Piggle

Stacking - Infant Lessons

Our lesson for today was stacking - we had many staking options:

 

Our lessons aren't very long - half an hour at the most - but really they are just a game.

 

I keep the activity out for half the day and then replace it in the afternoon with a new activity.

We don't spend the entire day at home, often we will go for a walk or to mothers group. If it is a nice morning we will go outside to play also.

I am enjoying thinking of structured activities and it is helping to give some good balance to our day.

Regrouping?

Do you ever get to certain points in your day and just feel totally frazzled and feel like you need to step back, sit down and regroup?

I often get to feeling this way if I have been overscheduling myself and I have been running around from here to there without a break for too long.

For this reason I try to only schedule one activity/appointment outside of the house per day. If I need to go and do some shopping - then that is our activity for the day.

I do have to be careful about how much I 'do' at home as well however, if I start getting involved in too many sewing projects/cooking projects/brilliant ideas at the time - I can start to feel overwhelmed as well.

I realised a while ago that overscheduling leaves me feeling this way and was able to implement this 'rule' as such.

However, I have started to realise recently that inside my head can get a little frazzled as well when I am trying to concentrate on too many things at once.

For example; if I am at a meeting and also need to look after the little one at the same time - I find I worry about him getting into mischief and then I can't follow the line of conversation. It makes me feel completely drained!

When I come away from these situations I have trouble regrouping. I replay scenarios in my head and worry about things I have said. We live in a 2-degree of separation type of town and I worry about whether something I have say may have offended anyone even remotely.

I think that since having a baby my internal filing system is a bit out of what and all of the information I have processed just floats around in my brain for a while annoying me.

THe only solution I have is some quiet time away with a magazine and a cup of tea - a little bit of meditative time - if the child allows...

Listening to some nice quiet music can also help....

As can a lovely home cooked meal and some happy time with the family...

Do you have any tips on how you regroup yourself after feeling frazzled adn overwhelmed?