#NaughtyMommy Happenings - I'm tired of being around kids
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 12:05PM#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @JenSquard
I don't know what the deal is, but this week I am just over it. I am tired of being a stay-home mom. I'm not even just a stay at home mom, I'm a mom that works from home. But damn, I never get a break. Work doesn't actually get done until the hubbard comes home. I spend my entire day just playing referee to these monkeys - get off the back of the couch, quit being a tattle tail, don't hit, go to your room, pick up your toys, stop yelling....it gets so incredibly frustrating. I love my kids, and I love being a mom, but I think I would love it so much more if I could get a little bit of time to myself.
I feel like such a shithead mom saying stuff like that, too. It breaks me down and I feel terrible, but it is what it is. Having three kids under four, all the time is hardcore. It's not because I am responsible for them, or that they are needy, it's that it's All.The.Time. Man, all the effing time. It's constant, and I still have to work. This isn't the job that I had planned for my life, I wasn't one of the girls that wanted to stay home with her kids since she was young. I wanted to work. I still want to work. I would LOVE to work. But daycare would cost more per day than I could make, and I would have to quit the job that I have now. So it is what it is. Having kids is the hardest and most rewarding job there is. Some days it is just more hard work than rewards.
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Reader Comments (3)
I would gladly take them for a month instead of exams. ;)
jen, you arent alone with all those thoughts. But be assured that everyday IS rewarding! even if its not rewarding for YOU all the time, its rewarding for your kids. maybe take the kids to a daycare twice a week. you can get caught up on your work and sanity, without spending a fortune. maybe even find an in-home daycare that doesnt cost as much. just a thought ; )
@Ula - DEAL! Seriously, I miss school soooo much, I loved it!
@Tina - I know it's a good thing, it just gets pretty damn overstimulating at times. With three kids, even a couple a days a week at daycare is big money. Like $50 a day at the cheapest. My sanity just doesn't seem to be worth that much money. So instead I take lots of breaks from them, they take lots of baths, and tickle fights always make all of us feel better!