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Keeping Your
Sanity When Your Kids are Little
by Belinda
Mooney
Having
trouble coping with a day filled with nothing but little ones? Let me share
some ways to make your days easier.
When your children are all very little it is
often very hard to keep your sanity. It seems that some days all you do is
talk to someone three or under. Words like "potty", "dink" or "cookie" are the
limit of your vocabulary! I know how it feels to go through this. I know what it
is like to long for another mom just to share baby woes with or talk like an
adult. I now what it feels like to be made feel like you am doing less than you
should be because you choose your baby over a job! I have seven children and the
first three are ages 19, 18 & 16, very close in age and there were times I
thought I would go bonkers! But let me tell you it does get better. Here are
some things stay at home moms can do to help them selves stay sane:
First of all please realize that no matter what anyone else tells you it is
so worth it!! You will never, ever regret it!
Now find yourself some support -- for some of you the Internet may be your
only support. Thank God for it! That kind of support was not here years ago when
mine were little.
Try and keep up with what's going on in the world - watch the news, read the
newspaper, listen to Rush. Just keep a fell for the world around you.
Make sure you and hubby have time alone even if it is what we do still -
date night in the living room with a special dinner cooked by me or subs ordered
and a video after everyone is in bed.
Try to find another mom to do things with, your own mom, another lady at
church, someone to go shopping with or just to walk in the park with. You might
try to look for a homeschool group. They always have little ones and often have
playdays, who knows you may even decide to try it.
Scout out places that have things going on for families. The local YMCA here
has Mommy & Me type days where moms with little ones can come in, do a craft,
play or swim for an hour and it's free. Most libraries have story hours once a
week for toddlers and preschoolers. During the summer the pools often have a
cheap or free day and a baby pool. When weather permits take your little one to
the park or playground. Even a baby likes to sit in the stroller and look
around, they may even nap while you sit on the bench with a good book. Go walk
the mall with your little one. Push them around or let the roam the long aisle
and treat yourself to a milkshake.
One of my favorite ways of relaxing is a bubble bath and good book while my
husband plays with the baby.
Another way to relax is to find a hobby that you enjoy. Crochet, X-stitch
something you like to do no keep in mind it may take a year to finish those baby
booties but hey give it your best shot. Prayer and quiet time even if it is just
fifteen minutes is a great way to rejuvenate and we all need it.
But the thing that can help you the most is knowing that these days will be
gone sooner than you can blink and you will wish they were back!!
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