Surviving Halloween While You’re TTC
Monday, October 30th, 2006
I did feel like a witch a few times while I was trying to conceive. It seems that Halloween is the beginning of the holiday season which revolves around kids. How do you survive times like Halloween?
Well, for starters, you really can’t get away from it. Depending on where you live, you’ll probably have kids at your door. It’s easy to be bitter that everyone else seems to be out there having fun with their kids while you’re marinating in thoughts of failure and feelings of being left out. My best advice is the following:
-Join in as much as possible - when I was TTC, at times like halloween, I would have fun opening my door to all the kids. I’d make a mental note of the cute little costumes imagining how my baby/child would look when I dress them up.
-Engage the kids in conversation when they come to your door. It really is fun to talk to them - ask them about their costumes and compliment them on how scary they look. Being around kids will attract kids into your life - remember, what you put out “there” comes back to you.
-When I was TTC, it wasn’t the kids that made me feel bad, it was usually the parents who were endlessly going on and on about all the fun things they were going to do. Try to have fun with the kids on Halloween - it will help you visualize you future life with one of your own.
