Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Mommy Guilt


I am convinced that every mom suffers from Mommy Guilt. Do I pay enough attention to the older kid? Do I pay enough attention to the younger kid? Do they have enough one-on-one time? Do I spend enough quality time with the kids? etc. etc. etc. I have come to terms with most of the typical Mommy Guilt issues, but I have been having a hard time figuring out how to give each boy enough book-reading time every day. I know that parents are supposed to read to our kids at least 15 minutes each day and I have always met or exceeded that mark with Wyatt. The problem is that I don't feel like the twins meet the expectation that I have set for them in terms of getting enough reading time with Mom each day. I think that it hasn't really worked very well because it is hard to read to 3 people at the same time and have everyone pay attention and not
dash off to do something else. Today I read to the twins alone when Wyatt was taking a nap and then read to Wyatt later by himself and it seemed to work really well. I still have to kind of trap Jonah on my lap so that he doesn't crawl off, but is very doable with just two kids at a time. Problem solved!

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