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I too often hear mothers say that they don't feel like themselves anymore after having children. I know after I had my baby, I went through a stage where I just felt like his mum, and that was it. I think it's so important that we make time to
do things that we used to love doing before we had children. Weather it means taking the kids with us, or leaving them with someone, we NEED to find time to be ourselves and do things we love.
I thought I would compile a short list of a few things you could do to take 'time out'
* A short walk (with, or without bubs)
* Find a girlfriend and have a girls night out (without the kids).....go out for dinner, then a movie and don't talk about the kids.
* Leave the baby with your partner (or family, or friends) and do some retail therapy by yourself. This doesn't mean you have to spend a fortune, just window shop, then sit down and have a HUGE milkshake/ice coffee/chocolate!!!
*Invite some other mothers around to your place for lunch. Ask everyone to bring a plate and talk about motherhood.....the good, the bad and the ugly!
*On the weekend, grab your partner (or a friend) and the kids and go to the park/beach/river and have an icecream together.
*Get back into the sport you loved before you had kids.
Anyway, that is just a short list of a thousand things we could do. I just think it's so important in the day to day running of our lives that we don't forget who we are. We're not just our kids mum's and our partner's partner, but we our OURSELVES who have likes and dislikes and need to take time out often to remember who we are.
Mel xx
(January 2007) (
