 Thursday, August 16, 2007CommuterMom: ThanksWe have recently been thinking about using babysitters more. My parents are close by and more than happy to watch CommuterGirl as often as they can; but, I hate to always impose on them. So, we started to search for a sitter. We didn’t have to look very far – only about 5 doors down the street. She is a sophomore college student, studying nursing. She loves kids, and even loves our dog!
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3 comments:
I can appreciate your story. My husband and I have gone on very few dates out since having our two boys. The cost of a babysitter plus the date is hard to justify. We don't have much family available and none of them are knocking on the door asking to help out, so I rarely ask. One thing that has been a life saver for us is that our boys go to bed at 8:00p.m. A lot of Friday or Saturday nights we will put the boys to bed and then have an evening to ourselves grilling out, enjoying a bottle of wine, and just talking (without interuptions). We enjoy the time together to catch up or to just be together without anyone making any demands!
If your parents are often babysitting while your daughter is asleep, how about doing some small things to treat them to a good time while they're there. Rent a DVD and pop some microwave popcorn for them to enjoy while they're there. Make a nice dessert and brew coffee, buy a book of crosswords, a jigsaw puzzle, or print a story from the Internet on a topic they enjoy. Make it a treat for them as much as possible. Then, when you can, return the favor with favors. Drive them to or from the airport and/or housesit next time they travel. Offer to walk their dog, shovel their walk, mow the lawn, etc. Just a few thoughts.
Hello Commuter Mom
You and Modern Mom are truly what I refer to as supermoms. You do it all.
Maybe I should not be reading yours and ModernMom's profile as it makes me feel worse about myself. As you can tell I do not have a lot of confidence in myself as a Mom. But I am trying to fix that. I, too, am a working mom, and a wife. The additional pressures come from being the only source of income, a handywoman wannabe since my husband has no interest in it and would rather hire someone to do it when we have no spare income to do so while our house is falling apart.
I envy women like yourself who have a list of responsibilites that they meet and sound to be successful at all those responsibilities. How does one do it?
At the same time, how can I communicate to Bright Horizons that they need a blogger-Mom who is not as much of a Supermom as you and ModernMom are. Again, I am not unappreciative of both of you. Just that I know of a lot more women like myself who are not as ambitious as you are and not as confident as you are.
Thank yoU!
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