Bored Sheetless

[Pussyfoot]

I have a newborn and am thoroughly enjoying motherhood.
However, I am bored at home.
I cook, I clean, I get stuff done and then....I watch paint dry.
I took up a few subjects at TAFE...but while my babe is sleeping (and he sleeps a fair bit), I get the study done.

I would love to go back to work full-time but I did a few days recently and missed my baby terribly. Aside from that, I don't want to miss these precious days with him. I am constantly aware of time passing.

Any way to cut a happy medium here?

[overitand36]

yep part time work loving it

[kjw125]

Hi!

I'm on mat leave.... Third time around. I worked ft after the first two but will start pt work in about a month. For me pt work is the happy medium! Sometimes I find being at home quite isolating! Hope you find your happy medium!!

[bellalika]

They become more fun when they get older and sleep less. My bub was boring for the first 6 weeks. He was prem to literally he would feed, poo and sleep, with the occasional projectile vomit thrown in for good measure.

It takes about 6 months to find your post baby self, or at least it did with me. I identified me as a teacher. It took a while to identify myself as L's Mummy. Now I'm both.

Can you try working just one day a week? I did two days between bubs. after not working for a year after bub 2, I don't really want to go back to work on Friday. I've come to love being a SAHM. You change who you are as your baby grows just like they change. You need to find the balance that suits them both.


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[The Fox]

I went back to uni part time, i found the 2 days at uni was a happy medium. Maybe you could use this time to get a degree in something that you might like to pursue

[Pussyfoot]

Maybe you could use this time to get a degree in something that you might like to pursue

I've been thinking about this a lot, particularly as the job I left (and have been in the past few years) bores me to tears and I don't want to return to it. I'm not sure if uni is the answer but I do realise the TAFE course I took a couple modules in is not stimulating me. Only thing is, what to do?

Part time work is at a premium around here and when it is available, it's three days minimum. Oh, to be able to work from home!!

[~Temet Nosce~]

Newborns, to be honest, are boring :yes:
The fun starts once they get older and you can do activities with them, take them out and do things etc. then you will find that in between entertaining the little one, household stuff and studying, you should have plenty to keep you busy.

[The Fox]

I've been thinking about this a lot, particularly as the job I left (and have been in the past few years) bores me to tears and I don't want to return to it. I'm not sure if uni is the answer but I do realise the TAFE course I took a couple modules in is not stimulating me. Only thing is, what to do?

Part time work is at a premium around here and when it is available, it's three days minimum. Oh, to be able to work from home!!

What about teaching? you could always do casual teaching, i hear they get paid a good rate. If you already have a degree you could do your dip ed and get it done in a year

[Its a boy]

i have recently given up work to have my third baby (i am 25 weeks) . It is driving me insane. I had to give up work early so am struggling to find things to do, i don't think my house could be any cleaner or more organised.

With my first two children after they were born i went back to work part time, but instead of going back to my regular job i took up i night job, so my partner could have the children, i only worked a couple of hours a night, but it was enough to give me that adult interaction that i think i was lacking. (and it bought in that extra much needed cash).

i hope you find your happy medium. But trust me i would be making the most of those quiet times and nothing to do cause its only going to get hectic as they get older and you have more of them.

[Pussyfoot]

Newborns, to be honest, are boring *L* :laughing:


What about teaching?

No. That was a lifetime ago and never again! :)


but instead of going back to my regular job i took up i night job, so my partner could have the children, i only worked a couple of hours a night, but it was enough to give me that adult interaction that i think i was lacking. (and it bought in that extra much needed cash).

Hmm. A night job. Good idea.

Someone also suggested working for myself. When I was at uni I worked for myself as a nail technician which was a handy little earner. Might look into that too.

[bellalika]

What about teaching? you could always do casual teaching, i hear they get paid a good rate. If you already have a degree you could do your dip ed and get it done in a year

$256 a CRT day in Vic. If you do one a week for each term of the year (41 weeks), take away tax and what you lose in FTB A & B, it works out at $113.67 for one days work (6 hrs). I've done the maths. :)


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[Pussyfoot]

A day's work of casual relief teaching is considered to be 7.5hours (public service rules).

To be brutally honest, I get a far better rate as a paralegal and with far less hassle.