I’m having space issues today. As in I just want a little bit of space from the noisy open mouth chewing happening right next to me, the stuffed animals in my face and the to do list that is looming over me.
Today the sky is gray which is my favorite kind of weather, but I woke up feeling closed in. On edge. It’s not Maddy’s fault that she hasn’t figured out how to chew with her mouth closed. It also isn’t her fault that right now in this moment her body pressed up against me while she chews her clemnetine section by section with her mouth open is pulling the walls in closer and closer around me.
In this moment my mom duties are making me feel claustrophobic.
Today’s goal? To get out from under this claustrophobic feeling.
What do you do to help yourself out of a funk?
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Get out of the house! That is an almost sure-fired cure to help one of those grey days seem a little less stifling. Plus on those kind of days I am a much better mommy with an audience:) Sad, but true!
I 2nd the get out of the house idea! Makes my days with the twins go a lot faster.
Maybe I’m mean but I tell my kids when they are making me feel claustrophobic! Often they will all 3 swarm me, leaving me no personal space when I am trying to show them something on the computer, etc. I tell them to take a tiny step back, I need some space. Don’t know if it bothers them but they’re older so I think they have to learn at some point to respect other people’s space boundaries when they ask for it. Maddy is obviously much younger than they are.
It goes like this, “Lady, I need some space.” And then I either go outside with her, where we create some distance and chill out. Or I engross her in a serious pretend play situation and then bail. Or I use that damn television to create the space and time that is needed. I’m not scared to tell her she is making me crazy and declare a little break from one another. Hang in there! =)
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