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| 9 MAY 2008 at 1:29am |
jenmarieIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 62
Joined: 4 OCT 2007
Status : Offline | Don't worry, she'll just give it to a nanny to raise.
"Undoubtedly, Sputnik inspired Americans, perhaps for the last time, to the idea of being frontiersmen,"&&&&For the LAST time? How depressing...&&How can we not be inspired to be frontiersmen? Let's go explore.
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| 11 MAY 2008 at 11:55pm |
kateSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 245
Joined: 20 FEB 2007
Status : Online | its kinda funny in the soap operas thats want they do give to the nanny, you see them at birth than next thing you know their teenagers :
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| 12 MAY 2008 at 5:11am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | In the baby years I was exhausted at the physical demands caring for a baby and working made upon me. I was glad to be made redundant and stay home for a while. I remember thinking that it would be wonderful fun if only each baby came with its own domestic servant.... and then I realised that they do - the mother.
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| 21 MAY 2008 at 3:44pm |
SarahJourneyman
Posts : 913
Joined: 13 JUL 2004
Status : Offline | Caroline, do you ever miss those baby years? My son just turned 18 months old and unlike most of new mothers I know here of having a nanny/maid, I'm taking care of my son by myself(being a stay at home mum at the moment). Challenging really but I think it's worth it to watch him grow and not handing it to someone else to take care of him.
Still busy being a mom &&
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| 21 MAY 2008 at 11:01pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Sarah
I'm glad you're enjoying this special time. I adored being a Mummy. I planned so many outings either just family or with play friends. Working mothers really do miss out on the most wonderful time of their life - it's just sad that it needs to be like that.
When I was pregnant with No.2 I would take my son who was 2yrs old to the beach almost every day. We'd be there at 9.30 and get a spot under the jetty in the deep shade with the other mothers. All the babies would wander around playing with each other's spades and toys while the mothers chatted and at lunch time the fish and chip shop was just a few steps away. Everyone knows that the perfect food for children on the beach is hot chips! Finally around 2pm I'd pack up and he'd sleep in the car going home. Ohhh.... happy days....
But do I miss those days? No not really. You see my boys are very close to me and they are affectionate and I derive great pleasure from simply seeing them cope with their lives and organise themselves and enjoy their sports, etc. Each phase brings its own pleasures - that's why it's important to pause enough to enjoy each stage because they grow up and change so quickly.
But I have told them both to try and have children before I get too ancient to babysit them.
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