Getting through the half term/You've just got to get through it

Hello and welcome! So in the UK it is half term, and it can be fullon with no breaks, but that is parenting, its never always a bliss but you do get through it, honestly. We spend a lot of days outdoors and as my son loves trains and buses, along with helicopters and aerioplanes we go into London where he can see all that, along with the London Eye. Yet I get the strops and the stamping of the feet, and its like "How can I please you?", and the answer to that, there is no pleasing sometimes, and you just got to get through it. 



My son has bags of energy and so to match that it can be hard to keep up, but like today, I got through it,and so can you. 

Take 5 and spend time just to breath and then readdress the situation when ready, and for me it is that, my son wants to do so much, that he doesn't often know what he wants, he just wants to explore and see what is going on, everywhere. 

My style as a mamma is that I talk to my son, and try not to ask open questions but direct ones, and I find these are essential and work well. 

With parenting I like to do little routine items even during half term, like he will have his breakfast before I have mine, so he is fed and ready to go for the day, and get myself ready, shower the night before and then get him ready, and when we get back home, he will play some more and then have dinner, bath and then bed, and Henry will tell me when he wants to go to bed. 

It is important for them to know when they are tired as thats' where is will often fight it for a bit, and then say "I want to go to bed" and it is good for them to initiate it at times, that is their independence breaking through, so use that to help you stay calm and steady, and anything they want to do themselves like put his coat on, let them, and you will get through it. 

I do write a blog dedicated to parenting on my Wordpress site: https://theparentingadventurestipsandtricks.wordpress.com

Many thanks for reading, 


Carrie X


 

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