Slow your Mind

something that has been heard around our house quite a bit these days is 'slow down your body'. With three year-olds there is so much movement, so much activity and so little awareness of their bodies. It's adorable when you are watching them learn a new skill, not so great when they are around your new newborn.

Our duo is loving having a little sister, they will lay on the floor with her, sing songs and repeat many of the silly things we say to her on a daily basis. It's amazing to watch them love on her, and integrate her into our family.

For me - being the one who is working out of the house right now - it's been a little tough to get in sync with the family and with the baby. Not only am I having to juggle the focus of home life, baby time and work....work has been more than hectic and chaotic as of late. Not. Fun. At. All. I had hoped to be able to take some time off once the little lady arrived, and with the current situation I wasn't really able to take much time off at all.

Currently my days made up of getting up with our duo in the morning so M can get a few more hours of sleep. I get them fed, dressed and ready for the day before I head off to work. While I typically only work until 3 of 4, I then rush home to help with dinner, baby jiggling and any number of other tasks that need to happen to keep the household up and running. In the evenings once the kids are in bed (which seems to be getting later, and later, - note must do something about that) I have a few precious moments to really sit down and soak in my new daughter.

This is where the challenge comes in...I can't seem to slow my mind down. The speed of a newborn is so unique, so special and so different than real life. So I sit. And I try to quite my mind of the countless other things that I feel like I 'should' be doing at that moment. I try and soak in the moment, savor these early days that will not be happening again. But it is HARD. I am a do-er. I feel satisfaction from completing things off my list. There is also a part of me that thinks the best thing I could be doing is getting those things done so M doesn't have to worry about them during the days when I am not around.

Still, I sit. I try and quiet my mind and remind myself that the house can be messy, the dishes might not be done but I had a moment to kiss my daughter's baby fingers and rock her in my arms.

I am going to keep trying. Some days I am more successful than others...but I am going to keep with the mantra: "Slow my mind"