When you just know you're pregnant, you can feel it, what you've hoped for is happening again you just know it! But, it's been 4 weeks and apparently it's still too early for a positive pregnancy test, you know because you've been testing since conception haha. So you wait until the day your period is supposed to come, still no period, yes! you knew it!!! And it's only days before Thanksgiving. Best. Thanksgiving. Day. Surprise. Ever. So you buy a test, go to the bathroom, read the instructions for the millionth time, get ready to test again and.... You got your period... Yeah, it sucks :'(
Monday, November 24, 2014
Friday, November 21, 2014
Enjoying my child
Winter (my 21 month old daughter btw) likes to climb on top of our dining room table. It's an endless fight to keep her off of it. She only does it when I am in the kitchen cooking or cleaning the dishes, probably because she knows she isn't supposed to and wants me to see her... I am constantly telling her, "Get off the table. Now. NOW." She eventually obeys me. For the last few weeks I have had a table center piece of a few pumpkins. There is this tiny pumpkin that Winter loves to play with, she will even cuddle it and give it kisses because I call it the Baby Pumpkin, it's adorable to watch. But, the cuteness wears off when I realize she had to climb on the table to do this, even after I have told her not to.
I read an article that a friend posted on Facebook. Read it here. It's basically about paying attention to your child/children for a short period, really pay attention, and enjoying the moment. It was mind opening and made me think. I liked the comment my friend made, "If we could do this just once a day... even just once a week... imagine how powerful that would be". I agree. I decided to try it out this morning when Winter came into the kitchen to get my attention. When I gave it to her she walked towards the dining room, I knew exactly where she was headed. She pulled out the dining room chair and proceeded to climb up it and onto the table. She looked at me as soon as she reached her goal, most likely waiting for me to scold her and tell her to get down. Instead, I pulled out another chair, sat down and smiled. She gave me a puzzled look and then slowly reached for the smallest pumpkin. While giving her my full attention and not worrying about finishing the dishes, or how I would have to straiten the tablecloth and center pieces for the thousandth time, or that I was allowing Winter to do exactly what I had been telling her not to for the past few weeks strait, I noticed just how adorable she was as she chatted away to me while cradling the tiny pumpkin. Her little face lit up when she saw me nodding my head to agree with whatever gibberish she was telling me, and when I grabbed one of the bigger pumpkins and started to play with her and mimic whatever she was doing with her pumpkin. After a couple of minutes she set her pumpkin down where she got it, scooched closer to where I was sitting, and planted a kiss on my lips before she climbed off the table and moved the chair back to it's spot. She then went in the living room and played with her toys while I finished the dishes. She hasn't tried to climb the table since. I don't know if that part has anything to do with the rest of the story or not. Whether she never tries to climb up on the table again or tries to live on up from now on haha, oh well. I have this cute memory and I now know just how important it is for Winter and for me to interact with each other and how I need to strive to give her more of my undivided attention!
I challenge all of you parents out there to read this article, and try this mediation practice, put your phones away, turn the TV off, let the chores sit, get down to their level and give your full attention to your child. Even just for a few minutes a day. Or like the article suggests, just for one interaction with them per day.
You won't regret it.
I read an article that a friend posted on Facebook. Read it here. It's basically about paying attention to your child/children for a short period, really pay attention, and enjoying the moment. It was mind opening and made me think. I liked the comment my friend made, "If we could do this just once a day... even just once a week... imagine how powerful that would be". I agree. I decided to try it out this morning when Winter came into the kitchen to get my attention. When I gave it to her she walked towards the dining room, I knew exactly where she was headed. She pulled out the dining room chair and proceeded to climb up it and onto the table. She looked at me as soon as she reached her goal, most likely waiting for me to scold her and tell her to get down. Instead, I pulled out another chair, sat down and smiled. She gave me a puzzled look and then slowly reached for the smallest pumpkin. While giving her my full attention and not worrying about finishing the dishes, or how I would have to straiten the tablecloth and center pieces for the thousandth time, or that I was allowing Winter to do exactly what I had been telling her not to for the past few weeks strait, I noticed just how adorable she was as she chatted away to me while cradling the tiny pumpkin. Her little face lit up when she saw me nodding my head to agree with whatever gibberish she was telling me, and when I grabbed one of the bigger pumpkins and started to play with her and mimic whatever she was doing with her pumpkin. After a couple of minutes she set her pumpkin down where she got it, scooched closer to where I was sitting, and planted a kiss on my lips before she climbed off the table and moved the chair back to it's spot. She then went in the living room and played with her toys while I finished the dishes. She hasn't tried to climb the table since. I don't know if that part has anything to do with the rest of the story or not. Whether she never tries to climb up on the table again or tries to live on up from now on haha, oh well. I have this cute memory and I now know just how important it is for Winter and for me to interact with each other and how I need to strive to give her more of my undivided attention!
I challenge all of you parents out there to read this article, and try this mediation practice, put your phones away, turn the TV off, let the chores sit, get down to their level and give your full attention to your child. Even just for a few minutes a day. Or like the article suggests, just for one interaction with them per day.
You won't regret it.
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