I am well educated, but chose to
be a stay at home mom because material possessions mean nothing if my legacy (my children) arent successful in life.
He has this crazy thought that I'm a stay at home mom because I don't work full - time but 30 hours a week while trying to wrangle an 18 month old is more like 50 hours lol!
Not exact matches
These jobs
were perfect for me
because I
am a
stay -
at -
home mom.
The reason the website has a womanly touch
is because some of the best, most flexible work - from -
home opportunities
are actually geared toward
stay -
at -
home moms.
and possibly
because she
was a
stay -
at -
home -
mom and I
was her only child.
I dearly love my boy but
being a
stay at home mom is hard for me
because it
was never part of the plan I had for my life.
I
'm calling this a BS so some upper class
stay at home mom can have shit to blog about
because she
's bored
at home.
As a former
stay at home mom now working
mom (not by choice), I have to say it
is harder to work and parent, but not
because of the scheduling and working «two jobs» but
because of not
being able to
be where you heart really
is.
Must - read posts: Domestic Enemies of the
Stay at Home Mom & A Letter To My Kids
Because I
'm 40 (And That
's Old)
We have no children — I quit my job
because I thought we would & I could
be a
stay at home mom but he
was sleeping with other women instead of me.
It
's very appealing to
stay -
at -
home moms,
because very few families can actually afford to live on one adult
's income.
Oh and
because I can't let it slide, until recently I worked full - time, now I
am a SAHM
mom — to the person who said it
's difficult «especially» for us moms who work full time, just so you know — IT»S HARDER FOR STAY AT HOME MOMS!!!!!!! I know this n
's difficult «especially» for us
moms who work full time, just so you know — IT»S HARDER FOR STAY AT HOME MOMS!!!!!!! I know this
moms who work full time, just so you know — IT»S HARDER FOR
STAY AT HOME MOMS!!!!!!! I know this
MOMS!!!!!!! I know this now
As a
stay -
at -
home mom, you may write off the idea of a life insurance policy for yourself
because you
're not the one bringing
home the bacon, so - to - speak.
It
was hard,
because I
am a teacher during the school year, my husband works
at night and then during the summers he goes on the day shift so I kind If turn into a
stay at home mom, so there I
was 7 months pregnant with two boys that wouldn't sleep
at all.
• The type - A working
mom who totally dismissed me
because I told her that I currently worked part - time from
home... and the
stay -
at -
home sanctimommy who whispered to me how she thought that the kids of working
moms weren't as well behaved as those of
stay -
at -
home moms.
There
are all kinds of
moms out there: working
moms,
stay -
at -
home moms, «cool
moms,» alternative
moms, crunchy
moms, homeschooling
moms, helicopter
moms... Honestly there
's probably a group of
moms out there who base their core parenting principals on the wisdom of Dr.. Who or something,
because why the hell not?
Investing
is an excellent way for
stay -
at -
home moms to make extra money
because you still have control over your time.
I
'm a
stay at home mom, and
because of that, I end up doing a lot for my girls (I have twin girls who just turned 6) as opposed to teaching them how to do it for themselves.
My response in no way
is saying that a
stay at home mom isn't hard work
because it
is but
be fortunate that you don't have your careers responsibilities on top of raising a child or children.
I
'm now a
stay at home mom with this part time blogging gig, which I barely tell anyone about,
because, ew Mommy Blogs.
I once met another
stay -
at -
home -
mom who
was at her wits end,
because she
was nursing her baby every couple of hours and pumping every hour after he
was finished.
Anyway, my nonscientific observation
is that
stay -
at -
home moms worry about potty training earlier than work - out - of - the
home moms, most likely
because they
're actually having to do all of the work.
Some people think
stay at home moms have it easy, but that
's probably
because they haven't watched kids for more than an hour in their life!
Just
because the kids
are in school full time, doesn't mean the importance of your role as a
stay -
at -
home mom has stopped.
Working Mamas can also give our children big, full attention when we get
home — quite possibly in a way that the
stay -
at -
home mom can't
because of the compressed time that we have to
be together and our guilt.
Talk about a trying time for a new
stay at home mom with this one wanting me only I actually feel fortunate
because I
'm the one he wants and the one who
is home with him.
Case in point: I
am writing this article, right now,
because I
am a
stay -
at -
home mom with a part - time job.
If a
mom is attachment parenting, she
's probably a
stay -
at -
home mom, which somehow means she isn't feminist
because she doesn't work.
I never used a baby carrier when Aries
was a baby
because it
was easy having one child
at home and I
was a
stay at home mom.
If a woman
is a
stay -
at -
home mom because she chooses to
be (and she believes in gender equality) she
is a feminist.
I
am Strong
because we also made the decision to do what it took to have me become a
Stay -
At -
Home Mom; the call and eventual resignation from
being in Property Management for almost a decade
was bitter and sweet.
It
was all
because I had to get to work, of course, but I felt like the
stay -
at -
home moms didn't understand that.
I saw online yesterday that the Today Show did a segment on whether or not working
moms take advantage of
moms who
stay at home with their kids or
moms who work from
home (for the purpose of this blogpost working
moms are moms AND DADS who work outside of the
home —
because dads have said some of this stuff too.
Because every SAH parent needs a break Even Ames & Ilg, who
were writing in the»70s when a
stay at home mom was the default, advise some chance for
mom and kid to take a break from one another!
Whether it
's due to
being a
Stay -
at -
home -
mom, Work -
at -
home -
mom, or
because the kids
are home on school vacation,
being home with the kids all day can
be trying for parents.
Stay -
at -
home moms may have higher levels of depression
because they want to
be employed but find the cost of childcare too high to make a job worthwhile.
You could always back out of your decision to become a
stay at home mom because there
are plenty of daycare centers that will gladly care for your child while you work.
Now i have two todlers but im a fulk time student
at college
because for me stayung
at home is too stressfull, thats why i admire
stay at home moms, the ones thatbdo this 24/7
This
was especially frustrating to Emma
because she
was a
stay -
at -
home mom for Josh and their one year - old daughter.
These articles
are always so funny... giving quantitative value to services that
are in our daily lives, usually geared towards
stay -
at -
home moms because they
are the target market.
Hot coffee
at home is an exercise in futility,
because as most
stay -
at -
home moms know, children will do almost anything to prohibit you from having it.
Why
is it that
stay at home moms, for the most part, respect working
moms and single mothers
because they realize their worth?
So, then you wean then
because now you
are in a different social environment and the children make decisions and so forth and so if I
am a
stay -
at -
home mom or if I
am a
mom and I decide I
am going to breastfeed up until 4 years
because that
's until like they move on to their next major socialization phase.
Of the 60,000 women surveyed, the poll included women with no children, working
moms and
stay -
at -
home moms who
are or who
are not looking for work «to distinguish between those who may not
be employed
because of circumstance rather than by choice.»
Other times it
's because mom decides to
stay at home with baby.
And I don't think you should look down on
stay -
at -
home moms with a messy house,
because chances
are, they
are using that time wisely.
I locked myself in the bathroom or the closet (while pumping) and sobbed
because I wanted so badly to
be with her and I felt it
was unfair that others
were blessed with
being stay at home moms.
This
is a great job for a
stay -
at -
home mom because it coincides with the time your children
are in school.
Not
because I think store bought baby food
is bad, but
because i
'm a
stay at home mom and have the time to make it!
But
being a bus driver
is a great job for
stay -
at -
home moms because your work hours
are close to
being in line with your child's school hours.