# @mama.hu.hears on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C4asu31r8ge
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21505435-mamahuhears-instagram
- **Posted:** 2024-03-12T14:18:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dr. Michelle Hu•Hard of Hearing•Audiologist (@mama.hu.hears) — https://gondola.cc/mama.hu.hears

## Caption

Let’s normalize adult time outs. Normalize letting our kids be antisocial when they don’t feel like “performing” for their parents. This is who I was channeling.

Everyone needs a break - hearing or deaf/hard of hearing! It was NOISY at this restaurant / happy hour. I’d had a long day, I almost didn’t go because my tank was nearing empty. That’s definitely a choice I wouldn’t have made myself wrong for. But I wanted to try some new food and see some faces that I hadn’t in a while. My husband met us and I immediately went to the car for a 5 minute quiet meditation. He could tell I needed it and said “Bye! 🤟🏽” 

That freshened me up for a while and then about an hour later I took another break by checking out, doodling on some of the kids activities and it felt GOOD. 

If you need a sign that it’s okay to take a time out wherever you are - this is it 🤟🏽✨

VD: Michelle, wearing a denim jacket in a restaurant head down doodling on a rainbow scratch pad not paying attention to any of the conversation or noise around her. 

#Timeout #AdultTimeout #ListeningBreak #Doodle #ListeningFatigue #MamaHuHears #FillYourOwnTank #FillYourCup #YouNeedThis #BetterYou #DeafAwareness #TakeABreak

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## Tags

fillyourcup, takeabreak, deafawareness, adulttimeout, listeningfatigue, doodle, listeningbreak, betteryou, youneedthis, timeout, fillyourowntank, mamahuhears

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