lazy parenting

[deliverdaniel]

Ugh- I'm 26 weeks pregnant with 3rd baby, can't sleep at nights, it's v hot where we live and DH has been away all week with work. I have two DCs who just turned 4 and 7. I'm feeling guilty for being so lazy all week. Usually I play with the kids a lot/ do quite a bit of art/ reading etc and cook home made meals. This week I"ve managed to get them to school/ relevant activities and give them baths but that's about it. Apart from that I"ve pretty much stuck them in front of the TV, given them tinned soup or pasta with jars of sauce for dinner and let them get on with it (they have been pretty good about playing their own games when they get bored, which is a bonus.) Is the crippling guilt that i'm feeling now justified?

I think you need to give yourself a huge break. You're a wonderful mother, I'm sure, but you're pregnant and exhausted. No woman on earth can be the perfect mother 100% of the time because there's no such thing. Tomorrow is a new day, and if you feel up to it, do some artwork with them, or read some books to them. Whatever. If you're still too tired, I promise they will be just fine!

thanks for the kind message. I know it won't hurt them, but think DH won't be impressed and it makes me feel a bit rubbish too. Oh well. I guess it's only a week.