Okay here it is not even summer yet and I am stressed being a stay at home mom now how am I going to survive the summer?  My kids are 17, 12, & 8.  The 12 and 8 year old fight all the time.  My 17 year old thinks I don't pay her enough attention!!! Give me a break!  Two years ago after losing my mother and brother within a year I decided to stay at home and be here for my kids.  The challenges are so many to name.  My 8-5 job was a piece of cake compared to this.  At least I got paid and a thank you!!  Does anyone else feel this way?  How do you cope.  

I am not a SAHM, but I totally feel you. As much as I love my kids, I also love to work and feel important in ways other than being a mother. My children are much younger than yours 5,4 and 3yr twins and I would SOO go crazy if I stayed home with them all day. I know that I couldnt give them the structure that they have a daycare either, so its good that they have that in their lives. Sometimes I wish I could stay home just for a couple of months to get my own discipline structure established with them, because by the time we get home in the evenings and eat dinner and bathe its practically bed time and the whole process is just sooo hectic.

My advice to you would just be to get them involved in as many activities as you can if you can afford it.. . .and if you dont mind the hustle and bustle of taking them to different places. For me it is easier to take them somewhere outside of the house just because its something different. They get bored playing with their own toys and only seeing their siblings faces everyday. They are usually more well behaved at a friends house or a local event/activity. Im sure its different when they are older though.

Good luck.

I am not a SAHM, but I totally feel you. As much as I love my kids, I also love to work and feel important in ways other than being a mother. My children are much younger than yours 5,4 and 3yr twins and I would SOO go crazy if I stayed home with them all day. I know that I couldnt give them the structure that they have a daycare either, so its good that they have that in their lives. Sometimes I wish I could stay home just for a couple of months to get my own discipline structure established with them, because by the time we get home in the evenings and eat dinner and bathe its practically bed time and the whole process is just sooo hectic.

My advice to you would just be to get them involved in as many activities as you can if you can afford it.. . .and if you dont mind the hustle and bustle of taking them to different places. For me it is easier to take them somewhere outside of the house just because its something different. They get bored playing with their own toys and only seeing their siblings faces everyday. They are usually more well behaved at a friends house or a local event/activity. Im sure its different when they are older though.

Good luck.

I am not a SAHM, but I totally feel you. As much as I love my kids, I also love to work and feel important in ways other than being a mother. My children are much younger than yours 5,4 and 3yr twins and I would SOO go crazy if I stayed home with them all day. I know that I couldnt give them the structure that they have a daycare either, so its good that they have that in their lives. Sometimes I wish I could stay home just for a couple of months to get my own discipline structure established with them, because by the time we get home in the evenings and eat dinner and bathe its practically bed time and the whole process is just sooo hectic.

My advice to you would just be to get them involved in as many activities as you can if you can afford it.. . .and if you dont mind the hustle and bustle of taking them to different places. For me it is easier to take them somewhere outside of the house just because its something different. They get bored playing with their own toys and only seeing their siblings faces everyday. They are usually more well behaved at a friends house or a local event/activity. Im sure its different when they are older though.

Good luck.