Advice I wish someone had given me as a working mom 05/29/2015 Hint: It's NOT Lean In!!! Each child is different. One of my children needs snuggles, the other needs quality time. But as a working mom, the latter was hard to come by. I saw my eldest and I drifting further apart every day. He would climb over me in bed to jump in his dad's arms. I would say "I love you" only to get silence in return. If it was like this when he was 5, what would it be like when he was 15? My heart was breaking... I resorted to a dramatic solution. I gave up my full time
Hint: It's NOT Lean In!!! Each child is different. One of my children needs snuggles, the other needs quality time. But as a working mom, the latter was hard to come by. I saw my eldest and I drifting further apart every day. He would climb over me in bed to jump in his dad's arms. I would say "I love you" only to get silence in return. If it was like this when he was 5, what would it be like when he was 15? My heart was breaking... I resorted to a dramatic solution. I gave up my full time
How do I bring balance into my life? Maybe a little birdie can tell me... or 4 03/06/2015 What is "Balance" anyways??? and why don't I have it? Maybe a little bird can tell me... Is it that place where you get it all done and still have time to get your eyebrows done? Or where you have time to shave BOTH legs in the morning? Where you aren't yelling at your kids to get in the car? Where you are fulfilled in work but are not owned by it? Where you feel on your game because you got veggies into your kids? Where you got your holiday cards done and you can still get 8 hours of sleep?
What is "Balance" anyways??? and why don't I have it? Maybe a little bird can tell me... Is it that place where you get it all done and still have time to get your eyebrows done? Or where you have time to shave BOTH legs in the morning? Where you aren't yelling at your kids to get in the car? Where you are fulfilled in work but are not owned by it? Where you feel on your game because you got veggies into your kids? Where you got your holiday cards done and you can still get 8 hours of sleep?
Sanity and Meatloaf 10/19/2014 Some days you just need to go easy on yourself. Those days when one munchkin is on antibiotics, and the second is a week or so behind, both with sniffly noses. It's not the day for "eat your veggies", it's the day for "want ice cream for dinner?" I went into the day with both boys whining and bickering. They were feeling icky all over and that makes them slightly irritable... Their voices go up a few octaves, the piercing whine occurring at about 8 minute intervals for reasons like one took
Some days you just need to go easy on yourself. Those days when one munchkin is on antibiotics, and the second is a week or so behind, both with sniffly noses. It's not the day for "eat your veggies", it's the day for "want ice cream for dinner?" I went into the day with both boys whining and bickering. They were feeling icky all over and that makes them slightly irritable... Their voices go up a few octaves, the piercing whine occurring at about 8 minute intervals for reasons like one took
