Comments on: Parenting 101: I’m Always There http://sisterwisdom.com/blog/2010/02/09/parenting-101-im-always-there/ build a better life. start today. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:02:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jennifer http://sisterwisdom.com/blog/2010/02/09/parenting-101-im-always-there/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Jennifer Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:40:57 +0000 http://sisterwisdom.com/blog/?p=1729#comment-546 I agree with you, I rarely leave my children with anyone else. My mother and step-mother were the only people who have watched my children. Recently, I let my 3 year old stay with the sitter in our church nursery but after many times of me seeing how they interacted with him. I just can't trust other people with the two most precious people in my life. I also agree that as they get older I'll loosen up a little. I get time for myself once or twice a week when my husband can stay home with them. Also,they go to bed at 7pm so that gives me time to myself until I go to bed. I agree with you, I rarely leave my children with anyone else. My mother and step-mother were the only people who have watched my children. Recently, I let my 3 year old stay with the sitter in our church nursery but after many times of me seeing how they interacted with him. I just can’t trust other people with the two most precious people in my life. I also agree that as they get older I’ll loosen up a little.
I get time for myself once or twice a week when my husband can stay home with them. Also,they go to bed at 7pm so that gives me time to myself until I go to bed.

]]> By: se7en http://sisterwisdom.com/blog/2010/02/09/parenting-101-im-always-there/comment-page-1/#comment-544 se7en Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:46:19 +0000 http://sisterwisdom.com/blog/?p=1729#comment-544 Oh I am so on the same page, my kids are mine for such a short time and I so intend to be with them... No I don't leave them with sitters, even though they function well as a team and a sitter would most likely be redundant... I would never leave my kids alone without a parent...I want to be the constant background in their lives. My husband and I have found ways to go out with our tribe in tow... sit at the beach together while they play in full view, go for a walk together while they bound about us... I don't find it a burden as many of my friends seem to think - it is my joy!! Before I was a mom and I taught a couple of classes I found kids of "hovering moms" never quite got involved 100%. So when my kids do extra-murals I usually play with their siblings outside or read quietly way on the side so that I am there but not mentally present (If that makes sense!!!) I want them to learn to do their own thing without looking to me for "What I think!"... but I want to be there for them when they need me. You are right they are little for such a short time and I for one am prepared to stick like glue!!! Oh I am so on the same page, my kids are mine for such a short time and I so intend to be with them… No I don’t leave them with sitters, even though they function well as a team and a sitter would most likely be redundant… I would never leave my kids alone without a parent…I want to be the constant background in their lives. My husband and I have found ways to go out with our tribe in tow… sit at the beach together while they play in full view, go for a walk together while they bound about us… I don’t find it a burden as many of my friends seem to think – it is my joy!!

Before I was a mom and I taught a couple of classes I found kids of “hovering moms” never quite got involved 100%. So when my kids do extra-murals I usually play with their siblings outside or read quietly way on the side so that I am there but not mentally present (If that makes sense!!!) I want them to learn to do their own thing without looking to me for “What I think!”… but I want to be there for them when they need me.

You are right they are little for such a short time and I for one am prepared to stick like glue!!!

]]> By: KDL http://sisterwisdom.com/blog/2010/02/09/parenting-101-im-always-there/comment-page-1/#comment-542 KDL Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:30:44 +0000 http://sisterwisdom.com/blog/?p=1729#comment-542 I do much the same. Since my husband works from home (about 50% of the time he is in our home office and the other 50% he is at a client) he is also almost always there. This gives me SOME flexibility to get time alone, though I try to remember that he is working. A large factor in this is that our budget is really tight right now so we can't afford a lot of help, but even if we could I'm not sure we'd do much different. I am enjoying so much watching them grow and learn and though it is exhausting the days are fleeting. I do much the same. Since my husband works from home (about 50% of the time he is in our home office and the other 50% he is at a client) he is also almost always there. This gives me SOME flexibility to get time alone, though I try to remember that he is working. A large factor in this is that our budget is really tight right now so we can’t afford a lot of help, but even if we could I’m not sure we’d do much different. I am enjoying so much watching them grow and learn and though it is exhausting the days are fleeting.

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