Comments on: Allowance

By: juliet

juliet — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:11:23 +0000

SAHM's put way too much pressure on themselves, you included young lady! ; ) I feel like its my job to provide security, love and evidence values to my children. I am not their playmate or their pre-school teacher or craft teacher or a coach. Their amusement is their responsibility and they learn by trying again and again and by being with eachother. I don't know if it's guilt about not making a financial contribution or the pernicious influence of the media or both, but it looks to me like Mom's are trying to hard to all things rather than allowing themselves to just be the best of what they are? juliet´s lastest post..Ignorance

By: iMommy

iMommy — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:04:44 +0000

When I’m at home with the girls, a lot of my days are like that. In fact, I probably could have written that post… it’s tough! It’s hard to be “on” all the time.

That is exactly why I work full-time. I would never allow myself to just be Ok with it — and I’d just feel like a loser all the time.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:27:49 +0000

I don't know if I "allow" myself these days or if I sometimes just can't fight the apathy that comes with my SAHM "job." Most (really, most) days I'm up early and showered and ready for the day. But I do have days when I realize that nobody here cares if I'm clean or wearing "day clothes" and I feel a bit bored and defeated by being a slave to snacks and naps. Fortunately those days are few. Teresa´s lastest post..Not about the shoes

By: MommyNamedApril

MommyNamedApril — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:29:21 +0000

oh yeh, and i pretty much never have days where i'm dressed before noon. it just doesn't happen. MommyNamedApril´s lastest post..Who Says You Can't Buy Friends?

By: MommyNamedApril

MommyNamedApril — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:28:05 +0000

those days sound a LOT like mine. i am a little bit lucky, though, because my kids nap earlier in the day, so i can usually cram an afternoon outing into the day. and i shower at night after they’re in bed, so i don’t have to worry about that… but unfortunately, my husband works from home and knows just exactly how many lazy days we have :-/

By: amy

amy — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:06:50 +0000

we all have days that are less than we want. I am right there with ya. It is like the way to view the nutritional intake of a toddler- over the course of a week..some day s they will eat nothing and some a lot- it all evens out. ox amy´s lastest post.."Patches! We don't need to stinkin' patches!"

By: mandy

mandy — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:13:10 +0000

Oh my, you just described most of my days! Pre-school days I am forced to leave the house, so at least I feel slightly productive. My favorite days are the days my husband is off and we spend together running around everywhere. mandy´s lastest post..Please Pray

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:38:43 +0000

Our days are mostly like this too. When you figure out how to make peace with it, please write about it

Katie´s lastest post..DWTS/ WDPT Weekend

By: shygirl

shygirl — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:46:09 +0000

You never feel guilty about a few do-nothing days – you savor them. Its when you have months of being home with little ones and not much to do that it becomes hard. it is so hard to motivate yourself if there is no reason to get dressed or tidy up, other than that people expect you to wear clothes and have space to walk around in your house! and its hard to remember if you did laundry mon or wed, since all the days are so much like another – you end up going by the size of the dirty clothes pile. (works better than the size of the clean clothes pile, since most of those are still in the dryer).

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:21:26 +0000

I crave those days! I love pajama days! Most days seem like a chaotic, jumbled mess of running from here to there. I need more time to just do nothing. I do understand what you are saying though because I am disappointed when I don't get accomplished what I wanted for the day. Michelle´s lastest post..Grocery Store Nicey