Recently, I did a Norwex party for a family member. Because most of the guests were family, or close family friends, I was encouraged to let our son stay, something I’ve never done before (and Will NOT do again) BUT Everyone in the family wanted to see him.

As the party was about to begin, I realized he was quite tired.

Slowly, we walked into the room that we had his pack and play set up in. I started singing ‘Great is Thy Faithfulness’ quietly in his ear. His blankie was snuggled next to his cheek and his fingers were gently twirling my hair. The warm breeze was blowing through the shutters and the fan was spinning above. My sweet little bear cub squirmed in my arms, fighting sleep.

The party was supposed to start in 20 minutes and my kid was fussy.

“I’ll just put him down… he will fall asleep eventually.” I thought to myself.

After rocking and singing to him for a few more minutes… I laid him down… slipped out of the room and thought I was free and clear.

Within five minutes, his cheeks were stained with tears and I was back in his room. I rocked him, settled him… and laid him back down. Ten minutes later… back awake and screaming.

At this point… 5 guests had arrived. I was juggling motherhood and my business. I felt like a total and complete failure. I was unable to fully commit my time to either, in that moment, when both my business and my son needed me. My heart ached for his and my patience was waning. My eyes were on the verge of tearing up out of sheer frustration.

The moms in the room tried to help me but… he only wanted me.

This lead to me taking him to his room to ‘whisper yell’ at him. (Have you ever done that? ha!)

“SERIOUSLY KID… Would you PLEASE just calm down?? Mama Needs to work!”

I held him, kissed him and remembered…

He’s my #1 job.

So… I brought him out and stated “Ok, Time to regroup! I’m sorry but I’ll have to hold him” and held him during the entire first half of my Norwex presentation.

I know my sweet family could see my frustration… but let’s face it. I’m human. When the time came for the demonstrations he had calmed down. At which point, he finally let me pass him off to his Grandma.

Needless to say, He won’t be coming with me to another party anytime soon.

Despite my failings, the party was a huge success and my Hostess received over $400 In free Norwex! Thankfully they were able to look past my “motherhood madness” and we all had a good laugh.

Life is a balance. Motherhood and work has to balance. The best part about Norwex is it balances with Motherhood so perfectly. I do most of my work when my little one is sleeping… and I make my own schedule.

Mostly though… No matter how much we try to have “the perfect life” We realize that we don’t. Our kids will have a bad day. We will try to meet everyone’s expectations and we will fail (and we will realize we should have sent our kid with the hubby because it’s what is best for them. Being a 1 year old is hard).

We will pause and remember that we aren’t perfect.

Motherhood is Humbling.