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Hey BF's!
It's the second week of the year and I am digging 2011.
Only thing I'm not digging is the removal of the cyst I had today... My Dr is pretty awesome, but kind of fibbed about the pain I'd be having... I should have wrote about the cyst, but I was totally freaked out and felt if I wrote about it then it'd become more real than I liked it to be... but that's not why I'm blogging today...
Today was the first day in a very, very, very long time that The Athlete stayed home from preschool.
The Sarg and I decided that since we're leaving soon and he'll be home with me until I find work that we should start letting him stay home on Tuesday's & Thursday's.
I can honestly say that I didn't mind it today until my incision started to hurt... :-/
Then being a part-time SAHM wasn't so much fun.
The house is a mess and Mr. Sergeant is on his way home. I haven't started to cook dinner, nor have I figured out what to make... Actually at this moment I am planted on the couch watching The Athlete re-act The Karate Kid which is both comical and awesome at the same time...
It's moments like these that I'm stoked I had a boy. God surely knew what he was doing.
So I have a question... SAHM's how do you do it. How do you clean, cook, and entertain throughout the day? Even though I'll only be doing it twice a week, I know that movies all day won't cut it.
So BF's, I'm asking for some help and advice....
PS. On another note, thank you everyone who supported me during the Mamavation campaign. Even though I wasn't chosen I still have the chance to win $500 and some pretty cool shoes.... so I need you to root me on!!! Alright... enough of my rambling! LOL
5 comments:
It's not easy being a SAHM. There are days that no matter how much I try I just don't get much done. Sick or crabby kids can keep me for doing anything (like today) or they get into stuff everytime I leave the room. And then there are the days I just don't want to do it. You just need to find what works for you and go for it. Good luck!
Hey Momma. Being a SAHM is not as easy as many people think it may be! Time management is a huge factor... one that after 4.5 years I have yet to master. LoL. I will clean up a mess, start on another, and realize that the initial mess is piling again!! It's never ending. What I do is prioritize what's most important and make a list of what HAS to be done today, which includes something with the kids. And, many may shake their head in shame at me, but the tv has been a helpful sidekick for me when i need to get things done! What I always remember at the end of the day, my main job is being a mom... everything else comes in second. :D Good luck and i hope your incision heals quickly!!
i have to agree with the above commenter: prioritize! making a chore list for the week works for me to get what needs doing...done. instead of trying to fit everything in to 1 or 2 days, i space everything out over the course of the week. one day i vacuum, laundry would be another day, so on and so forth. i lack time management skills (and have adhd!) so coming up with a really workable schedule has been IMPERATIVE for me. i have to plan things out ahead of time (which goes against my nature!) even as far as what activities/tv shows the kids are going to do/watch. i make use of the calendar on my phone, and set lots of alarms and reminders.
and some days, i sit down with the kids and do absolutely nothing. and i don't feel guilty for one minute, either.
just know that it's going to take time until you get into your rhythm--and that's ok. also, one thing i keep in mind is that my kids will only be little for so long. and while they won't remember if the house was always spotless, or dinner was always gourmet, they WILL remember the pillow fights, and cuddle sessions, and painting together. that's the most important thing in the world to me.
What we are supposed to cook clean and entertain. Lucky for me I had a boy, I also had a boy who rather entertain himself with toys then hang out with mommmy. Otherwise I clean when the mood strikes and entertain when he asks. Cooking I just do breakfast and lunch. Tobei does dinner.
I'm a part-time stay at home mom and it's not easy. I do love it though. And it makes me appreciate going to work on my 3 days that I do work, lol.
At first I had the T.V on all day to entertain the boy but I felt bad about that. Now I only let him watch T.V for 3 hours. 1 hour around breakfast time. 1 hour before his nap in the afternoon, and 1 hour before bedtime. The best thing for us is to stick to a schedule, which can be hard since I have an unpredictable 5 month old. My oldest is 2 so what I've been doing are puzzles with him, coloring, reading books, I downloaded applications on my cell phone for learning numbers up to 50 and learning lowercase alphabets, he already know's the upper case. This weekend I bought some work books for him. I'm trying to make school stuff seem fun and not boring, and I want to teach him that T.V is a reward not something you have to watch all day.
Also I don't cook everyday. I cook on sundays for the whole week. I know when my kids get bigger and start eating more I'm going to have to cook at least twice a week.
When my oldest is watching T.V and the baby is settled that is when I have time to clean, but sometimes I still don't get to do everything I hoped to do.
Good Luck
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