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Writer's pictureAmanda Koppana
Nov 5, 20214 min read

Quick tips for Motherhood


My post on patience in motherhood got a little long, so I decided to break this part out.


Here are some practical tips that I have learned to help me!

  • Start every day with God’s word, prayer, and worship. Delight yourself in the Lord.

    • “Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.” - Psalm 90:14

  • Listen to worship music while doing chores. Praising the Lord helps so much to do all things with a joyful attitude.

  • Listen to children Christian songs. Get your children to sing with you. Dance around and have fun with them!

  • When you feel tempted to sin, escape the situation if you can. Go to the bathroom or somewhere else and pray and read scripture.

  • Memorize scripture on patience. Write God’s word on your heart. Psalm 119:11. Sing it. Speak it. Meditate on it. God’s word is alive and active and it will change you. Our God is a mighty, powerful God, who can do miracles, including changing our hearts to be more like Him.

  • Find a Titus 2 woman, a mentor to help you. A Christian mom who is older and has more wisdom to help you!

    • “Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.” - Titus 2:3-5

  • Go to a solid, biblical church, with sound Bible teaching, and worship with the body of Christ. Church is essential for support and growth in the Christian life.

  • Repent quickly to your children and husband for losing your patience and acting in anger. Confess your sins. Be humble. Forgive quickly.

  • Ask for sisters in the Lord to pray for you in your struggle against sin. Confess sin to other sisters in the Lord and pray together with them. Bring the darkness to light! You will be set free!

  • Have structure in your day. Tell your children what to expect that day.

  • It is completely okay and good to have quiet time during the day. Sometimes, after lunch, when Daniel is napping, I tell Juliet that mommy needs 1 hour of quiet time. I set her up with coloring books or some type of a craft to do, and set the kitchen timer. When the timer goes off, stick to your word and be done with quiet time.

  • Getting help is good! If you can switch babysitting with another mom, or have someone take the children here and there, that can be a very nice breather for you.

  • Look for ways to have fun with your children! Dance and be silly. Play peek a boo. The house does not have to be perfect. Take time to play with your children. Enjoy them. They grow up so fast.

  • Have a plan for chores. I like to do all of my laundry on Monday, and do some during the week as well. On Monday, I try to get everything put away & sorted through. Then the rest of the week, I don’t fuss over it so much. I know I will get it all straightened out on Monday. Tuesday I try to do a really good job on the kitchen. And each day I have something else I try to focus on.

  • Do one thing at a time. Finish the dishes before starting to sweep. Finish the bathroom before starting to clean the living room. Otherwise, you will be scattered all over the place and doing a million things at once, but nothing actually gets completed.

  • Set up play dates! Go to parks and play with other children so your kids get nice and worn out.

  • Teach your children to obey you, all the way, right away, and with a happy heart.

  • Teach your children to respect you, and speak kindly to you. Do not allow them to demand things of you.

  • Teach your children God’s word, and to pray, so they can have their own personal relationship with Jesus, because they need Him for salvation, and for every moment of their lives.

  • Discipline consistently and lovingly. Children are born sinners. You do not have to teach them to take their siblings toys. You do not have to teach them to lie. They just do that. You need to tell them what sin is, that it grieves God, that they need to repent, and trust in Christ to be forgiven by God, and they need to turn from their sin & seek to obey the Lord.

  • Include your children in your work. Teach them to fold laundry, put silverware away, and clean up toys. Sing together and make it fun for them.

Self-care does matter too. These types of tips are everywhere but I figured I would include it anyways! :)

  • Sleep. Try to go to bed as early as possible. This helps everything.

  • Eat well. Don’t buy junk food often. Make as much homemade food as you can.

  • Get exercise, outside preferably! Go for walks with friends. Go for runs. Do exercise videos. Whatever works to get your body moving! (besides yoga! This is Hindu Spiritual practice.)

  • Plan meals. Stay as organized as possible. Do not collect clutter, but get rid of extra things.

  • Plan your week on Sunday nights. Set up play dates with friends.

  • Prioritize your marriage. There is a lot to say about this. Seek to bless and serve your husband. Do your part of respecting, serving, and loving your husband well.

Resources:

Podcasts:

  • Risen Motherhood

  • Thankful Homemaker

  • Daily Grace

  • Parenting with Ginger Hubbard

  • Courageous Parenting

Music:

Children’s music:

Verses on patience:




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