Comments on: Report on Mommy Day #1 https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/report-on-mommy-day-1/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:04:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/report-on-mommy-day-1/#comment-32363 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 21:28:44 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6110#comment-32363 In reply to Ana.

@Ana- Sesame Place is a lot closer, so that’s an option. It’s just smaller, so there’s that trade off. I had the whole day (9 am to 9 pm) so taking 3 hours of it to drive seemed OK.

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/report-on-mommy-day-1/#comment-32362 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 21:27:37 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6110#comment-32362 In reply to Rinna.

@Rinna- it always seems like one less than one currently has seems easy. I remember feeling a wee bit self-satisfied when I took all 4 kids (solo) to the local children’s museum and other families seemed to have 2 parents with 1 or 2 kids. It’s all about perspective…

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/report-on-mommy-day-1/#comment-32361 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 21:25:31 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6110#comment-32361 In reply to Harmony@CreatingMyKaleidoscope.

@Harmony- it really is so pleasant to get one-on-one time with the older kids (the baby gets a lot of time through sheer neediness). If I can convince someone to go for an errand, that’s usually good.

]]> By: Harmony@CreatingMyKaleidoscope https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/report-on-mommy-day-1/#comment-32360 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 15:38:34 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6110#comment-32360 What a great day! I have been trying to spend one-on-one time with the kids, even for an hour or two. I may take Tornado (my 4 year old girl) to a fun event next weekend – just the two of us. And, we’re planning on taking the kindergartner for a special mommy-daddy day next week. He hasn’t decided what he want to do yet, but it will be nice. After all, it was just the three of us for a couple of years.

]]> By: Jennie Evans https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/report-on-mommy-day-1/#comment-32359 Sun, 12 Jun 2016 14:33:12 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6110#comment-32359 When my children were younger one on one days were spent at a park or something similar. When they became school age, one of our one on one days was back to school shopping. We spent the whole day getting clothes and supplies, eating a special lunch, and wrapping up with a movie. We have another at Christmas when I take each child individually to buy gifts for siblings and family. Summer one on ones usually happen around camp schedules. This week 2 of my children will be gone to camp. My youngest son has me all week to himself.

]]> By: Rinna https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/report-on-mommy-day-1/#comment-32358 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 22:42:53 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6110#comment-32358 @Laura – we are also doing one on one days this summer. My two big boys have birthdays in the summer (June and July), so I’m making it adjacent to that, and my daughter is getting thrown in too for good measure (even though she’s a December bday). The baby doesn’t seem to care, plus he naturally gets a lot of one on one time when the big kids are busy. So glad to hear your Mommy Day #1 went well. I hope mine are as successful. It’s actually really fun to be able to totally indulge one child for the day.

]]> By: Rinna https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/report-on-mommy-day-1/#comment-32357 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 22:40:51 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6110#comment-32357 In reply to Jennifer.

Haha, Jennifer, that’s funny. So much depends on our perspective, doesn’t it? I also have 4 kids (like Laura), and I love the one on one days but definitely need lots of days where they play with one another and I’m not the main form of entertainment. Because that’s what we’ve gotten used to in our lives. But I remember when I was pregnant with my second, having been used to having only one child until then, and I was totally flummoxed as to how I would ever take 2 kids to the park…

]]> By: June https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/report-on-mommy-day-1/#comment-32356 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:30:53 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6110#comment-32356 You are making great headway on your summer checklist!

]]> By: Meghan https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/report-on-mommy-day-1/#comment-32355 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:09:49 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6110#comment-32355 One-on-one time is so great! It’s amazing how much easier it is to focus and enjoy when you only have one input to process at a time 🙂 It’s also nice when you realize your kids are finally getting old enough to manage day trips without it being a grueling logistical ordeal. What a treat for you both.

]]> By: Jennifer https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/report-on-mommy-day-1/#comment-32354 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 17:11:00 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6110#comment-32354 “But overall, the day was great, and it was so fun to be able to focus completely on one kid. I think if every day were like that it would be a bit intense.” As a parent of a forever-only child, this struck me as funny because I’ve always assumed the opposite — it might be fun to take a few children on an outing somewhere once in a great while, but if every day involved that it would be a bit intense. 🙂

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