I’m A Little Teapot
9 May
Sometimes I’m a teapot, shocking but true. I can easily be converted to a teapot when I deal with my extroverted son. As we read in yesterday’s blog post, he is famous for talking to strangers and putting me in some very awkward situations when out in public. Boy is a joy, but it’s very hard to parent an extroverted child when you’ve been surrounded by introverts your entire life. Boy is all boy, all energy and difficult to deal with if you’re not flooding him with constant contact. I love giving him the attention that he needs and requires, but by the end of the day I am drained, drained, drained.
Introvert Solutions
Believe it or not, I’m speechless. I have nothing to say. If you have a solution, let me know.
PS – Why am I sharing this with you? To be frank, I don’t quite know. There has to be others out there parenting a child who is your total opposite. I’m famous for advice to introverted business owners, but man, this parenting thing has me stumped. In my minds eye I believe that if it works in business it should work at home. But baby…it don’t.
Hi Becki,
I’ve been excitedly anticipating your “Introverted” blog. As you may correctly assume – I’m naturally introverted and I’m also a small business owner which is forcing me to deal with it.
Oh yeah, and I also have a extroverted little fire cracker for a child! Since the day she was born, she has had no problem screaming “look at me, world, I’m here!”. She is a beautiful, blonde, blue-eyed, tan little creature that DRAWS attention to her…It makes me proud and crazy at the same time. All we have to do is walk into a place and people look, smile and talk to her! Oh yeah, she’s only 3 1/2. Yikes.
Sadly, I have no answers! I laugh alot, because what else can ya do? I laugh because God has a sense of humor. I laugh because she forces me out of my shell. I laugh.
And at the end of the day, I settle onto the sofa with a great book and a cup of hot tea and I draw into myself and r.e.s.t. In 12 short hours, morning will be here and I get to spend my day with an extrovert. *grin*
Let’s see, Callie will be 8 in June, and she’s pretty extroverted. She loves to boss — I mean talk to people. I am not so much like that although I am coming out of my shell more and more.
When I go to pick Callie up after school, there are many moms, grandmoms, some dads, and other relatives, picking up kids as well. Unfortunately the parents can be a little in their little cliques (sp?) Anyway, I tend to look for the ones who are hanging back by themselves. I try to talk to them as well and it turns out I can generally make them feel pretty comfortable talking to me.
Now, this is different than Callie inviting people to our house
There are only a couple of tips I can give you though. One would be to pray for God to give you the strength, energy and right perspective to open up a little and talk to people. There’s a reason they are crossing your path. There was one mom last year who I knew was new to the area. She had 2 boys and she dressed — well, let’s just say she was well blessed in the top area and wore tight shirts. She’s not someone that I would’ve normally talked to (coming from sweats, ball tshirts and scrunchies here), but I started a conversation with her. She was going through some tough decisions in her life and I was able to share a little about my faith with her over the time we chatted. I’m thankful for that friendship now.
The second tip would be to make sure you are getting enough alone time so you can recharge and that’s probably the biggest challenge you are going to have!
Geez, didn’t mean to write so much
When it starts coming though — it just flows!
Oh, parenting and business have nothing in common although you occasionally get those clients who whine and cry. You can’t beat your clients though