tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836537864196353013.post5534045659517390055..comments2023-09-11T18:15:57.126+07:00Comments on Motherland: Contented Mother... (1)Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03595310111406646951noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836537864196353013.post-4178974725819946842008-02-07T14:37:00.000+07:002008-02-07T14:37:00.000+07:00AnnaYou have no idea how much this comment means t...Anna<BR/><BR/>You have no idea how much this comment means to me. I have been busy in the UK with both girls so hardly checking my laptop but also not wanting to for fear of what I might find. Publishing this has given me permanent butterflies! Finding your comment this morning has touched me and given me the courage to publish another small excerpt - something half an hour ago in bed I was thinking I better not do!<BR/><BR/>Ah me, when can you buy the book? That's a hard one... ask the literary agents and publishers out there!!! I am not a celebrity, have written hardly any features lately for lack of time while writing the book and having my second child... it's hard to get published before you have made a name for yourself. But who knows, with more comments like yours I may just go ahead and self-publish! Thank you so much :-)Georgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595310111406646951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836537864196353013.post-39563845698582059612008-02-07T14:33:00.000+07:002008-02-07T14:33:00.000+07:00To JaneyThank you and yes I also believe that ther...To Janey<BR/><BR/>Thank you and yes I also believe that there is room for all parenting styles, as long as they are sensitive to the child's needs and temperament. The important thing to me is that they are instinctive, natural, genuine and congruous - rather than carried out anxiously with an instruction manual in one hand. Thanks for taking the time to comment!Georgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595310111406646951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836537864196353013.post-995508005929818792008-02-06T22:38:00.000+07:002008-02-06T22:38:00.000+07:00When can I buy the book?Reading your words always ...When can I buy the book?<BR/><BR/>Reading your words always puts a sparkle in my eye and joy in my step. i know that sounds corny, but it is true. even when my back is sore and i have gotten "nothing" done all day, you make me feel worthwhile, refreshed, creative, inspired, and - not alone.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15477908806279776430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836537864196353013.post-22082925363185886482008-02-05T23:15:00.000+07:002008-02-05T23:15:00.000+07:00To me this sounds like bliss. It was very much ho...To me this sounds like bliss. It was very much how I parented with my children. My children did not allow me to impose routines on them and I do believe that this was the main reason that I became a full-time mother. As I always intended I returned to work after the birth of my first child but my childminder was a routine nazi and he was very soon deeply unhappy and unsettled. I was blamed for being "too soft" and if I was a little tougher and left him to cry he'd soon settle. I CAN'T listen to crying babies so instead I gave up work within a month and haven't regretted a minute of it. Yes we were poorer (it was tough going initially) but it was the best decision I ever made. I was, however, filled with doubt that I was doing my best for my children and because I didn't (actually I couldn't) follow the manuals' advice I was often tut-tutted at or looked on with slight bemusement by my more 'organised' friends. One friend described by parenting style as 'loving neglect'. I never felt I neglected my children - I just never felt the need to schedule their whole day for them. <BR/>I do, however, have a friend with a two-year-old who works full time. To her, this way of parenting would have been a nightmare. If she didn't have her little boy in a strict routine she couldn't function. The difference is his temperament is such that he thrives on it. He is his fantastic, list-writing, Uber-organised Mother's child. Whereas my kids are very much their mother's feet-up-let's-spend-the-day-under-a-duvet children. <BR/><BR/>There's room for ALL parenting styles. Not all children are the same and not all parents are the same and whatever works for you is just fine should be the message. I believe that your book will be a vital tool in showing the more baby-led parents of us that are about that our way is just as good!JaneyVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951739945670483199noreply@blogger.com