It's taken me a good long while to figure out how to do the holidays well as a mom with ADHD raising 3 young kids without going in to ADHD burnout.

I love Christmas, I love wrapping presents. I love creating special memories for my kids.

And yet, it can be a recipe for executive functioning burn out.

There are so many decisions to make and my people pleasing brain gets so stressed out buying things for anyone other than my kids.

All the extra sugar and late nights impact us BIG Time. I need sleep, real food and exercise in order to be a nice mommy.

One of the greatest blessings for me was having a December baby. Our youngest was born on December 17, 2018 (by scheduled c-section) so I tried to get all of the to dos of Christmas done before she came so I could enjoy all of the baby snuggles.

I still wanted it to be a special, warm and cuddly... basically I wanted the good part without the overwhelm, anxiety and exhaustion.

Having to get things done early...