Some reports estimate that moms are interrupted every three minutes—hundreds of times each day. Whether the exact number is 200 or 400, every parent knows the feeling.
Each interruption forces your brain to pause, switch gears, and start over. Research shows that frequent interruptions increase cognitive load, reduce working memory, and raise stress levels. So if you’ve ever walked into a room and forgotten why, lost your train of thought mid-sentence, or felt mentally drained before lunch, you’re not imagining it.
Motherhood isn’t just physically demanding. It’s one of the most cognitively demanding jobs there is. So if you’re raising little humans while juggling a hundred invisible tasks, give yourself some grace. Your brain isn’t broken—it’s been asked to do the impossible all day long.