[blparent] finding time

[jill]

Well that is until puberty starts!  13 is hard, my son fluctuates between
wanting to be petted and telling me to buzz off!		

Jill
-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Aaron Cannon
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 5:12 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] finding time

The best time is right after bed time, or, if you're
disciplined/crazy, before he gets up in the morning.  Also, when
things get frustrating, you can console your self with the knowledge
that things will likely get much better as he gets older.

Good luck.

Aaron

On 4/14/11, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
> The things I would add, as a single parent who
> has the kids part of the time is that everything
> is a phase and you will get through it -- and it all does get easier.
>
> Dave
>
> At 12:23 PM 4/14/2011, you wrote:
>>Hi Nikki and all.  Finding time is something I
>>struggle with.  I've had Michael for almost 16
>>months but I had the life before motherhood for
>>roughly 34 years.  So the transition has been
>>hard for me.  I often wish I could go back to
>>that other lifestyle.  However, like everyone
>>has said, your life is changed when you have a
>>child so here are some things I do to make sure
>>I find time for myself or for my husband and me
>>as a couple.  We have a list of people in our
>>community we trust to babysit; they're all from
>>our church so if we need an evening or afternoon
>>out, we can just call and set something up with
>>one of them.  One thing to do is take one night
>>get-aways if you can afford it.  We started
>>doing them once a month but found it to be
>>expensive so we don't do them as often.  It's to
>>your advantage to have a strong support
>>system.  Sometimes, I have my parents take
>>Michael for a whole weekend and we won't go
>>anywhere, we'll just stay home.  If getting away
>>isn't an option, one thing you can do is get
>>stuff done while the baby's asleep.  Michael
>>takes 4 hour naps in the afternoon so that's
>>time for me to do stuff around the house, read,
>>watch a movie, or whatever.  When Michael goes
>>down for the night, that's the time that my
>>husband and I spend together.  Of course, that
>>works because Michael sleeps through the
>>night.  I'd also say steal whatever moments you
>>can.  It's tough, but doable.  I do have to
>>commend all the single moms and dads out
>>there.  I don't know how you all do it but as
>>they say, you gotta do what you gotta do.  Hope
>>some of this helps. Leslie -----Original
>>Message----- From: Nikki
>>[mailto:daizies304 at comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday,
>>April 13, 2011 3:29 PM To: blparent at nfbnet.org
>>Subject: [blparent] finding time         For the
>>single moms or dads, how do you find the time to
>>do things for yourself? Do you have to give,
>>sacrifice every moment of the day to your
>>children? For the new parents, is it hard to
>>give up your freedom, if it was unplanned? How
>>do you compensate and are still able to get
>>things done or do things for you as if the
>>children didn’t exist, like life beforehand?
>>How do you make life easier?
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