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I have been home with my daughter for about 3 months now. I love it but there are days I wish I was at work. I miss the mental stimulation, the adult conversation, and feeling like I know what is going on in the world and the field I was in. I felt invovled and smart. I am looking for ways to stimulate my mind. I also miss having a reason to dress up--that just doen't work playing on the ground with a little one.
I wouldn't trade it for the world but I do miss being out in the world sometimes. |
| posted by Karen on 10/25/2006 |
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| I guess I kinda miss my job and being able to sleep in every day. But at the same time my son has given me more then I could list. I get to see the sun rise, which I enjoy. Plus I forgot how much fun it is to play in the snow. That is until today when just looking out the window my son got excited. |
| posted by Tristin on 10/26/2006 |
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| What I miss the most is having friends. I don't know anyone in the area. |
| posted by on 11/01/2006 |
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I miss adult conversation. My husband is a man of few words and when he comes home at the end of a tiring day (most of them are tiring days), he's not very talkative.
Message boards like this one help in that area! |
| posted by Kelly on 12/10/2006 |
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Don't feel bad I miss my job too. I have 3 older kids who want to go from one place to another, a son who is 2 and a 2 month old girl. I want to be at a place where I don't have to say no or don't touch that all day. I love my kids , but some days I just want to cry! My son was going to be our last,but along came our girl(I don't know how that happened :innocent: )
And I feel bad because sometimes I wish there was just my 2 yr. old. Who is at the perfect age to do things, but now I feel trapped at home. Can anyone help?? :cry: |
| posted by karla on 12/16/2006 |
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| I am so lucky that I am able to stay home with our 3 month old but sometimes I miss feeling important, being asked my ideas and opinions because they know they have value, and being told I am brilliant at what I do. I guess I used to define myself just by my work and now I am Defined by being a mom. I wouldnt trade being a mom for a minute but I still miss it sometimes. |
| posted by Ashley on 12/18/2006 |
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| I miss the pay check the most, I love stay home, but we had to cut lost of corners to get me here |
| posted by vanessa on 12/20/2006 |
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| I love to stay at home with my 2 boys but i really miss adult conversations sometimes i can go 3 or4 days with out talking to anybody but my husband. And i really miss the extra money we had to cut back on alot of stuff for me to be home with the boys. |
| posted by vanessa on 12/23/2006 |
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I really miss work. I know that sounds crazy but I guess more then that I miss the companion of other adults.
Hiedi |
| posted by hiedi on 03/02/2007 |
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i miss the adult stimulation, conversation with "grown ups" , being able to come and go as i please, and having my own money rather than just my husband being the "bread winner"!
But having 2 beautiful boys was definatly worth the trade for all that! I too get bored staying at home all the time! and trying to come up with ways to keep my toddler busy and happy, but i know in a few years when they start school, i will miss all of this, so I am just making the best of it and enjoying every minute of it!
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| posted by Amanda on 04/01/2007 |
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| I think like everyone else what I miss the most is the adult interaction. I love my babies and wouldn't change my life for anything else in the world, but sometimes I get tired of just knowing about "Barney." |
| posted by on 04/02/2007 |
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I miss everything about who I used to be. I used to be gainfully employed full time, I was happily married, I was in college (which is something I thought I could NEVER do). I had even recently gone to Weight Watchers and lost over 124 pounds (A first for me, I was skinny). For the first time in my life, I really felt like I had everything where it was meant to be. I disappeared the day my boys were born. Now I am just "MOM" The day they were born, I completely changed, for the better I don't really know. :frown: :cry:
The only thing I do enjoy now is always being here for my boys when they need me the most. :smile: |
| posted by Jeanne on 04/27/2007 |
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| I would have to say I stopped working once I left the Marine Corps in July. However, I do some times miss going to a job having something specific that has to be done, you know besides diapers and feedings. The money would be nice to see more often as well, but I wouldn't give up taking care of my daughter for anything. If my family can stay afloat on one paycheck then I will stay at my job with Amaya forever. I also have to agree with one of the woman that said she misses her friends I think I lost most of them when I joined the military, then whe nI got married, and even more when I had my daughter. It seems if you and your friends are growing up at the same pace you lose touch some times. Good question though. |
| posted by naomi on 04/28/2007 |
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| i miss sleeping in, watching my tv shows because once my man gets home and the baby's asleep the remote is in his hand. baby is awake he needs to be entertained by cartoons so i can play on the computer behind him. I miss going out dancing and staying out late if i want without having to wake up early. I miss not having to carry anything heavy like a baby or especially the baby in a carseat, it's so heavy i don't know hwo tiny girls do it.i miss being able to just get up and go fast out the door to wherever i want instead of havign to pack him and his food up and drag all his loads of stuff around in a caboose of a stroller. I like to have my hands free-i miss that so much. i miss relaxing and just being selfish instead of worrying about entertaining the little one when i'm bored and lonely myself. and best of all i miss sex in the daytime on the weekends and sex in the morning wihtout interruption from a cry and sex in the night without being so exhausted that there's no spontenaety or extra lust and effort |
| posted by ellie on 06/23/2007 |
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| I miss lot of things!!!!! I miss having a job, having time to get dress up, do my hair and nails. I miss being skinny I was so skinny when i got pregnant and im having a hard time losing what i gain during the pregnancy, I miss being able to just go out without feeling Im moving every time i have to get out of the house, I miss having my hands free, I miss being able to just go out with my husband without thinking oh thats right we cant because we dont have anybody to watch the baby, I miss my friends, the adult conversations, sleeping and basically i miss having time for myself. I love being a mom, I feel very lucky I have the opportunity to be with my son all day but I just cant stop feeling like a maid sometimes, take care of the baby, husband, clean, laundry, cooking and all over again. Even sex its not like it used to be now it has to be schedule and sometimes it even sounds like too much work to me, this is bad!!!! I need to make some changes and fast!!! |
| posted by Lorena on 07/17/2007 |
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| I missed work too, especially the paycheck, but I started my own home business and I cannot trade it in for anything. I spend time with my kids, work when I can or when they are asleep. My business partners and I talk at least 3 times a day and I get my adult "satisfaction" talk from there. The ones around my area, CA we meet once in 2 weeks to discuss our business ventures and new sources. The meeting is in one of homes and so the kids are welcome, we dress up, make up and it feels good. It is always not only business, so it is fun:) I love it:) Cannot trade it for anything. I take vacations when kids are on a break or long weekends as finance are no longer a problem, I am grateful I did it. |
| posted by Monica on 10/17/2007 |
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| i miss a whole lot of things i never had a job so i dont know what that feels like i have been a SAHM since i was 19 and gosh i cant wait to get a job and feel good about myself :) |
| posted by charmaine on 11/10/2007 |
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| Stay at home moms, become a Story Time Felts Consultant and meet other moms/kids in your area and earn money while doing it. Contact me if you would like to join my team vshall3@yahoo.com |
| posted by Vicki on 11/23/2007 |
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| The sum of all the parts in these comments. /smiles One thing I miss the most though that I guess I haven't read is the happy reunion at the end of a long busy day, the great expectation that comes when you leave work and you "miss" home and that little person who hadn't seen you all day long actually misses you too. |
| posted by Amanda on 03/25/2008 |
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