Realistically, how do I juggle time at home between blogging and spending time with my four-year-old?
This is how.
He hijacks my PC to play his games, surf the web or checks out pictures on Flickr. I log in my wordpress blogs and bang away on the keyboard of my notebook. Side-by-side.
We interact by chatting and laughing together. Sometimes he tells me something new he has discovered. Sometimes I teach him to spell a word or two. He’s happy as long as we’re side-by-side.
Quality time. Blogging and parenting. Heh. Save the whining.
your boy is so smart! Kids these days can surf internet so easily at such a young age. I can remember when i was that age, I doubt I even know how to use a PC!
msff: It’s not that you didn’t know but rather you were less exposed to it that’s all. Kids these days have to start early…
Comment by msfairface — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 @ 8:45 pm
An excellent solution. You’re so smart. As is your son, come to think of it.
ally: Ha. Like mother, like son right?
Comment by ally bean — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 @ 9:55 pm
I think i too gotta get a real puter table for chloe.. that way.. she can sit and work on her own puter properly.
MB: What’s a puter?
Comment by Mama BoK — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 @ 2:46 am
Sometimes, that is just the way to do it. With only one computer in the house, we can’t do that though. Sometimes, I would spend some time with my youngest one first, then he won’t bother me when I do go to the computer. But most of the time, I go online when they are all in bed.
niceheart: But your kid isn’t whiney anymore!
Comment by niceheart — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 @ 8:37 am
heh heh, just like the chinese’s saying: kill 2 birds with 1 stone…SMART
Lia: Heh.
Comment by Lia — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 @ 8:05 pm
sesame, when my daughters were your son’s age, i introduced educational programs in reading, math, history, and science, and they loved them.
Belle: No wonder your girls are so brilliant!
Comment by Belle — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 @ 2:36 pm
Haha.. nice!
Soon.. I’ll probably have to buy a pc for Zara for this purpose.. right now, she wants to sit on my lap and ask me to show her stuff on Youtube.
ZM: It started that way for me too but now he’s able to operate the mouse quite well by himself…
Comment by zara's mama — Mon, 2 Jul 2007 @ 10:12 am