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About this blog: I'm a wife, stay-at-home mom, home cook, marathon runner, and PhD. I recently moved to the Silicon Valley after completing my PhD in Social Psychology and becoming a mother one month apart. Before that, I ran seven marathons incl...
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About this blog: I'm a wife, stay-at-home mom, home cook, marathon runner, and PhD. I recently moved to the Silicon Valley after completing my PhD in Social Psychology and becoming a mother one month apart. Before that, I ran seven marathons including Chicago and Boston. Exercise is an integral part of my life. I hope to one day go back to long distance running and tackle the New York City Marathon. Right now I run after my one year old son. Although I am a stay-at-home mom, we are rarely "at home." My mom also stayed at home with my brother and me. She warned me that, although rewarding, it can be isolating. So, with her help, I learned the importance of getting out into the community and meeting other mothers. On the rare occasion when I am at home and have a hand or two free, I squeeze in time to scrapbook. As a new mom, many challenges are thrown my way. I hope my opinions, triumphs, and struggles help experienced parents reminisce, new parents cope, and parents-to-be get an honest glimpse of what the first years of motherhood can entail.
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Enjoy every configuration of your family
Uploaded: Oct 18, 2018
Last week I read about
one mom’s experience about traveling with only one of her two children. She had a wonderful time. While her story didn’t inspire me into taking a solo vacation with any of our three kids soon, one quote rang especially true for me- “Enjoy every configuration of your family.”
As our oldest starts elementary school and our girls grow up, I’m finding myself slowly taking advantage of these new configurations. Reading to our son while he eats breakfast before school. Chatting with our daughter while her little sister cat naps in the car. Taking our girls to classes while brother is in kindergarten. Shopping with baby when both her siblings are at school.
I rarely plan one-on-one or one-on-two time with our kids. I like for it to unfold organically. However, for my birthday this year, I asked my husband for one-on-one time with our two oldest children. I didn’t know how much one-on-one time we would be getting with our new school schedule and I wanted to spend time completely focused on one child (I needed a mental break from constantly dividing my attention between our three kids). I spent 30 minutes each with our oldest two kids. I didn’t make elaborate plans- we spent the time simply talking and playing together. While this is something I’m not planning to repeat soon, it was a wonderful, simple and very memorable birthday treat. Maybe it’ll turn into a yearly birthday tradition.
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