Hypnoparenting tips
I bet all the parenting books authors in the world did not see this coming and are currently in a mad contest on writing the first one to deal with ‘Best parenting practices while staying/working at home for months with your kids’. I can imagine titles like ‘how to stay alive and sane parenting tactics’, ‘breathe, drink and pray”, “hypnoparenting for dummies’.
For those of us having done the stupid thing called ‘attachment parenting’, ‘unconditional parenting’, I can only put it simple: you’re f... doomed! 😉And for those of us having done/read/heard anything related to hypnobirthing and know what I’m talking about, there may be a slim chance, but cannot guarantee you ending up sane. Basically, it is only now that all the breathing we practiced in preparation to giving birth really becomes helpful. Strategies to remain calm: close your eyes (not right now!!!), imagine you’re by the sea, the wind is blowing in your hair, listen to the waves and feel them tickling your toes, smell the fresh air. Fuck that, it only managed to remind you of the holiday you had booked and now most likely need to cancel. Ok, trying something else: you are all alone in the middle of an empty shop, by the wine aisle. You can open and try as many bottles you like. Oh and they have toilet paper too. Scented one! Much better, right? There you go, you’re welcome!!
Now it’s really the time to be inventive and come up with ideas to juggle all this crazyness. Today worked pretty well, but I had to put on tv for Emma to avoid joining a meeting with her climbing all over me. Absolutely normal behaviour as she is used to get a lot of attention when she is home with us and that can’t change overnight. Extremely annoying though when you’ve got to actually do some work. We’re quite lucky that Ariana and her play together really nicely together so at least we do get some time off. Still, Ariana has got to do some learning too, in spite of not having a proper structure yet, she did some online learning stuff, some English, but we definitely took it easy.
Bit early on reporting status, but Ariana is doing well in spite if having a pretty good understanding on what is going on in the world (well, as much as possible, as I still can’t really make sense of this) but I am honest with her and had a few conversations, so I think she is happy to be home with us and feels safe. She surprised me yesterday with practicing all morning a tune on the piano so she can play it very well for me as a Mother’s day present. Best one ever!! ❤️
Emma on the other hand has no clue about what’s going on. She is still making plans for when she goes back to the nursery. This evening she mentioned her party and I had yo explain that it will most likely a party at home and we’ll see her friends on the telly. Literally broke my heart thinking what’s going on in her little head, but then I quickly made a twist and mentioned the cake, so she was then happy with the plan.
Anyway, as good as these first days seem, I think soon enough when the apple(s) of our eyes throw a few tantrums and play off, it might feel like 22 hours of labour were a breeze compared to some days over the next weeks/months. But then, the stars will allign and we’ll have plenty of lovely days when the children will be great fun and we’ll realise this is actually a great opportunity for us to spend time with them. It’s all part of adjusting to something new, being flexible and creative.Something good will come out of this, and on those days when it’s a struggle I will definetely go to a favourite happy place, may it be that wine aisle, or a Spa day where a younger version of George Clooney / Cameron Diaz gives pampering massages, breathe and believe in the power of hypnoparenting. It’s got to work, we’ve got to believe!
For those of us having done the stupid thing called ‘attachment parenting’, ‘unconditional parenting’, I can only put it simple: you’re f... doomed! 😉And for those of us having done/read/heard anything related to hypnobirthing and know what I’m talking about, there may be a slim chance, but cannot guarantee you ending up sane. Basically, it is only now that all the breathing we practiced in preparation to giving birth really becomes helpful. Strategies to remain calm: close your eyes (not right now!!!), imagine you’re by the sea, the wind is blowing in your hair, listen to the waves and feel them tickling your toes, smell the fresh air. Fuck that, it only managed to remind you of the holiday you had booked and now most likely need to cancel. Ok, trying something else: you are all alone in the middle of an empty shop, by the wine aisle. You can open and try as many bottles you like. Oh and they have toilet paper too. Scented one! Much better, right? There you go, you’re welcome!!
Now it’s really the time to be inventive and come up with ideas to juggle all this crazyness. Today worked pretty well, but I had to put on tv for Emma to avoid joining a meeting with her climbing all over me. Absolutely normal behaviour as she is used to get a lot of attention when she is home with us and that can’t change overnight. Extremely annoying though when you’ve got to actually do some work. We’re quite lucky that Ariana and her play together really nicely together so at least we do get some time off. Still, Ariana has got to do some learning too, in spite of not having a proper structure yet, she did some online learning stuff, some English, but we definitely took it easy.
Bit early on reporting status, but Ariana is doing well in spite if having a pretty good understanding on what is going on in the world (well, as much as possible, as I still can’t really make sense of this) but I am honest with her and had a few conversations, so I think she is happy to be home with us and feels safe. She surprised me yesterday with practicing all morning a tune on the piano so she can play it very well for me as a Mother’s day present. Best one ever!! ❤️
Emma on the other hand has no clue about what’s going on. She is still making plans for when she goes back to the nursery. This evening she mentioned her party and I had yo explain that it will most likely a party at home and we’ll see her friends on the telly. Literally broke my heart thinking what’s going on in her little head, but then I quickly made a twist and mentioned the cake, so she was then happy with the plan.
Anyway, as good as these first days seem, I think soon enough when the apple(s) of our eyes throw a few tantrums and play off, it might feel like 22 hours of labour were a breeze compared to some days over the next weeks/months. But then, the stars will allign and we’ll have plenty of lovely days when the children will be great fun and we’ll realise this is actually a great opportunity for us to spend time with them. It’s all part of adjusting to something new, being flexible and creative.Something good will come out of this, and on those days when it’s a struggle I will definetely go to a favourite happy place, may it be that wine aisle, or a Spa day where a younger version of George Clooney / Cameron Diaz gives pampering massages, breathe and believe in the power of hypnoparenting. It’s got to work, we’ve got to believe!
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