Mildred B. Vermont said and I quote: “Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love”. I agree with her, pure love or more specifically emotions are a much better reward than money since that last one is easily spent, lost or stolen when feelings can grow deeper and stronger through time. Being a mother is a gift that we should all cherish and learn to enjoy every minute spent with our children. Nevertheless in this article I am trying to underline the hard life a staying at home mother could be leading and I chose to write about that since I am one of them. I have been so tired from running around all day that I am not sure if I still know how to appreciate motherhood anymore. Raising children is a very hard task maybe the hardest. And we need to have very good skills up our sleeves to be able to manage taking care of these children, alone, without any help. And when you are a staying at home mom you have to add the fact that you are stuck at home most of the time, you don’t get to interact with people as often as working mothers do, your social life is nearly dead and you find yourself eventually drowned in loneliness. And this could be the shot of mercy! That is why I came up with few tips to help myself, first, and every staying at home mother lead a fair relaxing life with children.
- Friends: Don’t let your life and your marriage push you away from you friends. To survive you need to socialize, to have acquaintances, someone you could go out with for a cup of coffee or plan a game of poker! Someone you could talk to when you find yourself miserable. It is beautiful to have your husband as your best friend but sometimes you might need a good friend to talk to about your marital problems and in that case your spouse won’t be a good choice. And you don’t want to find yourself alone in such hard time cause then you will feel petrified!
- Time Out: Yes you do need that and you know it! But when can you squeeze that break when you have to cook, clean, run errands, spend time with your kids, bathe them, read them a story, and last but not least take care of your own hygiene, and – yes- get some sleep! And we forgot to mention your love life. So in general your day is similar to a crazy journey at a kids’ fair. Time Out! Cancel one of your tasks and take a time off: you can read a little, have a cup of coffee or just lay down idly watching television or thinking blank. It doesn’t matter how you spend your break but it is important to have a small time during the day to breathe and relax.
- Plan an outing:
Once a week get a baby sitter and get out from that crazy mansion. You could plan a day out with your significant
other, lunch with your friends or just a lonely outing to run away from your
troubles. Details don’t matter, what is
important is for you to have the chance, once a week, to relax from running
after the kids all day and have a day for yourself.
Pamper yourself mother you deserve it!
If you follow
these tips I guarantee you a smoother life as staying at home mother. So please
try your best and remember that even though a staying at home mother is the
most restless non profitable job in the world and even if every time or so you
wish you were able to quit remember that it's the best job in the world cause
your boss are your children and they love you unconditionally. It's true that
you're not getting materially paid but your building for what's more important
and that is a long, strong, intimate relationship with your children that will
last longer than anything money could buy and it has an increasing value over
the time. Be happy you're a staying at home mom .
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