Daily Quiet Time.
It works, trust me…just do it!
I have said before that for the last year we have consistently been taking an hour a day to have time by ourselves. Now, yesterday, Chloe asked (as I was running a bit late) Mommy is it time yet for quiet time? They all three ran up the stairs. Now Hudson is just now transitioning into the “honor and privilege” of not napping and being able to be have alone time too. I explained, with great theatrics’s, how special and grown up it was to do this and that he mustn’t bother his brother and sister because this is just their special time all to themselves. He stayed in his room working and singing away, which I must say is a huge milestone. So you see, you just keep doing things, over and over and over and in time even the strongest willed of the bunch gets it.
When I called them out to go to the library they all started saying, “Mom not yet, we need a bit more time to play.” Guess what. I said “NO”. I made them take a break and said, “Sorry, we must go”. Now I am not mean, there is a method to my madness..I want them to crave that time again the next day and literally run up the stairs to have some quiet space to themselves and pick up where they left off. In time, my prayer is that they will value this time as they are able to be still and quiet enough to hear the Holy Spirit nudging them along in this great life.
I have had other parents tell me they thought it was “strange” that I did this. Oh well wouldn’t be the first time. My kids are all together all the time practically from the day the 2nd and 3rd were born. I don’t want dysfunctional kids who don’t know who they are on their own. Oh My that is another post in and of itself.
See you all tomorrow,
