Monday, April 24, 2017

What Do You Do When...

So most of the time I feel like a decent mother. I'm able to get Michael dressed, feed him real food, and make sure that he doesn't spend the whole day in front of the tv. But other days that just doesn't happen. All the doctors say kids shouldn't have more than two hours of screen time a day. They also say that kids Michael's age should be able to talk more, put words together and such. And I guess I understand that, but what do you do when there are days that simply doesn't happen or you know your child understands words but doesn't say them? Take today for example. I really haven't had very much energy today so I decided to watch a movie with him. Not so bad right? Well then instead of actual food for lunch we just snacked. So that isn't so terrible, everyone has days like that. But what about the fact that mommy is the only one that has gotten a nap today and boy watched tv the entire time I was asleep. I don't want to feel like I'm doing a bad job at being a parent... but today that's how it's going. The fact that my two year old son knows how to turn the downstairs tv on and off now concerns me and makes me question what I'm doing wrong. It doesn't help that we can't get outside though either because it's supposed to rain for the entire week. Some people would suggest going to the library or trying to get to a play place (Chick-fil-a or McDonalds) at least there he can run around and get rid of some energy. And I'm not saying those aren't good suggestions, but for a stay at home mom with no car most of the time that isn't the easiest thing to do. I love my son with all my heart and I want to be a good mother for him. So what do I do? We read together, we dance to pandora, and we color every once in a while. He also has tons of toys that he likes to play with. But is that enough?