Tuesday 7 July 2015
Monday 6 July 2015
I love following parenting blogs online and have recently discovered the 'Like Real Life' blog. A recent post really resonated with me as I'd been feeling quite overwhelmed, under pressure and burnt out recently. I've been running around like a headless chicken trying to stave off the inevitable post natal depression by filling my days with as much business as possible. It turns out that this was the wrong thing to do and when I came crashing down early last week it was time for a re-think.
The post 'How To Do Nothing With Your Kids', which I recommend you and go and read now, showed me that I'm not the only one that gets trapped in this cycle of trying to be busy and upon telling other mums about the post and how much I loved it was surprised to hear them agree with it. It seems that quite a few of us want to be able to stop and smell the roses....... or at least plonk the kids down and enjoy a cuppa. No one is saying they want to spend all day at home making pasta pictures, or tent forts (really, who the hell does that??!) but they do want their kids to be able to spend SOME time playing with the toys you've bought them in their own home. For themselves and their children to be able to chill out in their own surroundings and actually be okay with it. Sure, they may get a little bored but who amongst us can say they were 100% entertained by their folks when they were wee?? I can't but that doesn't make them bad parents. Or me one either.
So I've decided to dial back the frenzy and stick to the Monday morning parent and baby group (cos their a good crew and I need son3 to be able to socialise) and Thursdays Book Bugs as we know I am all about the books. Apart from that I'm going to go for a walk when I want to and if other mums want to join me, fine. But I'm also okay with the idea of me and son3 just pottering about the house and village.
Unfortunately, as I type this it is the summer holidays and so son2 also has to be amused. Luckily he's 8 and has a really nice wee group of friends and our local community centre runs fab activities for him. Plus I still have to take him to 3 kickboxing lessons a week, 2 of which are a 25 minute drive away so not sure how much dialling back I'm going to be able to do!!
The post 'How To Do Nothing With Your Kids', which I recommend you and go and read now, showed me that I'm not the only one that gets trapped in this cycle of trying to be busy and upon telling other mums about the post and how much I loved it was surprised to hear them agree with it. It seems that quite a few of us want to be able to stop and smell the roses....... or at least plonk the kids down and enjoy a cuppa. No one is saying they want to spend all day at home making pasta pictures, or tent forts (really, who the hell does that??!) but they do want their kids to be able to spend SOME time playing with the toys you've bought them in their own home. For themselves and their children to be able to chill out in their own surroundings and actually be okay with it. Sure, they may get a little bored but who amongst us can say they were 100% entertained by their folks when they were wee?? I can't but that doesn't make them bad parents. Or me one either.
So I've decided to dial back the frenzy and stick to the Monday morning parent and baby group (cos their a good crew and I need son3 to be able to socialise) and Thursdays Book Bugs as we know I am all about the books. Apart from that I'm going to go for a walk when I want to and if other mums want to join me, fine. But I'm also okay with the idea of me and son3 just pottering about the house and village.
Unfortunately, as I type this it is the summer holidays and so son2 also has to be amused. Luckily he's 8 and has a really nice wee group of friends and our local community centre runs fab activities for him. Plus I still have to take him to 3 kickboxing lessons a week, 2 of which are a 25 minute drive away so not sure how much dialling back I'm going to be able to do!!
Kelly x
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