21 Ways to Savor your Children While You Still Have Them
It’s true what they say, that time flies by! My two boys will be grown in a blink of an eye, and they’ll only be here at home for a short while. Although they’ll always be mine, there will come a point where they don’t need anything from me. They’ll outgrow my lap and eventually they’ll never truly fit there again.
I sit here reminding myself that I need to be here with them now. In the present. The though of a time that is to come where I’m not longer needed, breaks my heart.
I only get to experience motherhood once, and I’m going to own it and make the most of it now.
Here is a list of ways to savor your kids while you still have them around.
- Watch them sleep, and maybe catch some sleep with them
- Breath them in after their bath.
- Record the things your child says, cute, funny or other. You can relive those words forever. I keep a journal with the things my kids say.
- Be silly together. Sing at the top of your lungs to your favorite tunes. Currently, my four year old is obsessed with The Greatest Showman soundtrack.
- Catch some morning cartoons in either your bed or in your little one’s bed.
- Fill your home with photos of your kids.
- Capture milestones with a camera or pen and paper. You can cherish those forever.
- When they’re hurting, try to really understand. Remember an instance and time when you experienced something similar and remember the way you felt. This will help you to better understand what they’re dealing with and help them through it.
- Get familiar with the time lapse feature and record a meal or play session. Looking at it later will help you truly appreciate and embrace the chaos.
- Read to them. Snuggle up in their bed and take the moment and those words in together.
- Watch their little minds tick. When they’re fully engaged in something, watch them, and take it in. I love watching my oldest play with his toys. His imagination, play voices and demeanor amaze me.
- Get rid of mom guilt. Enjoy the moments, good or bad.
- Share childhood memories if yours with your kids. Share with them memories, favorite toys, traditions and more!
- Establish distraction-free blocks of times throughout the week. Put away those phones, turn off the TV’s and close that laptop. Reconnect without distraction.
- Take more videos! Make sure to back them up too. I love getting little Facebook memories in the form of videos of my boys when they were younger. Seriously melts my heart.
- When you pack away outgrown clothes, take a minute to remember them in those clothes. There are certain outfits I will never forget because of the memories made while being worn.
- Leave little notes for your kids throughout the week.
- Start a journal that you have with each of your kids. Let them know that whatever is within those pages are between the two of you. Let them express their frustrations, their joys and everything in between.
- Listen to your child. Sure, it might be annoying to listen to your child tell a story that could have taken 1 minute but instead it was stretched out to 10, but let their little minds get out their story without being rushed. They will appreciate those extra minutes of your patience and attentiveness more than you can imagine.
- Build in free space in your calendar where you don’t have to be rushed. This time will allow you to reconnect throughout a busy week.
- Do something new with them as often as possible.
This is your motherhood. Own it. You only get to do it once, so make it worth it.
awhhh this is adorable!! We don’t have children but I’ll definitely have to share this with my friends who do !!!
Very informative post the most important thing is to listing to children and give importance when answering they questions
Great post. I don’t have any kids yet, but the baby fever is hitting me hard. Some day 🤞🏽
Oh my goodness, this list is so valuable to me. I feel so stressed and rushed all the time and I’m trying to be intentional with the time I have with my daughter after we pick her up from daycare, but I feel like I constantly need to be working on my business. She’s only 1.5 but time is flying by. Thanks for taking the time to put this list together!
I love this list so much! They really do grow up so fast. I can’t believe I have a 13 year old and an 8 year old. Where did the time go?
Hi, I am long way to have kids. But I always find kids cute and feel why we cant be like them? Stress free wanderers and the ones who find joy in everything.
Great article. This is why I love traveling with my family it gives us time away from daily responsibilities to focus on each other.
This is adorable and makes me appreciate my mother way more. Thanks for this!
Reading to your kids is so important. Those are priceless moments with my parents that I will never forget.
So so sweet! they really do grow up way too fast. We do a lot of these at home too. my favorite is snuggling together while he naps and reading together, oh and our Saturday morning cartoons in bed. Its so sad to think I won’t be able to do these forever but you’re right we should really savor these precious moments while we can.
Great post. I should keep this in mind.
Great post.
will keep this in mind. 🙂
Thanks for sharing.
You are so right about savoring your kids. Because my child is all grown up and I tried to do everything with her.
I’ am not a parent yet but this post remind us that we should love and bonding to our parents great post
I love your last quote about, “This is your motherhood. Own it. You only get to do it once.” It’s so true! Being a mom is definitely what we make of it. I recently quit my job to stay home with my little guy because I know that this is the only chance I’ll have with him until he goes to school. I want to cherish this time with him and do all the things! Thanks for the encouragement through this post!
*Samantha- https://herjournal.blog
Lovely post. In my country, we have super close family ties. Having said that, parents take the time to bond with their kids it a little notch higher. Thanks for sharing.
Neither do I have kids nor do I have parents. But yeah this is indeed a touching post.
Kids grows so fast we should not miss many beautiful even sad moments.
It is so easy to get carried away with day to day distractions but these are the things that really matter.
Great post. I’m going to try out these tips when I have a child in the future!
This is so powerful! Time flies by so fast and it’s so important not to Miss out on the little things that really count! Family is everything. Can’t wait to have kids of my own.
Your pictures are so sweet! Time flies so fast ad before you know it, kids will be ready to move out.
I absolutely love this list! I think that this is so important to try and enjoy our children while they are still little