Learning to Mum

Coooooolllll 😍I think I just turned into a 5 year old 😍

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Ah kids… they always seem to get sick or injure themselves when your GP is closed.🤦

Thankfully the Child and Adolescent Virtual Urgent Care Service is available over Easter with a team of medical experts from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital providing video-consultations.📲

While many of us will be enjoying a break, they’re available every day, 9am to 9pm helping SA kids get fast access to expert medical assessment and advice, without needing to call 000 or visit a hospital emergency department.

Visit Women’s and Children’s website 💻https://www.wch.sa.gov.au/virtualurgentcare
to learn more and access this amazing service.

One of my favourite things in the world is watching Hubby and Lil Man interact at bed time on the baby cam.
Freaky or Cute? 🤨

“They’re just trying to get attention.”

Yes, of course they are. We all are. To need to be seen, to be heard, to be understood, is simply to be human. And children are as human as we are.

Children, though, communicate their needs far more through behavior than words. So when your child is exhibiting attention-seeking behaviors, look for the unmet need behind the behavior:

“I’m struggling with big emotions. Please pay attention.”

“I don’t know how to cope with my sibling. Please pay attention.”

“This task feels too big for me. Please pay attention.”

“I’m scared. Please pay attention.”

“I’m lonely. Please play attention.”

“When you yell at me I’m afraid you don’t love me anymore. Please pay attention.”

“When you’re busy all the time I feel like I disappear. Please pay attention.”

“When you leave me alone at night I’m afraid something bad is going to happen. Please pay attention.”

“I feel disconnected from you and that’s scary. Please pay attention.”
..and the list goes on.

All humans need their worries, their fears, their struggles, their problems, their disappointments, their pain, their tears, their interests, their excitement, their successes, their dreams, their humor, their laughter, their wonder — to be seen, to be acknowledged, to be understood. Tiny humans just have a very small circle of people they trust to meet those needs.

Try to shift the narrative in your mind from “They’re just trying to get attention” to “They trust me to see and hear and understand and meet their needs.”

It’s a small change in perspective that can create a huge change in your parenting.💞
-L.R.Knost

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🌻Peaceful parenting resources: http://t.co/T8goym3P6Z 🌻
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Fighting a rare, incurable cancer, but I'm still here!💞 L.R.