You alarm goes off at 5:30 a.m and you roll over with a groan, because you’re not being woken up with a soothing melody chiming gently into your ear from your smartphone. No, not a chance. Your smartphone unfortunately met its demise after being dunked into the fish tank last week. And to be fair, you didn’t want it after it had been in there, because let’s face it—that thing was long overdue for a clean, and you’re not even sure if the fish are still alive.
Instead, you’re woken up by the sweet, sweet sound of your baby.
Screaming.
Screaming bloody murder.
But to be fair, you admit that you’d probably be pretty choked if you woke up in a diaper of your own pee, too.
So…you win this time, baby.
Your day then follows the same usual routine…
On your way to the kitchen, you pass right by the shower & your dusty make-up bag and give them a longing glance.
While screaming internally, you beg your 7-year-old to eat “just 3 more bites” of his breakfast as you pack up all the lunches for school. Your baby launches her bottle across the room and starts a fit, your middle child decides it’s the opportune moment to argue why she should be allowed to eat crayons, & the dog whines while doing his cute little dance waiting for some food to drop. And it’s not even 7:30…
You change all 3 kids out of their breakfast stained pyjamas and beg your helpful (albeit aloof) husband to try to find a pair of socks that match. He mumbles something about the absurd size of baby apparel and digs through the drawer reluctantly. After practically tripping over the pile of dirty clothes in the hallway, you fly into your bedroom at lightning speed and change into something presentable.
After you resolve a mild meltdown about the uneven straps on her backpack and pat down his cowlick with a slightly excessive amount of spit (strengthens the immune system, right?), you send your two oldest out the door with dad.
Finally you can relax, put your feet up, and maybe even shut your eyes for 15 minutes…
…JUST KIDDING! You wish.
Your day is far from over.
Fast forward past 8 hours of work and the kids are spinning through the door, whipping their shoes, coats, and bags all over the place. Why is it that your life turns into a looney toons episode at 4:00p.m. every day? Those cartoonists definitely had children.
Pulling them in for a hug, you laugh at the state of your son’s t-shirt and realize that he basically only ate bread for lunch, seeing as his shirt is absolutely plastered in purple jam…
After a quick wardrobe change, dinner, homework, and bedtime stories, you and the hubby finally have the rest of the evening to yourselves. And by rest of the evening we mean 30 minutes until you undoubtedly pass out with your glasses still on.
The remainder of your night involves intense negotiating, convincing, and water offerings to your 5-year-old. But you won’t get off that easy! Just when you think all has calmed, your baby starts to stir, and before you can even get to her she has entered full-blown cry-mode. There ain’t no rest for the wicked, right?
In between rocking the baby back to sleep for the 1,000,000th time, and lying wide awake listening to your husband snore, you hear a very unsettling sound…
It’s the dog. And he’s puking. On your kids’ clothes.
Did he really just try to eat that jelly-stained t-shirt?!
Just. Great.
Now, after a night like that, who really has the time and energy to treat stains and do 100 loads of laundry? Honestly, not many of us.
Time is money. You have to retain what little sanity is left, right?
You know very well a trip to the mall this weekend for new t-shirts and onesies is not on your to-do list. And you’ve given up bringing your husband along. How do they always end up in the electronic department?!
On top of dinner with the in-laws, grocery shopping, soccer practice, and chasing around kids all weekend, you could really use a break.
Enter the world of online shopping!
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To all the moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas, and guardians out there: we’re here for you.
Shop for all your baby apparel needs online, today!
And try to get some sleep, would you?