|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| Stay at Home Moms |
| Public online group |
|
|
| |
|
|
Welcome to the SAHM.
For me the best part is not to miss any step in my kids growth, the worst part is that I have to make sure that in the near future I redefined myself outside motherhood.
Sometimes I practice having conversation without mentioning kids or mothering!
Vero |
| Posted by Vero on 04/17/2007 03:53 PM
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| I do that too!!! Sometimes I will tell myself, "ok, no talking about motherhood in conversation today" and then I think, but what can I talk about?? i love being a SAHM!!! My daughter and i can have a schedule as tight or relaxed as we want it to be on any particular day and i get to experience everything first hand. I see a friend who is a "career mom" struggle with schedules and then when she is finally able to spend quality time with her boys, her boys are grumpy. A couple hours a day of grumpy time with my girl is not enough for me!! It is ok with me that motherhood defines me for now, but i want to have other things to talk about and other ways to relate and keep friendships. |
| posted by Tonya on 04/19/2007 03:25 PM
|
|
|
|
|
| I Love that I don't have to trust my precious girls to anyone else. I never have to wonder what they did or ate that day, or whether they were cared for like I would want...On the other hand, sometimes I feel like I'm going to go crazy trying to keep up with housework, an infant, and a toddler! I'm either guilty about my messy house or I'm guilty about my neglected kids. Sometimes, if I've been cleaning a lot that day, I wonder if they'd be better off in a daycare where they can have constant interaction with other kids. |
| posted by Brittney on 04/26/2007 11:39 AM
|
|
|
|
|
| I think that constant interaction is very overrated these days. kids need to learn to have some down time and quiet time. its good for them, even infants and toddlers. i also think that a spotless house is overrated too!!! especially with toddlers. i do try to stick to the basics though: i try to keep the floors clean so i know what is and isn't going into my daughter's mouth! and each evening before bedtime, my 15 month old "helps" me clean up her toys and generally straighten things up a bit. of course the dishes get done once a day and the bathroom is cleaned when it needs it. everything else can wait!!! enjoy the little ones while they are little and while they will let us enjoy them!!! isn't that why we are SAHMs!!!!!! [of course when your mother in law comes to visit all of the above cleaning rules must be revised:)] |
| posted by Tonya on 04/29/2007 02:02 PM
|
|
|
|
|
I agree with Tonya, kids (and adults for that matter) need to relax. I love when my kids lay down on the sofa and are immerse in their thoughts. In order to think you need to give yourself time to do it.
Between all the activities "down time" seems not important anymore!
Vero |
| posted by Vero on 04/29/2007 10:45 PM
|
|
|
|
|
| I wish I could convince my mom, then I'd be set. She always makes comments about my house. I think she forgets what it was like (she was a single mom of 4!). It doesn't help that I moved here when I was 8.5 months pregnant with my second and I still haven't gotten around to all the unpacking or catch-up cleaning from the first couple months home from the hospital... |
| posted by Brittney on 05/01/2007 01:33 PM
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
| |  |
| |
|
|
|
