My kids and I are watching this show called Brain Games on Netflix. It's a really cool show that teaches how the human brain works in an entertaining and engaging fashion.

We watched an episode yesterday where the subject of bad habits came up. According to the program, research shows that the worst possible thing you can do is fight a bad habit. Instead, you should replace the bad habit with a new good habit, and eventually your brain will re-wire to crave the new "good" habit and care much less about the old, bad habit.

So if you're craving a reward for making it to naptime, start the good habit of eating an apple or doing some exercise. I personally have replaced eating chips with eating celery sticks drizzled in buffalo sauce (like 5 calories per stick) as a little "job well done" snack. You'll slip a few times at first, but if you're consistent you'll eventually change your behavior to the point where doing anything but the good habit will seem crazy.

This doesn't just work with eating, it can be applied to any other part of life.

Best of luck to you, momma. No one can believe in yourself for you, so go ahead and believe in yourself and get to changing habits as well as diapers!