Kelly Averill Savino on wed 13 mar 02
Welcome to motherhood Crystal!
Your experience with your baby in the studio will be short
lived, so make use of these months before crawling. You might be
able to bring a playpen after that til toddlerhood takes
over.... :-O , but let me plug the idea of eventually finding
someone to care for you baby while you do clay. We all have
different circumstances in this motherhood/clay equation. I had
a full time production studio in 1976 when my first baby was
born. I couldn't slow the business because we needed the money,
so day care was necessary. I made the choice to get A LOT done
in my studio during day care and then be totally with my baby
when I was off work. There are many other choices. No one choice
is right for everyone. But it's good to keep all options on the
table.
My point is that it takes a village to raise a child. Don't
imagine that the only adults right for your child are you
parents. Kids need to learn to trust lots of different people,
and exposure to people(other adults AND kids) is good. There is
even research that shows that day care kids have less illness in
grade school and miss less school, since they've developed
immunity early. It could be that you start doing coop day care
with a friend, trading sitting once a week. Believe me, it takes
HUGE patience to try to make pots with a 2 year old in the same
room. I'm sure the natural teachers out there can do this with
ease, but I just got frazzled when I tried.
You are still at the bonding stage with your baby. I remember
that feeling of not wanting to be out of my baby's sight. I'd be
doing a craft fair, having left Jess(2) with her Dad at home,
and I'd want to grap the baby going by my booth and cuddle.
But she and her Dad were having a great time.....
So just roll with it and do what you can. Have patience with
yourself. You'll get what you need.
Take Care
Jennifer
PS Jess and her boyfriend just moved into their own apartment.
She's nesting and very happy. I figure I might be a grandma in
the next 10 yrs.....yikes!!
Tim Keesey and Crystal Mustric wrote:
>
> What a wonderful discussion of pottery and parenting. As the mother
of a
> 4 mo. old son and an apprentice to Hardway Herman (who posts on
this
> listserver), until I read these posts I felt like the lamest potter
of
> them all -- I haven't thrown a pot since my son was born in
November.
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Jennifer Boyer mailto:jboyer@adelphia.net
Thistle Hill Pottery
95 Powder Horn Glen Rd
Montpelier, VT 05602 USA
802-223-8926
http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/
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Jonathan Kirkendall on wed 13 mar 02
I would really love to add to this that my second apprenticeship was with a
potter who did not do production - so no clay to wedge, no pugging, no
measuring out 3 3/4 pound balls of clay...what did I do? CHILD CARE! For
every hour I watched the new baby, I got an hour of my own in the studio!
On top of that I learned to mix glazes, clean kiln shelves, load and fire
the gas kiln.
One of my fondest memories of those days is strolling with the baby up 16th
Street here in DC to the Viatnamese Buddhist temple, then back home
again...he'd be asleep and I'd slip into the studio where his mom and I
would work like crazy!!!
Jonathan in DC
-----Original Message-----
From: Ceramic Arts Discussion List [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On
Behalf Of Kelly Averill Savino
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:28 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: from J. Boyer: motherhood (Crystal)
Welcome to motherhood Crystal!
Your experience with your baby in the studio will be short
lived, so make use of these months before crawling. You might be
able to bring a playpen after that til toddlerhood takes
over.... :-O , but let me plug the idea of eventually finding
someone to care for you baby while you do clay. We all have
different circumstances in this motherhood/clay equation. I had
a full time production studio in 1976 when my first baby was
born. I couldn't slow the business because we needed the money,
so day care was necessary. I made the choice to get A LOT done
in my studio during day care and then be totally with my baby
when I was off work. There are many other choices. No one choice
is right for everyone. But it's good to keep all options on the
table.
My point is that it takes a village to raise a child. Don't
imagine that the only adults right for your child are you
parents. Kids need to learn to trust lots of different people,
and exposure to people(other adults AND kids) is good. There is
even research that shows that day care kids have less illness in
grade school and miss less school, since they've developed
immunity early. It could be that you start doing coop day care
with a friend, trading sitting once a week. Believe me, it takes
HUGE patience to try to make pots with a 2 year old in the same
room. I'm sure the natural teachers out there can do this with
ease, but I just got frazzled when I tried.
You are still at the bonding stage with your baby. I remember
that feeling of not wanting to be out of my baby's sight. I'd be
doing a craft fair, having left Jess(2) with her Dad at home,
and I'd want to grap the baby going by my booth and cuddle.
But she and her Dad were having a great time.....
So just roll with it and do what you can. Have patience with
yourself. You'll get what you need.
Take Care
Jennifer
PS Jess and her boyfriend just moved into their own apartment.
She's nesting and very happy. I figure I might be a grandma in
the next 10 yrs.....yikes!!
Tim Keesey and Crystal Mustric wrote:
>
> What a wonderful discussion of pottery and parenting. As the mother
of a
> 4 mo. old son and an apprentice to Hardway Herman (who posts on
this
> listserver), until I read these posts I felt like the lamest potter
of
> them all -- I haven't thrown a pot since my son was born in
November.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Jennifer Boyer mailto:jboyer@adelphia.net
Thistle Hill Pottery
95 Powder Horn Glen Rd
Montpelier, VT 05602 USA
802-223-8926
http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/
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