Comments on: For every sitter, there is a season

By: mamie

mamie — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:15:46 +0000

love this post. i find that getting a few breathing moments alone during the week changes my perspective. i juggle part time work with full time mamahood but am lucky to have live in grandparents (i would never have imagined writing that at 17). in the time when i am away i know the boys are getting the best love and care than can. here is to moments for ourselves and the way we feel when we arrive home to twice the love.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:58:09 +0000

Also wanted to add that when we do take time to use a good babysitter to watch our kids, dont we almost always come back so much happier and refreshed and ready to face the world again? Its like I can come home after some “me time” to screaming kids and messes and tons of dishes to do with so much more patience and love than if I had been with them constantly throughout that day.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:55:13 +0000

There is just not enough gold in the world to pay for a great babysitter. Although we didnt have the opportunity to use the one we have now any more often than just about once a month, if that much, still knowing she is there and that she is so good with our kids is a priceless security for me. Tracey~ your statement “i think as SAHM’s, we hit developmental milestones and regressions, just like our kiddos” should go down in the book of “Things no one told me about being a mom” (especially of multiples). WOW! So glad to know its not just me. I remember around the time the kids were 2 or so, feeling like I was ready to put them in daycare just for my sanity. We all have moments or days from time to time like that, but for a while there, it was almost everyday for me! Luckily, we all grew out of that slump and started enjoying every day again.

By: Delightfully Mom

Delightfully Mom — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:40:41 +0000

I agree-it is so nice to have some me time every once in a while-especially me time for a nap! But I do find when I have that break I miss me kids SO much-I can’t be gone from them for very long!

By: traceys

traceys — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:34:51 +0000

oh, i’m so glad you were able to enjoy a sitter for that time! we had a similar set up when the boys were 3-6 months, and then after that i was solo. now at 15 months, we’re looking for a sitter again to come in 2-3 days a week for 3 hours. i guess it comes in waves - i find it VERY IMPORTANT right now to get some time for myself. i think as SAHM’s, we hit developmental milestones and regressions, just like our kiddos. let’s just say i’m hitting a regression right not - and hopefully if i get a little time to nurture myself, it will turn into a milestone!