But in the middle of it all I like to read. Generally several books at once that i dip in and out of - unless its a novel that i love and i don't end up putting it down until I'm done. And there are certain books I should read more and over and over.
Good books are like gold - little treasures of wisdom. The books I've been looking at over the past many months are about parenting (of course) and about teaching children.
Obviously using my own heart mind and judgement, I decide what suits us and what doesn't. I would say though that unless it's not from an area I already feel passionate about - I probably wouldn't continue reading as I know my heart feels different.
So a while back I read this book -
It is the montessori one I wrote about some time ago. I must have been 'guided' to this book as I stumbled across it in an old op shop...seriously a diamond in the rough. I think it was written in the 70s but so much good knowledge! Talks about how we really have only just tapped into the notion of how much babies and the under 6 crowd actually do take in within these first years of life. How there is so much more we could be feeding them, knowledge wise, and how that transforms these little ones and therefore our joy as we parent them - if there is more pleasure rather then just 'babysitting' all day long, the task is joyful!
Another are these by Dr Shefali Tsabary. Seriously, revolutionary stuff. For me anyway. This is not at all how I was raised - nor anything like it within my extended family.
Again, this was something that I stumbled on...I follow Oprah on instagram (yep i do) and just was scrolling through her posts not looking at anything in particular - as you do while on the internet! Then bam. Here was a post about an indian clinical psychologist presenting a different mindset as to how we parent. There is some great stuff on Dr Shefali on you tube to check out. I love her TED talk.
There is also this one - i love the way this is written as I believe the author has no professional background - but is a mother herself. So wise in how she uses scriptures to bring to life what was the intention of us being mothers in the first place.
There is also the Dr Sears library - a collection of parenting books that i like, in particular The Baby Book. All about attachment parenting while also from a western medical point of view.
I like their notion of trying to do things naturally ie medication wise before taking on drugs to treat children with illnesses - 'skills before pills' is their motto - which i love.
There are plenty more books I haven't mentioned that I've read and have helped me during these years - all in all - I love spending time on the different theories and hearing why they work.
I pray about my kids and my parenting. I seek for correct guidance and I don't take any of it lightly. If something i do isn't working I go back and learn where to make changes. I love that this is a learn on the go kind of job. I love that I've been trusted to look after these babies - such a long way to go though for me and my maturity and understanding in my motherhood.
Here is a little pic of a recent trip to Sea World. More then 4 hours return drive - by myself with 3 hooligans - it actually was a great day and they were remarkably manageable and well behaved. They were thrilled when I told them I was taking them there...Asher kept saying " I love you for taking us mummy " and several times during our visit he just randomly would say thank you over and over. It was worth the sacrifice!
Daddy is not sure when he's coming home, could be another week, could be more. The boys miss him. We all do and look forward to hearing him come through the door. Until he does, we will keep occupied and work hard at all the fun there is to do from the eyes of a child.
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