SAHM support

[Lousie]

Hi Ladies, I am looking for other stay at home moms to chat with and support. It can be hard these days with so many moms working, to have others to connect with. I find we need to support one another, and share our expirences. Please feel free to join in and make new friends as I am excited to do the same :wave:

[moozle]

Hi Louise, how old is your child?

[Me&MrMagoo]

Hi! *waving*

My ds is 18 months ... How old is your little person??


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[jadee22]

Hi I'm a sahm with 2 boys... 3 year old and 13 months. It will be nice to chat with u :)

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[bubbaboyandbump]

Hello :) I'm a SAHM to a gorgeous 14 month old boy and am due to have my little girl in November!

[AANGELZZZ]

Hi SAHM to a little girl who turned 2 in June and one on the way :) love to chat to you all

[Lousie]

hi everyone!! So glad to have such a great response. I have an 8 yr daughter and a 6 yr daughter myself. So i guess I have been a SHAM for 8 years...wow that sounds long even to me... What brought me on to this site was I was reading a book that is supportive to SHAM's and it was very impowering! The book is In Praise of Stay at Home Moms by Dr. Laura Schlessinger and I highly recommend it if you like to read. Where is everyone from? We are near Stratford, Ontario. Congrats to Aangezzz, bubbaboyandbump on expecting your second beautiful blessings!:) Has anyone else read any good books for SHAM's? Can't wait to get to know you all more! Good night!;)

[Manny]

Hi Lousie
I am a SAHM to a 10 mth old girl. I have found it tough at times to find other SAHMS too.... I think Im really lucky that we can manage for me to stay at home and I understand the financial pressures peopel are under to return to work. But I am the only one in my whole mothers group that is SAHM, they have all returned to work. I feel that women judge me or look down at me as if Im maybe too lazy to work or that I didnt earn much prior or something, which is not true, I had quite a high powered career going. These are only my feelings, and really I dont care what other people think. Its the choice my husband & I have made to raise our kids. I dont judge anyone for returning to work at all.
I feel so blessed to be able to spend so much time with my little girl, I love seeing her change and develop every day!:wave:

[MoonGecko]

I'm a SAHM to a 15 month old little girl.

Some days I feel like I'm going crazy as I used to work 40+ hours a week before she was born!

[jadee22]

I went back to work after ds1 only part time but decided after I fell pregnant with ds2 I would be a sahm. I was always jealous of ppl that could stay at home with their babies. It's now my guilty pleasure! Dh tells me often that we are a team. My job is just as important as his. Its nice to be supported.

Hope you are all having a nice day with your munchkins. We had playgroup this morning so mine are both asleep. Time to start the house work!

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[Lousie]

Good morning Ladies:)
Manny I absolutely can appreciate how you feel! I too have struggled due to the fact that my friends are all working moms, and yes I do feel like they think less of me sometimes...but as in the book I have read most of it is jeliously. We are doing the most important, lowest paid, but most gratifying job out there and like "back in the day" was considered the only way to go. My Dh and I have given up a lot of the luxuries that others can afford to be able to do this but I beleive my gilrs are better off for it :yes:. It can be lonely for sure but 20 years from now I want my kiddies to always want to come home and we are setting those wheels in motion.
Planning to do some back to school shopping this morning, can't believe both my babies will be in school this year full time! Yes may moments crying over this lol.

[Lousie]

Inspirational Poem to brighten our day!


A cookie and a Kiss
A house should have a cookie jar
For when it's half past three,
And children hurry home from school
As hungry as can be,
There's nothing quite so splendid
In filling children up,
As spicy, fluffy, ginger cakes
And sweet mild in a cup.
A house should have a mother,
Waiting with a hug,
No matter what the boy brings home
A puppy or a bug.
For children will only loiter
When the bells ring to dimiss,
If no one's home to greet them
With a cookie and a kiss.

[Lousie]

One more thought lol;
We all have the moments that we feel we want to pull our hair out that, that it feels like all we have done is yell or rank but in that next moment when our Dd, or Ds gives us a huge smile or says "i love you mommy", we know we are on the right path; take the fantastic days and remember them on the long ones! So happy to being meeting you all:wave:

[Lousie]

Finding today to be a hard one...the closer we get to school time the more my DH thinks it might be a good idea for me to go back to work:no:. I am having a hard time with the idea and not to mention we live in the country and it's a 30 minute drive to town. Childcare is few and far between and is not something I want to consider...sigh, the question is do I push the issue and tell him exactly how I feel or will he think me lazy? What to do :(

[bubbaboyandbump]

After becoming a mum I would never be able to call a stay at home mum lazy!!! I would def talking to your hubby and explain how you feel and that you want to be home and available for your kids. Even once school starts there is so much for you to be involved in through the school. I loved when I was little mum wasn't working so was always at my sports days, weekly assemblies etc and would always help out with cooking classes, cake sales and so on. I think if you were working you would miss that! Plus it's nice for your kids to be able to be dropped off and picked up by you rather than childcare! Also what happens in holidays and when the kids are sick? There's 12 plus weeks they would need to be in care if you were working and that turns out quite expensive so would almost make you working not a huge financial advantage! Would that work?!

[Lousie]

Good morning and thank you bubbaboyandbump. I know there is value in staying home with our little ones. I plan on sitting down with my DH and talking to him about all the pros and cons; in the meanwhile I plan to spend the day today reading books and making crafts with my DD's; we have been so busy it will be nice to have some down time together! :)