As most of my loyal (and not-so-loyal!) readers know, I’m in the midst of writing a book. It will be published early next year (fingers crossed!). I’m writing a chapter about your support systems and who you need on your team to help you out when things get a little too hot to handle.
Since this book isn’t just about me, but rather, all the young moms who are going through this, I want to open it up.
You tell me – who do you have on your team? Your mom? Sister? Boyfriend? Best girlfriend from elementary school? You prefer childless people or people with more kids than you?
Just a reminder, the young mom chat is TONIGHT at 9 p.m. EST. The topic? “Crazy in love” – discussing how to keep your relationships hot, even with the little ones around. To join in, just go to http://theyoungmommylife.com/chat.
See you there!
We are a team of three: mom, dad, baby (5 months). Our families live abroad. We have absolutely no family (including extended family) where we live. We are from different parts of the world, have different cultural backgrounds, speak different languages, and were raised in different ways. This ads to the chaos sometimes. We are young parents so none of our friends have babies yet. Therefore, our support system is pretty bleak. Scary? Absolutely. We feel pretty lonely some days, but we also feel proud that we have managed to deal with everything on our own.
@Ita – That’s great that you all have made it known that your threesome is not to be reckoned with! I understand how it can be lonely sometimes when that support system isn’t there, but that’s why I posed the question, so maybe those of us don’t have a robust crew of supporters can figure out how to get them! Best of luck to you and your family!
Thank you. Can’t wait to read the book!
We are a team of many. Me and my fiancé have a set of twin boys (7 months) and there has been a hand to help us since day 1. Whether its from my grandparents who keep them during the day so we both can tend to our careers or the slew of god parents,aunts, and cousins who keep them on date night. Our parents are irreplaceable our moms are a call away and available at any hour of the day, if I have questions about a high temperature or if I just need to cry when they are crying non-stop. I can honestly say there is truth to “it takes a village to raise a child” but in actuality to takes a strong family to raise twins!