Today my mum suggested I think about using a child minder - my eyes nearly popped out of my head! She said because she believes my little boy is very full on and I needed to look after my health! I could not be in better shape and I personally don't find my little one full one. So it got me thinking - she never used a childminder/nanny for me so it must be something about society today that has crept into her consciousness.
What is it about today's society that we just find so hard to be at home, happily pottering around with our young? I keep having visions of a mama happily yet exhausted, sitting in a chair, feet up at the end of the day, having done a full days work of caring for her family. I think this vision is what I am aspiring to. A day with small people is full on, it can be fun, exhausting, exhilarating, hilarious, frustrating and a hundred other explanations but isn't this what it is all about? More full on than any job I know and also more rewarding than any job I know. I'm proud at the end of the day to be an exhausted mama, I'm proud to have given my time to raising this small person to the best of my abilities. I won't always get it right but I will give it everything I have got - why wouldn't I?
For me, if I felt like I needed extra help I would definitely start looking up on-line ways to entertain in the most natural, simple of ways of how to spend the day. Using nature as my main focus. Nature for me symbolises slow parenting. There is constant change and growth yet underneath it all is a slow, gentle rhythm surrounded by beauty and a sense of being held in a way I wish I could feel held every day.
In being a Slow Parenting Mama I strive to create the above for my small son and hope that by my following this rhythm, he will always feel held, respected and loved, with plenty of laughter thrown in to the mix. xx
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