Hats off to the stay at home moms...Follow

Spending too much time on an intrawebnet forum?

I felt the same way when I was working. I could never picture myself home all the time with no break. The key is to make sure you have breaks somehow and to have a friend or two who is in the same position. Once I started staying home full time this summer, I made sure that if I needed a break I would take off when the hubby got home, if even to drive out for a coffee. And I have one friend who is another stay at home mom and we get together once a week to let our kids tear our houses apart while we chill out and chat.
Another big help is to have some sort of routine. Since I pulled my older son out of school I've just made sure he has other ways to get social interaction with story time at the library, swim and gymnastics lessons. At home we pick a topic to learn about each week and mix lessons of reading and writing into the topic, along with simple crafts. We've been a little lax since the new guy showed up, but next week his lessons resume and I'm going to attempt to take the two of them to the library today. That should prove entertaining ;)

She looks after the house and baby
I look after the income. Lol she sleeps in on a weekend so I can take over some stuff, give her a break. Sometimes I get home from work feeling crap, look at her and realise I get it easy, 12-hour shifts or not.

/hats off to stay at home mums.

Haha, Mia has a hate-on for 4.

Kids!

Well I guess if we get them all together they'll have all of the numbers covered, haha.

Hannah likes to go "onnnne, tooo, free, fo-wer, sees, seven, eight, niiiiine, tennn, fouwteen, nineteen, YAY!!!" then claps for herself.

Nexa

My god, I took care of 5 kids, ages 1-12, for a whole summer, with nothing but net (meh got talked into taking the job over from the girlfriend on summer break). You're not relating properly. Have you won a breath holding contest? A last to blink contest? Delegate. Celebrate. Enjoy. It ain't 'that' hard. MLB baseball games. Apple juice. Hamburger Helper. No fighting unless I'm on the other side. I know, next thing I'll be standing at the back of a speed boat selling cds on how to raise kids, buy low, sell high. They *want* to help. Let them.

You, one. Me, five.

Not to be any more of a whatever than I already am here, but a 'lil adivce for your second. Stories and keys, if you sleep with her every night in a recliner of course she's going to scream. Hannah would love to read a story or two while you do the dishes three long hard soviet labor years from now. It's not that hard to go to bed by 8-9pm, and wake up at 7. That's 10-12 hours of sleep, no mommy, no daddy, one MonxDoT. Psst, don't tell anyone I was copyright infringing classic D&D tales (farm grind gets 'em everytime). heh, he-he, hah, I was stirring sauce with a one year old in one arm, and I'm sure you can imagine the morning exercise rest. Take it from me, kids can smell fear, can smell annoyance, 10 miles away. Sympathy for you. Sympathy for me. That's the way it works. Put them in charge of what you think you need to order them to do. Any fights, any disagreements, we throw the bum leaders out and replace next week. Fixed. Mi casa, su casa, they understand that perfectly well.

And, not to minimize either, I had a 12 year old with a bruising skin disorder. You still should of at least let her sleep nexta to you.

Edit: But Holy S.H. a thread like this will freak one out. Think Imma crawl away for a bit.



Edited, Dec 29th 2006 1:45pm by MonxDoT

What the hell are you talking about??

Sorry, my legions are just eager for some action. 10-HUT!

Heh, it's ok, I'm long default by default by now. That you think I'm Excellent on the inside is good enough for me. :P Just as long as those damn kids stay off my lawn, they can press their little feel-good buttons to their heart's content.

1.) There is no spoon

2.) There is no rate

All my posts start "decent".

What I mean by auto default (probably nothing to do with you personally Nexa) but I mean by peopl basically saying "nah I'll rate em down, they ain't welcome".

Thanks. Just glad to know we all humans living on the same planet socialising in the same games.

It's because...nah I'll just rate you down, you ain't welcome.

I was a stay at home dad with 2 kids for 6 mnths at one time (laid off). Not a permanent situation, but qualifies me to comment on it. It's not hard (4 kids might be different, but I wouldn't know about that).

Being a stay at home mom/dad is WAY easier than working, then going home and having to do things when you get there after working all day. People overestimate how much work children are, most of the stuff you have to do for them you already have to do for yourself, and once you have them into a routine it's a breeze.

Most stay at home moms stopped working when they gave birth and didn't go back, they have a routine down and don't actually know what it's like to go to work and come home to more work (IE chores after work, no time to play with your family). They have things they have to do during the day yes, but they have liberty to do those things at a slower pace and spend every day with their family.

My ex thought she had it bad being a stay at home mom, so she went to work...and quit 2 weeks later, she didn't complain once after she realized the difference.

The real heroes are women like my 22 year old sister. Single with 2 kids(5 and 6), dads aren't around, no child support, going to college during the day, working nights, still makes time for the children, one child has a defiance disorder, one has ADHD and Asthma, both allergic to milk, I'm her only family. THAT is hard.

People look at staying home with your children like it's a job. Staying home with your children is the greatest priveledge there is.