Simplicity Parenting Yourself to Bliss – Part 2
Welcome to the second video of this shnazzy four part series on how the benefits from implementing simplicity principles into your child’s day can benefit you as well!
Today we’re exploring Pressure Valves! Ssssssssssss…
I’m not suggesting to chuck your child into the river and make them flail like I borderline sadistically do to myself; but a pressure valve can be as simple as a regrouping of the senses through a ritual like a moment of silence before a meal; an after school snack, or a candle before bedtime story. Consider too a pressure valve to allow excess energy to diffuse; a game of tag outside, a race to the mailbox or taking the dog for a walk
For mama other pressure valve ideas can include things like a cup of chamomile tea before bed, getting up early to soak in the morning silence of a sleeping house, cuddle session on the coach with the kids for a few moments in between dishes and pajama time.
Share in the comments one of your favorite pressure valves for yourself and one you have or plan to integrate for the kids to help create the ideal growing conditions for a peaceful transition to sleep and beyond.
Until August 9th, you will get a bonus copy of my ebook The Bliss Filled Mama: Self Care for Soulful Mothering with each purchase of a spot in my Simplicity Parenting Homestudy Ecourse. Got the ebook and accompanying mp3 recording of me purring the words in to your ear already? I’ll send your copy to a sweet mama friend of yours to help spread the bliss around nice and thick!
Pressure valves for mama – time in nature, usually a hike or run, a soak in the tub with a good book and a cup of tea, knitting before bed and early mornings on the back deck with a cup of tea and my journal. For my little man – afternoon quiet time, we have a cup of tea and read a book or two together. Time in nature, a must for both of us.
Enjoy your weekend.
Hi katie!
My name is murielle, i’m french and leaving in israel. I’m following you since a year ( almost) and it’s a plaesure for me to read you. It’s also give me some tips( i’m a mother pf 4 boys!!) .with my best regards!
Murielle( excuse for my english!)
Welcome Murielle! Whoa ~ four boys. Never a dull moment I bet!. You’re English is perfect by the way
take a nap when the kids take their nap.
take a long bubble bath (after the kids go to bed)
take a few minutes to call a close friend
go outside,and while the kids are playing,read a good book or do some kind of art
take a few minutes for a “time out for mommy”
if the “pressure” is about to explode—-deal with the moment,then later try to figure out what the problem is. talk to someone about it. someone with kids around the same age, can help.
Beautiful tips Lee Lee ~ definitely talking with a mama friend helps.
lounging in the hammock works for me now and when the girls were little we would all pile in:) We all like quiet times here..I think it’s easy for some to just entertain their little ones 24/7 instead of giving them time to just lie on a blanket outside with a book..or just stare at the leaves:) xo
Lisa, I agree that kids do not need to be entertained or overscheduled 24/7. Children need to time to daydream. Walt Disney grew up in a nearby town. He had a “daydreaming tree”—– just a tree in his childhood home’s backyard ! This may just be a local legend.Children also need time to run,jump,climb..(well,there was no stopping my little ones) And after a busy day,there is nothing like cuddling up to read a story to the little ones!