{"id":637661,"date":"2023-02-05T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T10:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=637661"},"modified":"2023-02-05T17:57:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T17:57:51","slug":"i-switch-off-mom-mode-when-my-kids-are-at-their-dad-s-no-cleaning-or-tidying-only-things-i-m-into","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/i-switch-off-mom-mode-when-my-kids-are-at-their-dad-s-no-cleaning-or-tidying-only-things-i-m-into","title":{"rendered":"I switch off &#8216;mom mode&#8217; when my kids are at their dad&#8217;s \u2014 no cleaning or tidying, only things I&#8217;m into"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Images\/Frederic Cirou I co-parent my two kids, who are 4 and 7. I thought I&#8217;d use the time the kids are at their dad&#8217;s to tackle the house. Now I take advantage of my time alone to do things that make me happy. I&#8217;ve never tried to be a supermom . It&#8217;s just not in my DNA . My beat is fun, affectionate, and spontaneous. When the kids were little, I considered the day a success if everyone got into bed with food in their bellies and homework mostly done. Baths and outfits that didn&#8217;t clash were pure gravy. But it seemed as if a little more organization and a little less chaos would make life a lot less stressful. So when my husband and I split and the kids started spending half their week with him, I told myself I&#8217;d take advantage of my free time. I&#8217;d get the house tidied and shining. By the time the kids<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The author co-parents with her ex. Instead of handling household tasks when the kids are at their dad&#8217;s, she does things that make her happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-637661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-relationships","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}