Hello and Happy Sunday!
We finally have snow in Germany – and where my parents live it snowed enough to build a snowman and make some snow angels. I loved it. We played for quite some time until we got hungry. My mom cooked something awesome for lunch and if it was just yesterday, I felt like a kid again. Like a kid playing outside, then taking our snowsuits off and rushing inside to the warmth of the house, the kitchen and my mom. I am so glad, my son is able to experiences all this.
Two days ago I wrote that my son hurt himself pretty badly at the couch table. The way he cried I knew that he was in pain. And I felt so helpless at this point and angry at myself that I cannot protect him 24/7. It was one single second, he tripped over the carpet and fell. Just so fast! Parenting is tough – some days are easy and others harder.
I remember when my son was just two days old and we left the hospital – me thinking “Why do they let me take this baby home? I have no clue what I am doing! Does this all or the baby come with a manual?” Fact is that we teach ourselves how to be the best parents. We have all the experiences from our childhood, thinking about the values my parents lived by. Then of course we add a bit of common sense to it all and are simply parents. I am most certainly not a perfect mother and things happen and I do make mistakes. Why? Because I am human. What I do try though is to treat my son like a tiny adult. I show him respect and treat him how I would like to be treated. I talk to him the way I would love to be spoken to which is not screaming or yelling. Sometimes, I do need to raise my voice – again, human! I like him to grow up confident, honest and strong. These days I do feel that we do have a strong, special bond and that he trusts me blindly.
Trust is very important in my marriage and of course I want to teach my son these values. I want to teach him that no matter what he does – he must be honest with me. No lying. Period. This is really my only rule. Also for my marriage.
One more thing! I read an interesting article the other day regarding what kids watch on TV. My son still likes to watch Peppa Pig or Maisy Mouse and he even focuses for a while when we do watch a Pixar or Disney movie. I don’t like to watch too much TV myself – if you haven’t noticed by now, I am addicted to books so my free time is usually spent reading. There is one movie however, that I can watch over and over and truly adore. “The Land Before Time”.
Have you seen this amazing movie? The main character is Littlefoot, a cute little plant-eating dinosaur, who together with his friends, tries to find the Great Valley, after his mother died. She tried to protect him of Sharptooth, a carnivore. Littlefoot’s mother told him with her last breath how to reach the Great Valley where the rest of his family and friends will wait for him. Initially, Littlefoot and his friend Cera start their journey with great adventures. They meet new friends and are constantly followed by Sharptooth, who tries to kill them.
This movie makes me tear up every single time. (My husband would say that I should really see a shrink at this point, but I don’t care. It is so beautifully done and the story is amazing.
What are the rules you live by in your relationship/marriage? What tips can you share to stay sane in this whole parenting-business? What are your favorite kids movies? I would love to hear from you.
Have a great next week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzf0SFlicN8
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