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We have moved through many phases of lockdown these past 7 weeks: baking, pasta making, puzzles, books, board games, craft, crazy hair…. and now we seem to be stuck at fatigue and laziness. To combat this, we had a family meeting this week (oh I was certainly not the favourite parent for initiating that!) and now we have some structure to our days.
In “normal” times, we were the family that left the house at 7am and didn’t get in again until after 7pm. The kids had a jam packed timetable - not because I forced them to be active, but because they wanted to be. We are a family that works hard and plays hard.
So here we are. Stuck at home with only zoom music and dance lessons. No part time work anymore and no sport. Something had to give as bedtimes were getting later and later, it was harder to get them up in the morning, and there was a lot of moping around during the day.
Don’t get me wrong - we are having some lovely times together. But I could see us all slipping into some habits that I knew would be hard to break, so we have re-structured our day. It was nice to actually have a conversation about everyone’s needs - it’s important for me to remember that I basically have 5 adults in the house - it’s no longer 2 parents who are telling their 3 kids what to do all the time.
The kids showed great maturity in the negotiations and I would highly recommend an open-minded family discussion if you are in a similar situation ❤️ I know it’s only been a few days so far, but our new routine has been very refreshing, with less bouts of moodiness. From everyone.
Stay sane my friends.
In “normal” times, we were the family that left the house at 7am and didn’t get in again until after 7pm. The kids had a jam packed timetable - not because I forced them to be active, but because they wanted to be. We are a family that works hard and plays hard.
So here we are. Stuck at home with only zoom music and dance lessons. No part time work anymore and no sport. Something had to give as bedtimes were getting later and later, it was harder to get them up in the morning, and there was a lot of moping around during the day.
Don’t get me wrong - we are having some lovely times together. But I could see us all slipping into some habits that I knew would be hard to break, so we have re-structured our day. It was nice to actually have a conversation about everyone’s needs - it’s important for me to remember that I basically have 5 adults in the house - it’s no longer 2 parents who are telling their 3 kids what to do all the time.
The kids showed great maturity in the negotiations and I would highly recommend an open-minded family discussion if you are in a similar situation ❤️ I know it’s only been a few days so far, but our new routine has been very refreshing, with less bouts of moodiness. From everyone.
Stay sane my friends.