What Are Your Favorite Mommy/Child Rituals?
Posted on July 2, 2009 by FoBaM-Jamie
Mothers and their children often live in a private little world built around rituals and routine. Whether our children are swaddled infants or independent college students, those rituals persist – evolving as our children grow. When they are young, the daily rounds of meals, bath time, and bedtime stories create a comforting safe haven that nurtures both mother and child even in the midst of the most chaotic day. As they grow, children help us find new traditions – a favorite meal that is served on every birthday, a standing movie night, or an inside joke. What it is doesn’t really matter; what’s important is that it’s shared.
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My favorite ritual is after supper we let the dishes “soak” and run outside and play for an hour or so. No matter if it -40F or 95F; rain, snow, or shine, we are outside playing. I love to watch my daughter grow and learn as she plays. That time of the evening is sacred to me!
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My husband and I have one son, 10, who loves cats, especially big ones. There is a wild cat sanctuary near us (Feline Conservation Center) and my son and I have developed a tradition of going there two or three times a year. We have even started including his friends, who have never been there. Then we stop at a local Foster’s Freeze on the way home.
I work and my husband stays at home. He does most of the night shift, too, so I can be functional at work. (He’s great, isn’t he?!) Our son tends to wake up between 5-6am for combination feeding-changing-social time. Since I am up at that time anyway, I take this opportunity to hang out with my son while getting ready for work: we watch the news, he loves weather and sports, we giggle together, we talk to the ceiling fan or the window shades, I eat breakfast and I tell him about all sorts of things. All the while, my husband gets a good 2-3 hour nap in. Sometimes I’ll even let him get 4 and go into work a little later. It’s a good system that works out for us but I really have to praise my husband for all he does during the day! Our son is so well adjusted, so social and just a great kid, and he’s just shy of being 4 months old!
One of my favorite mommy/child rituals is with my 4yr old son. I get up with him in the morning and we have breakfast together, before daddy and little sister wake up. I used to get the daily paper and we would go out each morning to get it, but now we just do breakfast together and discuss the day. It’s the benefit of him waking up at 6am each day!
I voted that nursing was my favorite ritual with my kids when they were young mostly because I am now in the painful and heart wrenching stage of wiening my youngest, and last child, from this beautiful bond that I was fortunate enough to share with both of my children. I think the thought of knowing that this will be my last baby and how fast they grow, is definately making it harder for me this time around. But I know that I cannot nurse her forever. I have given her a great gift that she and I have both benefited from. It is just so hard to let go of that feeling of togetherness even when you know it is time. Any ideas on how to make this milestone a little easier for both myself and my daughter?