Mom-guilt anyone?
The mom-guilt is never ending.
I feel guilty if I don’t play a game with Madelyn right when she wants me to or if I don’t have time to go outside and play ball with Sebastian when he asks.
It’s because I work from home. I have to remind myself that just because I work in a home office and the kids know I’m here, doesn’t mean that I’m available to play with or provide entertainment for them. I can’t feel guilty about that… I’m working for goodness sakes! I have more of an issue with it than they do I think.
I’ve been working from home for 10 years now (atlantamoms.com and themommyinsider.com) and wouldn’t have it any other way but you’d think that I would have learned to deal with the mom-guilt by now!?
I feel guilty. A lot. I don’t like it.
Do you have mom-guilt? What about and how do you cope?
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Moon Dough..both of my kids love this stuff!
Moon Dough is an out-of-this-world new molding dough that never dries out and is easy to clean up! See my hint (*) below.
Hypo-allergenic and wheat-free, soft and marshmallow-like, Moon Dough does not stick to or stain material. Because Moon Dough never dries out, kids can use it again and again. Just be sure to set up a mat for your kids to play on so you can wipe it all up and save it for next time.
Moon Dough is the latest and greatest new molding compound for kids ages 2-4 to sculpt into fun creations they will love to play with. The line also offers a variety of enjoyable play sets.
Molding the farm animals is a breeze for my 4 year old and my 11 year old finds it really funny to make his own shapes and ‘alien animals’ with Moon Dough.
What I love about Moon Dough:
- Moon Dough is easy for kids to mold into shapes
- Lots of colors & molds are available
- It’s easy to clean up! Just use a ball of Moon Dough to dab up other pieces. You can even vacum Moon Dough up.
* Compress Moon Dough into a ball before giving it to your kids to play make it less flaky and more fun!
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Do You Make Your Kids Clean Their Plates?
My grandfather was a child during the Great Depression. When he is presented with a plate of food he eats it all, right down to sopping up juices with a piece of bread if necessary. That’s just the way he was brought up; you don’t waste the food given to you because nothing should be wasted. As a child he didn’t know if he would get another plate of food anytime soon, so he learned to eat what was given to him. Obesity wasn’t an issue back then.
As the years passed and new generations came along he didn’t lose this habit. He also passed it along to everyone else in the family. I don’t know if he did it on purpose, but when we all sat down to eat we would clean our plates. While I understand not wanting to waste food, I really think that the expectation to clean our plates prohibited us from learning how to listen to our body’s cues and figuring out when we were actually full.
Old Habits Die Hard
I still find myself doing this nowadays. My husband and I love to go to a restaurant down the road that serves these huge burritos, and when I say “huge” I mean that if I paid attention to the actual serving it would probably turn out to be enough for three people. When I eat those burritos I don’t think about being full; I eat until the burrito until it’s gone.
I’m trying to break this pattern with my kids. I present reasonable servings to the kids and never force them to clean their plates. If they aren’t hungry they don’t have to eat. If they don’t like the look of the veggies on their plate, they aren’t forced to eat them. Believe me, this wasn’t an easy tactic to adopt. I was afraid the kids would wind up eating nothing but cheese, or that they would become malnourished waifs. Guess what? My kids are healthy and thriving. They listen to their bodies and they stop eating when they are satisfied, and I never push them to eat more.
When I look at pictures of me when I was my daughter’s age I can see the difference. When I was her age I already qualified as chubby. My daughter, on the other hand, is a healthy weight. I think the relaxed attitude toward food -coupled with the fact that I don’t allow my kids to lounge in front of the TV for hours on end- helps a lot. I just don’t want my kids to have to struggle with their weight and I think allowing them to listen to their bodies is one way to help them.
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Do You Make Your Kids Clean Their Plates?