Mothering is a juggling act. Everything must be in perfect harmony or it all falls apart. Concentrate too much on one hand and the other hand fails, leaving you with all the sections of your life crashing to the floor. The problem is that there is no magic formula explaining the way to achieve this perfect balance. Instead it is a matter of trial and error. Concentrate too much on the house work and you drop the quality play time with children, spend too much energy focusing on children and you lose the grip on the relationship with your soul mate.
Sounds impossible right? Well ask any juggler and they will tell you that the key to fluid juggling is a solid foundation. The only way to achieve perfect harmony is to look after yourself first. When you are relaxed and refreshed everything else will fall into place. It dosnt matter if you only throw each ball a foot in the air, or that you dont perform any fancy tricks - the simplest things are often the most beautiful.
I'll let you know when I have completed work on my foundation...
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Well here I am!
Hmmm the world of blogging... well this is something new! I have no idea where to start as I only decided 20 minutes ago that I would like to start a blog after reading someone elses blog on their parenting journey. Well here it goes...
I am a SAHM to a beautiful almost two year old girl and a step-mother to a gorgeous almost three year old girl. It is such a cliche but parenting is the most amazing, chalenging and enjoyable thing that I have ever done! We had a rough start. I came into parenting extremly confident, I knew exactly what was best for my baby. Dont hold too much as you will spoil them, when it is bedtime put them down and allow them to cry themselves to sleep, never co-sleep... All of these words of "wisdom" were learnt from my well-meaning but emotionally distant Mother. Thankfully my inner being started shouting to me that something was wrong here and so I made the best decision I will ever make in my life - I decided to Parent from my Heart! Obvious isnt it! Pity I was too thick to realise it from the start!
So here I am almost two years later! Still breastfeeding, baby-wearing, part-time cosleeping, going TV-free and most important of all... listening to my beautiful girl and answering to all of her emotional needs. I couldn't be happier!!!
I am a SAHM to a beautiful almost two year old girl and a step-mother to a gorgeous almost three year old girl. It is such a cliche but parenting is the most amazing, chalenging and enjoyable thing that I have ever done! We had a rough start. I came into parenting extremly confident, I knew exactly what was best for my baby. Dont hold too much as you will spoil them, when it is bedtime put them down and allow them to cry themselves to sleep, never co-sleep... All of these words of "wisdom" were learnt from my well-meaning but emotionally distant Mother. Thankfully my inner being started shouting to me that something was wrong here and so I made the best decision I will ever make in my life - I decided to Parent from my Heart! Obvious isnt it! Pity I was too thick to realise it from the start!
So here I am almost two years later! Still breastfeeding, baby-wearing, part-time cosleeping, going TV-free and most important of all... listening to my beautiful girl and answering to all of her emotional needs. I couldn't be happier!!!
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