Mommy's "Don't Touch Me" syndrome cramps my style

I try to be very interactive with our children, 6 months & 20 months now. But sometimes, I just need 'me' time. I'm sure you other mothers can completely understand how unattainable 'me' time can be some days! I am breastfeeding our youngest. Our oldest weaned at a year because my supply plummeted due to my being pregnant. Otherwise, I'm sure I'd still be nursing him, too. He at least gets pumped breastmilk since I'm nursing again... That's not really relevant to this blog post, that's just me ranting. :-)

But...  Because I'm breastfeeding is relevant. It's also relevant that we wear our children and pretty much have a 'touchy' relationship with our kids overall. Not in a creepy way, just in a parental kind of way. When they cry, we hug them... When the little is hungry, I feed her... When they want to snuggle, we snuggle them... especially the little because she still wants to snuggle to sleep, and sometimes she won't let me put her down to nap so I snuggle her some more. I'm okay with all that, that's the parenting choice we made. And I wouldn't change it one bit! But here's what really gets to me:

Whining!

I love parenting the way we have decided to parent the kids.... but I can't stand the whining; it's like nails on a chalkboard to me! What's even worse is when they whine and want to hug, and snuggle, and nurse, and hug, and nuzzle they're pretty little heads in momma's bossom where they feel safe and secure and by this point I'm ready to scream "DON'T TOUCH ME! DON'T ANYONE COME NEAR MY CHEST! GET OFF MY CHEST! DON'T EVEN LOOK AT MY CHEST!" as I run off crying because I probably just shattered their worlds.... Now I don't do that, because that would not be healthy for me, my husband or my children. But it certainly goes through my head on occasion. Instead, I, of course, do all the hugging, nuzzling, nursing, etc that they need until I can be relieved by the first adult who walks remotely into the area. And then I quickly jump up and take five to calm myself down for the next round.

I'm sure there's a few of you behind the screen telling the computer how bad of a mom I am... Well I don't believe it. I know I'm not the only mom who's thought these things... I know I'm not the only mom who can only stand so much whining with children nuzzling her chest! And I am hoping that writing this for everyone to see will help another mama realize that she's not the only one thinking these things, too. And that's okay. It's okay to need a break and it's okay to want your body back for five minutes. It's okay! I promise you.

October Unprocessed 2011: Do you know what you've been eating?

Do you know exactly what you eat? Sure you do, you had a prepackaged noodle meal with beef on Tuesday, a bowl of cereal Wednesday and a few low-fat, light yogurts packs Thursday (obviously you ate more than that each day, just an example!). Did you know those yogurt packets have aspartame in them which can cause cancer, migraines and a lot of other issues. Have you checked the ingredient list on the cereals and prepackaged noodle meals lately? You should.. You won't want to see it, but you should! Don't even get me started on the sodium levels and everything else in these things!

Sodium alone had me wanting to go unprocessed months ago after a high blood pressure attack. With two kids under two, it's hard to cook everything unprocessed, but I'm going to try my best! Andrew Wilder from Eating Rules has challenged everyone to make October an Unprocessed month! Well, I'm up for the challenge (getting the hubby on board is another thing!).

What poor (yes, I said poor!) excuses do you have to not eat unprocessed? Here are some of mine:
1. No time!
2. No energy!
3. No help with the clean up!
4. No good kitchen experience!
5. Picky Eaters.

I'm a horrible cook, and an even worse picky eater! But I'm going to do my best to take this challenge by its horns and get my family back to eating REAL food! Say you'll join me and the rest of Eating Rules!

Visit Eating Rules for more information and tips every day during October!