A taste of being a SAHM
So, for the last week and a half I’ve been at home after injuring my hand. Despite the injury, I have to say I love it!
Being a working mum is tough especially finishing work and then coming home to have to prepare dinner, and then oversee bath and bedtime! I do feel like the only time I get to spend with the kids is really on a Friday (when I’m off) and the weekend.
I used to worry an awful lot that the children have it tough. In reality, I think it’s probably tougher on me than it is the children! Both of mine adore going to their nannies houses throughout the week and getting spoilt; I just think it’s me that struggles. I feel like I’m always missing out on something – like their first steps, their first words etc.
This week there has been time for us to spend together being lazy, having indoor picnics and or just snuggling on the sofa – all those little things we take for granted at the weekends whilst we try to cram far too much in!
I can see the appeal of being a SAHM and am desperately looking for a job that I can do from home that will pay me the money I earn at work (or at least close!) but I think its called a ‘dream job’ for a reason!
I think in my head I’ve possibly gone through all the possible suggestions for a work from home job. From the normal door step selling to trying be crafty and selling, but it all boils down to the same issue, with a young family and a mortgage to pay I just can’t risk giving up a full time job for something that might not even pay a few hundred pounds a month if the appetite isn’t there!.
I just need to come up with that bright spark idea that will make me a millionaire; don’t we all?!
So for now I will just have to make do with the yummy cuddles after a hard day at work knowing what I am doing is to make sure my children have a roof over their head and we have money to pay the bills.
Have you got an inspiring story from starting your own business or a successful sales job, I would love to hear some positive stories on people who have made it happen.
I know exactly how you feel, I’ve been off work for the last 3 weeks with Pneaumonia and I’ve loved being able to spend more time with my little girl, I’ve kept her to the rountine of going Nursery 2 days a week, but apart from that we’ve spent the rest of the time together. Its defintely going to be hard getting back into the swing of things next week.
This is exactly how I feel. I’ve only been back at work fully for a fortnight and I have been struggling with the feeling of missing out vs having to get things done around the house when I am home.
To make it worse my partner and I work shifts and because of this my little man stays overnight with his grandparents, so it means that I might not see him for a whole 24 hours. If it was that he is being looked after by family then I don’t know what I would do or be like – I feel for all those parents who have to get help from outside, because at least L’s first are witnessed by someone in his family, and if it was his first step (hopefully soon) they know how important it is for us to see it so would try to capture it on camera.
Having said all that I am contemplating renegotiating my hours so that I can have my weekends with little man and no nights… Cut in money to gain quality time, it’ll be worth it in the long run.
I am the exact same! Me and my partner work 9-5 mon-fri, and our wee boy is at a childminder all week! He gets on so well with the childminder, and she treats him like one of her own, which is a big comfort for us!
it is difficult, but I love that thru all the hard work…I am his mummy, and no one can replace me! I put him to bed at night…wake him up in the mornings….hold him wen he isn’t well! And both my partner and I encourage his learning, and find it amazing web he learns something new!
I’m torn, because I absolutely love my job, and I bring in the bigger wage to the house! So from point blank…there’s no way I would be able to give up my job! I do find it extremely difficult at times, when the childminder tells me all the things he has been up too, I feel terrible because I wasn’t there!
But we do fill most of our weekends with fun things to do….and also make sure that one weekend every few weeks, we don’t do anything and spend time in the house
Let’s just hope that we either find our “dream job” or we all win the lottery