I've noticed a few things about my parenting as my children are growing older.
When Elisabeth, Jake, Scott, and even Cole were young, I was what you would consider a young mom.
I had the energy to be the kind of mom I wanted to be.
I wasn't a perfect mom, but I tried my hardest and I think I was a pretty darn good mom.
Then Max and Emma came to this earth when I was a little older.
I've noticed I am a different kind of mom to them than I was to my older kids.
In some ways they've benefitted from my past parenting experiences.
But in more ways,
I have turned into a slacker mom.
I just don't have the energy I used to and I feel really bad about that.
It's not their fault that they were born when I was older.
This is something I fret about a lot.
As a result of this, I've let certain things slide like this for example:
This is how they go to sleep 99% of the time.
Granted, Emma isn't always sitting up, but she's on the couch!
(Isn't that funny that she fell asleep sitting up!)
Anyway, my point is that I don't have the energy to fight with them to go to bed before the older kids so they end up conking out on the couch, without pajamas, without bedtime stories, or baths. No bedtime routine whatsoever!
Yes, I've turned into a slacker mom.
Dangit!
8 comments:
Okay but the fact that you have 6 kids gives you a ticket straight to heaven. I was the 5th out of 6 kids and I know my mom said the same kind of things, but I never felt anything but loved and still think that she is the most amazing woman ever! And like I said, you've raised some pretty incredible kids, so hats off to you!
What?? That isn't normal? Just kidding! Hey, my children sometimes would rather sleep on the couch or bean bag than in their beds. It isn't easy I know...they want to be like the big guys. You have great children...who cares where they sleep!
Somehow I doubt that you are a slacker mom. (And if YOU are a slacker, I can't imagine what people would call me?) Cari, what you are is 100% REAL MOM...and that's what matters. And what else matters is that your kids love you and you love them! Thanks for being real!
I love that you are not always supermom! It makes me feel a tad better. As long as they are warm and comfortable, does anything else really matter at bedtime?
I prefer the term Hacker mom. "You hack it out of the wilderness, bearing your children along the way...." Guess the movie quote.
Good job Cari
At least they're sleeping in the house and not out in the driveway...
no, see that's the stuff memories are made of! and what are you talking about -- you have the BEST kids on the planet, so i highly doubt you can call your mothering skills "slacking"! pajamas are over-rated anyway, except for when you where them all day, like i have been doing quite a bit lately! hehe!
i meant WEAR them all day -- i am a spelling freak, sorry!
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