood, Mothering Through Fatigue, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: chronic-fatigue, communication, counseling, fatigue, love, marriage, sleep, teething

Dear tired mom whose baby won’t sleep: you’ll get through this

March 2, 2016 by Aprille 7 Comments

Let me tell you a tale of two babies and one tired mom: The first baby, now five, was a horrible sleeper. He hated to be alone and needed to be rocked, nursed, cuddled, and patted to fall asleep. The moment he was shifted to another location he would awake. He woke every 1-3 hours … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Motherhood, Mothering Through Fatigue Tagged: baby sleep, exhaustion, fatigue, motherhood, tired mom

Pursuing self care and asking for help (in which we make some changes)

February 16, 2016 by Aprille 21 Comments

I will view self care as a priority rather than an indulgence. I will get better at asking for help.  With these resolutions, I entered the New Year. I was tired but happy, and felt like our family was going in a good direction. But then it happened: the same thing that happens every January. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Little Brother, Messy Faith, Motherhood, Mothering Through Fatigue, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: ADHD, anxiety, Ezra, medication, self care, special needs, therapy

Dear exhausted mom who is really tired of snow days

January 24, 2016 by Aprille 5 Comments

Tomorrow will be our 3rd snow day in the last week. This winter storm has also fallen on the heels of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and a teacher work day. So in the last nine days, my son has only been in school for one. They – the random local people talking on the Internet … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Motherhood, Mothering Through Fatigue Tagged: motherhood, snow, snow days
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