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Old 06-25-2005, 10:36 PM   #3
MeandMy4
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Default Re: one on one time with each child?

Well this message caught my eye. I'm a newbie, actually this is my first post, and this was one of the things I was hoping for some help with. I have 4 children, the eldest is a girl (nearly 9) and I don't think she has ever really forgiven me for giving her 3 brothers, despite her prayers about a sister. What can you do? She seems often to be lonely and there's never enough excitement for her. She's a born people person, hates being on her own, isn't great at entertaining herself and so it's a tricky one. My boys are pretty time-consuming, the youngest just turned 2 (still breastfed and not a great sleeper) and the 2nd is very high need, so I'm often overwhelmed with the job of parenting each of them and giving them enough time. She doesn't really have close friends at school and we don't live close to any anyway, her only girly outlet is her cousin who is nearly 15 so a big age gap.

The only time we really get together is after I've put the boys to bed (no mean feat) and I'm just so tired by the end of the day that turning around and spending more time with her is not something I really look forward to. This of course makes me feel really guilty. I apologise that I guess I've hijacked this thread a bit, but I'd love to read what others have suggested to the original topic.

Alicia
Aussie Mum to my Chartygirl (8), Bayoboy (6), Huggaboy (4) and Mupboy (2)
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