The secret to keeping your sanity as a stay-at-home mom
by Michelle Stein posted in Mom Stories
If you're a new or soon-to-be stay-at-home parent, I'd like to share with you my top sanity-saving tip.
A little over two years ago, I made the decision to quit my full-time job and stay home with my two young children. Being a SAHM was something I had been daydreaming about since becoming a mother; after my son was born, I never wanted to return to work in the first place. But I dropped off my kids day after day and dragged myself to work in order to pay the bills -- even though I barely brought money home with the price of childcare and gas for my long commute.
Then the stars aligned. I was presented with the opportunity to kickoff my freelance writing career.
A huge weight was lifted off my shoulders when I walked out of the office on my last day. And the first week of being a SAHM was amazing. No early-morning rush, no pumping breast milk and no lump-in-throat goodbyes as I left my children and headed to work each morning. I was so, so grateful to start this new chapter in our lives. Until the honeymoon phase ended and reality set in.
Because here's the truth about being a SAH parent: It's not all rainbows and butterflies. It's freaking hard.
With no routine to dictate our time, the hours painfully crept by most days. I would attempt to get some writing done while one or both of the kids were awake. (Ha! Scratch that idea.) I tried to engage with them every second of the day -- only to look at the clock and what seemed ...
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