Comments on: Moms, Are you Taking Enough Time for Yourselves?

By: Kathy McDermott Goodman

Kathy McDermott Goodman — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:17:59 +0000

Thanks big bro for thinking of me too and posting this article. I know I need to take time for me, but I do not remember to do it or even how to do it most days. Time to start checking off the items on this list one by one.

By: Mike McDermott

Mike McDermott — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:18:31 +0000

I totally agree that mothers totally undervalue themselves, and thereby cheat themselves from the sanity that they are due.
I’ll be forwarding this article to my wife. These are some great tips!

Mike

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:09:08 +0000

Great article. AS Moms sometimes we forget that we NEED to have our Mom time. I like to share a cup of tea with other Moms.

By: JediMom

JediMom — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Shana,

Awesome post and one I needed to hear! My biggest excuse for not getting in some “me time” is that there’s a never-ending list of household chores. I really just need to get over the fact that my house is not going to be “company ready” unless there’s actually company coming.

By: Muriel

Muriel — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:22:47 +0000

This was a good article and I enjoyed the refresher course. As a mother of 6 children myself, taking time our for myself was a challenge. Sometimes time out was too expensive and I just had to stay with the children because getting away from them was just not possible. I learned to take time out with them. For instance taking a drive and cranking up the music so I couldn’t hear them or putting them in the car around bedtime so they’d fall asleep while I drove. Also, getting in the tub after all were in bed and I was exhausted. I discovered this one night when I was freezing cold and decided to warm up my body so I could get to sleep at night. I came out warmed, refreshed and much more optimistic about life. I’ve done it often ever since.

By: lc

lc — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:31:49 +0000

5:30 up with 3 kids
6- dressed and teeth brushed ready for bfast
6:30 kids bfast done – checking everyone has what they need for school – that actually takes a while…
7-previous day dishes out dwasher, new bf dishes in, laundry out, checking international emails, laundry in
7:45 kids in car to school
8:30 back from school run, meetings start (about 3-4 hours a day)
12-2 eat something at some point
3- wind up calls to get kids
3:45 – back with kids
somewhere between 3:45 and 6:30 get in homework and love my babies time as well as cooking, new laundry, dinner abd checking work emails (it’s still the work day – may have a conference call or three in there – kids are AWESOME)
6:30 Bath time
7;00 story and bible story and song time, prayers and settling
8:00 get back downstairs and fold laundry, load rest of dishes, sort out uniforms for next day, make lunch boxes
8:45 – get back to work to make up hours
10 – maybe get to bed… or not

Easy to say slow down, but if you have a good job with a good salary right now in these times, you work it.

I will say that running up and down the stairs, making extra laundry trips, strecthing with the laundry, making cleaning an exercise and not taking the easy way out… a whole of things can keep you fit.

Whether or not fit = relaxed is different. But with no brothers or sisters and no family on this continent who can help. You make do. Posts like these make me realise I may be missing something.. Then again, my kids will only be little for so long, and I’m willing to make the sacrifice now. I’m not sure what I’ll do, or if I’ll be able to ‘relax’ the way you explain when they’re not in the house…

Lovely post, and I hope to take what you have said on board. Right now… even with them helping me with their chores (beds, vacuuming etc – bless them) I’m just not sure. Weekends belong to my kids – its time I feel they need with me. I get years to visit spas… right now my priority is my kids… I’m privileged to have a good job that allows me to work from home so I CAN do the mom thing, Perhaps your money or mortgage situation is one of non-pressure. For us, I need my job. I love my job. And my job lets me love my kids… But my life right now does not leave a lot of room for massages or meditation. I’m one HECK of a lot luckier than most other moms out there, So life is good… Stressed. Tired. Frantic sometimes. But with a whole lot of love and peace… Make sense?

By: Mike Wilton

Mike Wilton — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:19:54 +0000

Great post Shana. I’m definitely passing this one on to my wife. She rarely makes time for herself and some days I think she’s going to pull all her hair out. You have some great ideas in here, so hopefully it will give her some encouragement.