Mom Time
Monday, August 12th, 2013From Monday Mom – Neetika:
We belong to our local YMCA with a family membership. It’s great! There are a lot of offerings for children Haley’s age, including indoor playground time, open swim, art class, and story time. Since my husband and I use the gym ourselves, it’s become a facility we all take advantage of. We feel a sense of community there.
I haven’t been exercising as much as I would like, though. I have Haley during the day and I’m exhausted by night—but that is no excuse. It’s important to focus on personal wellness, especially as a parent. We need to be in tip-top shape in order to take care of our kids, provide a good example to them, and be there for them for a long, long time.
The YMCA offers a “Child Watch” program, a babysitting service for parents who want to exercise, but I’ve heard mixed reviews and have always been too nervous to use it. However, many of my friends are happy with it. I recently decided that enough was enough: Haley is old enough to be away from me for a short period of time, and I need to add exercise to my regular schedule. So I finally put together the paperwork to get Haley enrolled in the program, and we start this week!
I think it will be great to be a little more active and have time to do something just for me. I also want Haley to understand that it’s okay to be away from Mom and play with other kids under the supervision of caretakers she can trust. I am really looking forward to it. Ultimately I realized that the worst thing that can happen is that Haley will have a fit and I’ll have to cut my workout short to retrieve her. But it’s certainly worth a try!
