Secondly, Set Up Sexual Boundaries

Your kids need to understand that both parenting and sex are important. They already see how you have made parenting a priority. But they also need to respect the time you give to yourself and your husband. Instruct your children about respecting your privacy and “couple only” time. Teach them:

• Get a lock on your bedroom door and tell your kids, “Always knock on a closed door and wait to be invited in.”
• Don’t interrupt mom and dad when they’re on the phone or in a conversation.
• Consider mommy “off duty” during her 15 minute break time.

Teach your kids positive messages about sexuality. Don’t let them speak derogatorily about sex and love.
Help your children understand the importance of mom and dad having alone time. “When the babysitter comes and mom and dad leave, it helps mom and dad love each other more! The love between mom and dad is very important in a family!”--Jim & Carrie Gordon

Parenting and Sex

Are you a mom of young children who finds parenting and sex a challenge? Motherhood is often a challenge in itself whether you are battling fatigue from any (or all!) of the following:

• sleepless nights with a newborn infant


• breastfeeding, burping, and diaper changing your baby many times in a day!


• busy days running after your active toddler


• helping out at your child’s preschool


• doing the extra laundry that comes with babies and young children
  and the list goes on!

How can you fit both mothering and lovemaking into your life? Where does a young mom find time for both? How can you have energy for all the demands of raising children while keeping your sexual relationship with your husband healthy? Many moms are completely exhausted at the end of the day and go to bed looking forward to “sleep” not “sex”!
Perhaps you don’t even have a desire for sexual intimacy. Your sexual libido is depleted. In addition, you feel guilty because you know your husband is disappointed that you aren’t “in the mood” as much as he is.

The next several post will be suggestions to help you experience what seems impossible: being a good mom to your kids and a great lover for your spouse!

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