Sleep over with mommy
Sometimes I feel guilty because I have to split my time among my three beautiful boys. There is never enough time to do all of the things that I want to do with them. I try to give them as much individual time as I can.
During the week, Bug is in school and that allows me one on one time with Bear since Bean is still too young to do more than be along for the ride. We read, play and eat together.
Every Monday morning while Bear is at preschool Bean and I hang out together. Yesterday we ran errands and then went to the park. Watching him play without his brothers around is fun. He has no one to keep up with and gets to spend as much time as he wants on each activity.
It’s a little more difficult to carve out time alone with Bug. He’s in school all day and weekends are not only shared with his brothers, but we have lots to accomplish. Last Friday night I decided that it was time for a mommy/ Bug sleepover. We piled into the guest bedroom to read books and watch TV and talk, talk, talk. Granted, he was tired from the busy week and ordered “light’s out” by 8:15. (yeah, the kid doesn’t skimp on sleep! He regulates himself very well in that department.).
It was wonderful to have that time with him, uninterrupted by the needs and requests of his brothers or the other demands that I face during the day. It let him know that even though he has to wait his turn or face disappointment at times because he is not an only child, I still want to spend as much as time as I can focusing only on him. We’re planning another sleep over soon.
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Here is an interesting post about being a slacker mom.
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