Comments on: GDNNOP Flashback: Kate’s Parenting – What Do You Like?

By: Anya@IW

Anya@IW — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:19:00 +0000

Sue says: Yes, I did control myself from adding a BUT but I’ve haven’t been around in a while and thought I would start off being good!

LOL! Thanks, Sue.

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:04:22 +0000

I like that she has made a commitment for the kids to eat healthy and organic food.
I like how organized she is.
I like how set a consistent for her kids.

Sue
Yes, I did control myself from adding a BUT but I’ve haven’t been around in a while and thought I would start off being good!

By: Nancy@IW

Nancy@IW — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:00:18 +0000

Well, I had to look back at what I wrote when we first posted this back on the other blog. Interesting, don’t you think?

She is organized – maybe a tad over-organized. But I wish my laundry room and kitchen were as neat as hers.

She posts the kids artwork in kitchen – fridge, back door, cabinets, etc.

She cuddles with the kids. It is evident all of the children love and care for her.

She rarely ever curses. I don’t think I’ve ever seen/heard it, but I could be wrong. And, it is TV, so I’m sure she has, haven’t we all?

Regardless of all the bickering – she does love Jon.

By: PeggyP

PeggyP — Mon, 17 May 2010 03:51:19 +0000

I once dated a guy who had an identical twin (my guy was quite a bit thinner than his twin; otherwise they were totally identical. They even sounded alike). A few years later, their parents has a baby girl. His mom told me that, compared to looking after twins, looking after a single baby was like a vacation.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Mon, 17 May 2010 00:52:32 +0000

Being the mother of multiples lends itself to exhaustion and when exhaustion wins you have to take a time-out and re-energize. Sometime you have to go to extreme measures to be gentle with your own self. I feel that Kate has found many methods that work for her. Spa, anyone?

Change is a tough cookie. Going from a free existance to the total beck and call of a squirming, crying, pooping little human who doesn’t weigh as much as your waffle maker is daunting. Imagine how tough it is to have 2 at once then 6 at once. I imagine the noise level alone would be enough to put anyone on edge. Kate held on to her faith and let her belief system be her guide and found reassurance, rest, and comfort for her soul in that system. I’m sure it helped her as it has helped me but the noise level is still quite high. The Bible reminds us that there is a time and a season for everything. Kate has taken time to focus on her children and has seen the importance of investing in them when they have the greatest need for her while still being aware that other seasons will follow.

In motherhood there are many sweet, tender, and blissful moments that bridge the gap between our expectations and the reality of being on duty 24/7, and there are many shocking, unexpected happenings that make a mom wonder how to make it through the next 30 minutes….not to mention the next 10 or 20 years. Kate has all these moments each day multiplied by 6!!!!!! How does she do it? I think she has recognized needs and met them which has allowed her the freedom to enjoy the reality of where she is.

Mothering truly does matter. No one can replace what a mother offers in the life of a child. Kate has taken what she has to offer and matched it to the needs of each of her children. Isn’t it a wonderful thing to watch a mother recognize the needs of so many different children? Our children inspire us to stretch our world while we teach them to stretch theirs.

IMHO Kate is a truly admirable mother and a fabulous teacher to her children. She is most certainly an inspiration to me.