Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Am I just fortunate?
I was discussing attachment parenting with someone today and I had one of those moments when you hear yourself talk as if from a distance, and I thought that I sounded a little overbearing... I mean, I don't have to go to work so I can happily carry my baby around all day with me. It doesn't matter if I have a crap night's sleep because I'm trying to bring my toddler in line with continuum values (and by the way, that one failed... he's back in his cot and happily sleeping 12 hours a night without a peep) because I can have a nap in the afternoon. So how do working mothers manage it? My other example is my sister who runs her own business and takes the baby to work with her, has done so with all four her children. But is it then that we are just fortunate?
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Hi Fran,
ReplyDeleteOf course you/we are fortunate! The mere fact that we can be on here contemplating that type of question, rather than worrying about what we/our children are going to be eating today attests to that, don't you think?
Yes I agree! My stepgrandmother always says that we are too preoccupied with doing things "naturally" as when she was young and doing things naturally (lived in the country and grew all her own veggies) she didn't have the time to think about it, they just got on with it...
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