http://www.momstimeouts.com/2007/04/16/gimme-gimme-gimme It's Good to Be a Little Selfish—It Actually Makes You a Better Mother Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:33:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.momstimeouts.com/2007/04/16/gimme-gimme-gimme#comment-130 Joan Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:06:14 +0000 http://www.momstimeouts.com/2007/04/16/gimme-gimme-gimme#comment-130 i walk into my kids rooms and cringe. it's embarrassing how much stuff they have. last year i just decided i'd had enough and i started saying no to buying more things! i also stopped my habit of picking things up for them all the time... little "gifts" here and there when i felt like i missed them because i'd been at work too long, or whatever. it didn't make me very popular at first, but they did get used to it. i walk into my kids rooms and cringe. it’s embarrassing how much stuff they have. last year i just decided i’d had enough and i started saying no to buying more things! i also stopped my habit of picking things up for them all the time… little “gifts” here and there when i felt like i missed them because i’d been at work too long, or whatever. it didn’t make me very popular at first, but they did get used to it.

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