Comments on: Day 6: Create More Silence http://www.noblemother.com/2010/04/day-6-create-more-silence/ “We can never have a noble race of men until we have a noble race of mothers.” - Elbert Hubbard Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:57:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: nobleMama http://www.noblemother.com/2010/04/day-6-create-more-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-4681 nobleMama Sat, 03 Apr 2010 04:09:39 +0000 http://www.noblemother.com/?p=1083#comment-4681 Hi Jen, Mama, I love your gorgeous blog - I envy your crafting talent :) So glad you stopped by and visited my blog and that you found something that supported your mothering. I definitely think your calm (okay, tired) presence probably was just the right thing for your sweet babies. Keeping things low-key, not rushed or stressed has a positive affect on our children. It's a daily practice for me to slow down. Your girls are so lucky to have you as a peaceful presence. Hi Jen, Mama, I love your gorgeous blog – I envy your crafting talent :) So glad you stopped by and visited my blog and that you found something that supported your mothering. I definitely think your calm (okay, tired) presence probably was just the right thing for your sweet babies. Keeping things low-key, not rushed or stressed has a positive affect on our children. It’s a daily practice for me to slow down. Your girls are so lucky to have you as a peaceful presence.

]]> By: Jen http://www.noblemother.com/2010/04/day-6-create-more-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-4680 Jen Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:34:22 +0000 http://www.noblemother.com/?p=1083#comment-4680 Wonderful post, Raelee. I was so happy to read this. As an AP mom of twins with no family nearby and a hubby who worked 60+ hours a week, I was too exhausted to do much interaction and talking to the girls when they were babies. I would be amazed when my sil with her only child their age would come to my house on vacation and recount every second - when she was last breastfed, how many minutes she napped, how much she weighed at her weekly weigh in, etc, etc. My sil had so much energy and was always interactive with her baby and yet I couldn't even remember if I had showered that day - lol! So it makes me feel better knowing that I actually may have protected an innocence and allowed the silence to penetrate my girls at such an important developmental time, even if it was based more on my exhaustion than anything else. Interestingly enough, my girls have always been calm with long concentration spans while my niece flits in between calmness and complete spaz-like behavior (though she has grown out of some of that). Wonder if the overstimulation played into her behavior. We never listened to music in the car (we are starting to now that the twins are 7 and interested in hearing it more). We don't have a video player in the car and yet have made several cross country road trips at challenging ages and they were complete angels. I often thought that silence played a part in keeping their senses protected and their thoughts entertained them, along with their hands...in joyful silence :D I'm going to go back and read your blog. I really love what I'm seeing here! Blessings and thanks! Jen Wonderful post, Raelee. I was so happy to read this. As an AP mom of twins with no family nearby and a hubby who worked 60+ hours a week, I was too exhausted to do much interaction and talking to the girls when they were babies. I would be amazed when my sil with her only child their age would come to my house on vacation and recount every second – when she was last breastfed, how many minutes she napped, how much she weighed at her weekly weigh in, etc, etc. My sil had so much energy and was always interactive with her baby and yet I couldn’t even remember if I had showered that day – lol! So it makes me feel better knowing that I actually may have protected an innocence and allowed the silence to penetrate my girls at such an important developmental time, even if it was based more on my exhaustion than anything else. Interestingly enough, my girls have always been calm with long concentration spans while my niece flits in between calmness and complete spaz-like behavior (though she has grown out of some of that). Wonder if the overstimulation played into her behavior.

We never listened to music in the car (we are starting to now that the twins are 7 and interested in hearing it more). We don’t have a video player in the car and yet have made several cross country road trips at challenging ages and they were complete angels. I often thought that silence played a part in keeping their senses protected and their thoughts entertained them, along with their hands…in joyful silence :D

I’m going to go back and read your blog. I really love what I’m seeing here!

Blessings and thanks!
Jen

]]> By: nobleMama http://www.noblemother.com/2010/04/day-6-create-more-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-4676 nobleMama Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:35:21 +0000 http://www.noblemother.com/?p=1083#comment-4676 Melissa, thank you so much for your confirming comment to my post. It's wonderful to hear how you are implementing this in your life with your little one. I also hope that mamas will be sure to visit your beautiful blog with your incredible crafts and photography. Melissa, thank you so much for your confirming comment to my post. It’s wonderful to hear how you are implementing this in your life with your little one. I also hope that mamas will be sure to visit your beautiful blog with your incredible crafts and photography.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.noblemother.com/2010/04/day-6-create-more-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-4673 Melissa Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:03:41 +0000 http://www.noblemother.com/?p=1083#comment-4673 What a lovely post... Silence is so undervalued these days. Michael and I love letting our daughter Aria take in the world at her own pace and strive to resist the tendency to constantly chat, 'teach' and fill the peace with words. We feel that our adult concepts can often cloud her and alienate her developing brain. Beautiful things un...fold when she is left to experience her environment fully without distraction:) Thanks for these words - it can be so easy to lose focus and forget these things when you're in the thick of day to day life! What a lovely post… Silence is so undervalued these days.

Michael and I love letting our daughter Aria take in the world at her own pace and strive to resist the tendency to constantly chat, ‘teach’ and fill the peace with words. We feel that our adult concepts can often cloud her and alienate her developing brain. Beautiful things un…fold when she is left to experience her environment fully without distraction:)

Thanks for these words – it can be so easy to lose focus and forget these things when you’re in the thick of day to day life!

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