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My 12 year old told me the other day...babies are hard, why does anyone want them? I told her if any of her friends ever think they want a baby to have them come spend a week with us!
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exactly!!!!! Usually when kids/teens see babies, they are all cute and happy. But if you have to deal with a child, ESPECIALLY at sleeping time (usually daycares do not have them overnight) it's really frustrating.
I had my nephew for a night last weekend, and my goodness, I dreaded bedtime, then when he got fussy before bed (he never fusses ever) I was ready to drive the 45 minutes to take him home! Thank goodness he fussed no more than 10 minutes and passed out for the night. Woke up once, and than slept until 10am.Comment
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Hiring an assistant
Old thread...but I have trained and hired a young 20 something to run my daycare a few hours a week so that I can take my kids out for quality time. It makes such a difference!! It gives me a break, and it gives my kids their mom for a few hours. Does anyone else do this?Comment
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I've homeschooled my 2 (DD12 and DS13) since they were Preschool age. I started doing daycare 4 years ago. Before this, I did caregiving for Seniors overnight. I have seen posts on here about this issue, so I just talk to my children about it. I explain that, if they were in school and/ or I worked outside of the home, we would see a lot less of each other. That sometimes I'm available to chat and sometimes I'm not, but at least we are near each other. The daycare and nap room are dedicated spaces, so my children have their own space to work in if they don't want to be around the craziness. Other times, they wander in and partake of an episode of Sheriff Callie while I'm preparing lunch or join in building with wooden blocks- everyone goes outside for outdoor time though! They help me and have their lessons and chores all day, so evening time is very casual and laid back. I expect little of them. They each have 1 evening extracurricular and attend Youth on Wednesday nights. Otherwise, we chill out and do our own thing. I'm here if they need me. DH works nights mostly so he takes them on errands or watches a show or movie with them several times a week. He's here for lunch and chats with them about various things. We just make time when we can. We as parents will always have to make concessions somewhere, you just have to decide if these are the right ones for you. They're perfect for us, I couldn't have it better with the home/ work balance.Comment
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I feel the same sometimes with my own kids (18m and 9y) I was home with my daughter all 5 years and she had friends and playmates but she did get jealous. When she went to kindergarten I got a job out of the house...I knew I made a mistake instantly. I was not guaranteed the time I wanted off for her school functions, I wasn't getting home until 6 and when I got there the laundry and housework was all waiting for me. I eventually had a meltdown, found a low paying job at a small local daycare and it was nice and the boss was amazing at being flexible but the money was just not there for me to do my part. My husband was feeling it to because he had to take on more responsibilities after his full day of construction. I decided to re-open the daycare in our basement and we ended up having another child. On days I still feel like I'm not giving him enough of me, but during the day I can get stuff done around the house and at 5:30 my focus is solely on my family. I also have someone come in and watch the dck for me in Tuesday for several hours. I can use this time to fm my errands that I used to have to drag the kids on on weekends, or I can bring my son upstairs and just have us time, I can go have lunch with my daughter.Comment
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