Nurture Parenting Magazine - Sibling Attachment eZine ~ Issue 5

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I’ve been thinking lately about the time we had William looked after when he was 4 months old. It was the first (and one of the only) time we have left him with someone else.
I know! I would get William to sleep before we left.
So, all instructions were given and we went to the theatre. I was quite nervous leaving given it was the first time we had gone out alone since William was born. But then it all changed at the interval! I called my sister to see how everything was going. Well ... she told me that William was awake and didn’t want to go back to sleep.
This had never happened before; I worked myself up so much that I could not enjoy the rest of the show. I then called when the show had finished and he was still awake. That was over an hour later! What was going on?
We raced back to the car to get home as quickly as we could. William was happy and playing with his cousins ~ he was not upset, not anxious ... that isn’t something to be worried about is it?
Looking back now, I realise that it was silly to be upset or worried that he was awake.
Imagine yourself as a silent observer ~ or even you looking back in a years time. Then ask yourself: 1. What is the worst thing that can happen? 2. How likely is it that the ‘worst’ will happen? 3. What is the best thing that could happen? 4. Is x going to affect my child for the rest of their life? 5. And my favourite: Will I laugh about this (or be so upset) in years to come? The answers to these questions have helped me to be able to ‘go with the ow’ and enjoy life with a lot more ease!
As Mark Twain famously said: “ I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened.”
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Kristy xo