Summer’s guide to Mom De-Stressification
1. Have someone babysit the difficult child at least once a week.
* Note that the child labeled difficult may be an angel for the sitter, who may then ask you why you called her in tears over said child, which may in turn make you assume she thinks you’re just a bad impatient mother, which may cause more stress and tears.
2. Designate a certain amount of time every day as “room time”, where the children are to stay in their room and play quietly while you relax with the baby and a book.
*Note that your relaxation time may be interrupted by children having a shouting match over who is being the quietest. You may also hear small voices calling down the hallway every 5 minutes saying things like, “I have to pee!” or “I’m firsty!” or “Obi-Wan hit me with the light saber!” or “Count Dooku stole da Piston Cup! or *sob sob, blubber blubber, snort, sob*.
When trying to relax fails, just try to release.
3. Sit at the piano and pound on it.
*Note that a child may come out and ask in awe, “What’s dat bootiful song mom?” which may just make you smile and forget why you were pounding in the first place.
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I love it. My daughter’s “quiet time” is usually anything but also. I always love it when I spend it yelling, “Be quiet!!!!”
Yes, I love when I have to raise my voice (yell) at the kids to be quiet, LOL.
I wish we had a piano to pound on - it sounds like a good way to release frustration! And to impress the kiddos with your musical expertise… :)
I like the idea of #3. But we don’t have a piano. So I guess I’ll just have to resort to biting a teething toy (which my son no longer uses) if counting 1 to 1million or taking and long deep breaths won’t work.
I love it!
All these things happen at my house frequently!
I love it! Pound on the Piano, I need to find one of those.
Those happen here at our house too. I’m with the baby, and Katelyn and Josh are playing nicely for all of two minutes when it all starts.
And when Grandma comes to watch them, they turn into angels. Yeah, sounds like our house.
Piano pounding is so good for the soul!
And kids behave better for babysitters because they know that the sitter doesn’t love them unconditionally. It throws an air of uncertainty into the mix and hence the angelic act.
i clearly relate to having my problem child be an angel for everyone else but us. so, then i feel like i’m doing something wrong for her to be crazy with just us but perfect for everyone else. oh well.
Love the list! I think I want to be the one to volunteer to go to the sitter’s : )
I’m glad to find I’m not the only one using the piano for stress relief. We’ve gotta get one one of these days (although with my son’s interest in the piano, it might just turn out to be another source of stress!).
The guitar can work well in a pinch, but I’ve broken 3 guitar strings that way….