By Cheryl Bac
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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...
(More)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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Whenever I go running, swimming, grocery shopping, etc without my kids, I’m a little off. I almost always have at least one, if not 3, kids with me. I feel like I should have a little one in a carrier, be pushing a stroller, holding a hand, or at least keeping my eye on a kid so they are safe in the parking lot.
I enjoy doing these activities kid-free, but I’m still getting used to doing them solo. And, going through this transition myself is greatly helping me sympathize with our kids while they transition to and back to school. They may enjoy school, but they may just feel a bit off without me and/or their siblings close by. It just takes awhile to settle in with new classmates, new teachers, new rules and new schedules.
I need to remind myself that it just takes time. Nothing is necessarily going wrong. Nothing necessarily needs to change. And it is probably going to take each kid a different amount of time to adjust. And I’m finding out that it will probably end up taking me the longest to get used to our new routine.
