being a mom
this was started as comment in another journal, but abandoned to be this entry
My maternal instinct kicked in a bit with the birth of my niece and lot with my own darling daughter. Only a handful of other children bring out this feeling.
I feel rejected by some of my friends who make their children the sole focus of their existence, they seem a bit jealous that I'm trying to find a balance with mommy-hood and pursuit of my own interests and career.
I used to spend more kid free time than I do now, the older my child is, the less child free time I need. Every few months I need a serious break, but I want to hang with the kidlet most of the time. I'm the mom loading up the car with as many friends and taking them some place cool. Even at this young age I get all the gossip on these outings.
Miss M went out with a friend last night to go christmas shopping for me. So incredibly cute. She got me an ornament that says I love you with two snowpeople. Then she got me a gift card to target. It was so funny. She told me she wanted to look at gift cards at Target. She kept wanting to get me something when we were there getting her antibiotics for her teething abcess. She wanted to do the Mother's day trick where she put the gift under coat and then I turned away while the checker scanned it. She got me flowers and breakfast in bed. It was so sweet. I'm not a fan of flowers, but she loves to give them to me, the little artist and beauty-lover that she is. I see as the most beautiful way she can say she loves me.
My maternal instinct kicked in a bit with the birth of my niece and lot with my own darling daughter. Only a handful of other children bring out this feeling.
I feel rejected by some of my friends who make their children the sole focus of their existence, they seem a bit jealous that I'm trying to find a balance with mommy-hood and pursuit of my own interests and career.
I used to spend more kid free time than I do now, the older my child is, the less child free time I need. Every few months I need a serious break, but I want to hang with the kidlet most of the time. I'm the mom loading up the car with as many friends and taking them some place cool. Even at this young age I get all the gossip on these outings.
Miss M went out with a friend last night to go christmas shopping for me. So incredibly cute. She got me an ornament that says I love you with two snowpeople. Then she got me a gift card to target. It was so funny. She told me she wanted to look at gift cards at Target. She kept wanting to get me something when we were there getting her antibiotics for her teething abcess. She wanted to do the Mother's day trick where she put the gift under coat and then I turned away while the checker scanned it. She got me flowers and breakfast in bed. It was so sweet. I'm not a fan of flowers, but she loves to give them to me, the little artist and beauty-lover that she is. I see as the most beautiful way she can say she loves me.