Me Me Me! (a Response) June 16, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : Weblogs, Spacemom , 2 commentsJohnny had a great post on Moms wanting me time. I read it and couldn’t agree more, but I have to admit my first thought was, "oh that silly man, he only has one child!"
When we first had Soleil, Dr. Jay fell into the myth that moms somehow know what to do. That took all of one week before I said "I have no f’ing clue what I am doing" We quickly discovered our strengths and weaknesses and worked from there. Since I took 16 weeks off of work, and the returned part time, I really did alot more than Dr. Jay. But as time moved on, we found we split time about 60-40. I really don’t care if he put diapers on backwards or other things like that. Even now, I don’t stress over him doing things differently. I have never considered him the babysitter.
Once Sylv was 1 year old, this kid thing was pretty easy. We got used to things. One of us would do dishes, the other would put her down to bed, we shared the nights as to who would get the waking child. Me time was not too big of a deal.
Then, We had Luna. Braw-ha-ha-ha!
Granted, the second time around, things were easier. We went out to lunch when Luna was 3 days old, without a bottle or a diaper bag! And we didn’t care! And she slept all lunch! I think we were neurotic with Soleil at that age. I think I stayed in the house!
But me time has been harder since Luna’s birth. We just got to the point where the girls can listen to the same level of books. We read the lower level books for Luna and the higher level for Soleil together. The girls get one parent to read while the other gets some quiet time. Then we split up and each take one to bed.
I just booked a flight to Buffalo. My sister’s 40th birthday is on July 2 and I am going to her party. I fly out Saturday night and return Monday morning. Dr. Jay was quite ok with me going. I am a little stressed mostly because it has been so long since I have gone anywhere on this scale alone.
So, yeah, I have wondered about me time, but now I am going to get some!
How does this go? June 16, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : Weblogs , add a commentI have agreed to write a tribute for a man I never met. I man I had never even heard of before yesterday afternoon. His name is John W. Wright Jr and he died at the World Trade Center.
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