Last night while tucking in Christopher he told me that he doesn't feel like he gets enough attention. He thought I gave more to Adam and Sarah.
I have to admit that Sarah does get a bit more attention sometimes because of being older and things she has to deal with that go along with her age. Adam gets as much as Christopher.
I think Christopher just needs some extra time.
So today just before his lunch time I signed him out of school and took him to IHOP for lunch. He earned a free lunch there with the summer reading program. He loves IHOP or Village Inn because he loves breakfast food. So we went and ate and talked. We played tic tac toe, and I folded a piece of paper and we flicked it into our self made field goals. We laughed and had a good time. Then we went to King Soopers for a free cookie and bought some sprinkles for his school Halloween party next week.
Needless to say he did not want to go back to school but it was much needed one on one time. I hope I can meet his needs and be a little more focused without taking away from the other kids.
I don't know how people do it with lots of children. How do they find time for all the individualized attention?
4 comments:
What a fun together time. My parents had 6 children and I know it was hard for them to get one-on-one time. One thing they did was Daddy Days. Each Saturday, Dad would take one kid out for a few hours. When it was your turn, you got to choose what you did with Dad (within reason :) ) and got him all to yourself for a few hours. Good memories there...
I don't think they do, to answer your question. I still feel like the younger ones get more attention than I do, which is a silly thing since I'm 31 but even when I needed my mom the most, she wasn't/couldn't be there for me because of the "little ones". Good for you! My kids would love a day like that!
I struggle with the same feelings of not being able to spend enough time with each individual child and yet feeling like I just have no more time to give to them either.
It was a very sweet thing to take him out of school, I bet he'll always remember that. You are doing great and you are a really wonderful, loving mother!
Good for you! It sounds like you had a lot of fun.
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