Pros:
- quiet house at 9:15
- clean house from 9:45-3:15
- waaay less sibling fights
- not having to think about most of your kids for 6 hours
- making lunch for only 2 kids (HATE making lunch.)
- 2 months of 1 child at home:
Cons:
- a really obvious marking of their growing up (what?! Emma's in 4th grade?!)
- a huge decrease in opportunities to "be the mom you always plan to be" (ie: meaningful talks, joyful working together on projects, afternoon games, enlightening outings).
- homework/making the bus/piano practicing fights
- early mornings
- feeling responsible for doing something productive with all the extra time (such as, putting together a nursery, something I've been avoiding "till the kids go to school".)
- Jane supposedly being old enough to be in kindergarten. Again: what?!
So, I'm conflicted. Relishing the peace, trying to ignore the melancholy of years slipping by. Why is parenting so like that?
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