Comments on: A Balancing Act http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2008/07/17/a-balancing-act/ Thu, 17 May 2012 16:35:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Jenn http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2008/07/17/a-balancing-act/comment-page-1/#comment-2323 Jenn Mon, 25 May 2009 07:43:37 +0000 http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/?p=112#comment-2323 My daughter & I will go to ecstatic dance together. I dance with her and then put her down to color or play while I get some "me dance" time. It's wonderful! My daughter & I will go to ecstatic dance together. I dance with her and then put her down to color or play while I get some “me dance” time. It’s wonderful!

]]> By: melissa http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2008/07/17/a-balancing-act/comment-page-1/#comment-444 melissa Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:03:22 +0000 http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/?p=112#comment-444 Ditto Julie, I do wish I exercised more but I escape into my blogs and other writing endeavors. Good for you on getting that alone time to rejuvenate yourself *and* getting physical exercise in, all at the same time. Now if only I could blog while on a treadmill. ;) Ditto Julie, I do wish I exercised more but I escape into my blogs and other writing endeavors.

Good for you on getting that alone time to rejuvenate yourself *and* getting physical exercise in, all at the same time. Now if only I could blog while on a treadmill. ;)

]]> By: Julie http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2008/07/17/a-balancing-act/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Julie Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:33:00 +0000 http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/?p=112#comment-443 I wish I got out to exercise more, but I find blogging to be a big escape and a way for me to reconnect with my former self, exercise my brain, and get a break. I find I'm so much more ready and able to connect with my children and my husband if I feel like I have some me time too. Now if only there were 40 hours in a day, I'd have enough time to do it all! I wish I got out to exercise more, but I find blogging to be a big escape and a way for me to reconnect with my former self, exercise my brain, and get a break.

I find I’m so much more ready and able to connect with my children and my husband if I feel like I have some me time too. Now if only there were 40 hours in a day, I’d have enough time to do it all!

]]> By: Green Mamma http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/2008/07/17/a-balancing-act/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Green Mamma Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:46:44 +0000 http://attachmentparenting.org/blog/?p=112#comment-442 Sometimes it isn't easy to rise with the sun, but I make an effort almost everyday to get outside and walk or run. Another way that I am trying to find time for myself without making more demands on my husband's, our family's, or our couple time is to either swap childcare with another parent or to seek out the help of a mother's helper. In our culture and time, there are no villages to rely on to help with our babies (and children); asking others for help is important for our mental stability and survival, not to mention our abilities to be good mothers. Sometimes it isn’t easy to rise with the sun, but I make an effort almost everyday to get outside and walk or run.

Another way that I am trying to find time for myself without making more demands on my husband’s, our family’s, or our couple time is to either swap childcare with another parent or to seek out the help of a mother’s helper.

In our culture and time, there are no villages to rely on to help with our babies (and children); asking others for help is important for our mental stability and survival, not to mention our abilities to be good mothers.

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