Dividing Up one on one time with multiple children
@momoftwingles (129)
United States
June 11, 2008 10:15pm CST
For those of you who have many children, how do you divide up one on one time so you have special time with each of them?
I tend to not necessarily do "one on one" time, but let one of the boys pick the activity and we'll all do it. I definitely try to spend time with them individually, just wondering if anyone has a "system" that they use to make this happen. Thanks!
2 responses
@paliz81 (35)
• United States
12 Jun 08
It's hard for me. My husband and I really have to kinda divide and conquer. In other words sometimes they get one on one time with daddy and sometimes me. I had heard once where each child got a day and could pick one activity to do. Part of it also depends on how many kids you have.
@momoftwingles (129)
• United States
12 Jun 08
Divide and conquer...LOL... yep, we're outnumbered so that is only partially effective! Thanks for your suggestion!
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
12 Jun 08
My kids are 8 and 16 months. They do pretty well with spending time with me together. They do get jealous of each other sometimes. The baby goes to bed before my son, so I spend alone time with him after she goes to bed and she gets me during the day while he is at school.
@momoftwingles (129)
• United States
12 Jun 08
That is a good separation of time... I tend to do my one on one time with our youngest (almost 4) at bedtime, lots of snuggling and stories and talking just Mommy and Sammy... but he "gets" me a lot during the day as well because the older boys (8 year old twins) don't necessarily need me as much as the younger one... We homeschool, so although I spend time with the twins when Sam goes to bed, they usually both get me. LOL... Although last night, Daniel fell asleep and Jonah and I played monopoly by ourselves... I just sometimes feel like I need a better system. One of the twins (I feel) is left out some because of the intensive medical needs that the other two boys have. I try very hard to compensate for this... but there's only so much I can do...treatments need to be done... Thanks for your answer!
