It's a Mom's World Home

you are experiencing the moments when you feel like being a stay at home mother is useless and yet it is not only you who experience that kind of changes in a moms mileage of having children. you don't need to think of giving up just because you are being so tired to be just a "mom" but instead try to give yourself the time to unwind and break-free for a moment till exhaustion simmers down. i am actually pregnant at the moment and i felt like the world is melting down on me that is sucks just to be at home all day long. but i just came to realize that i really need to go out for an hour or two and to get myself some fresh air and sights out of my four-cornered room.

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I think a time for yourself to relax and do things that enjoys you would help you feel better. It is undeniably boring to just stay at home especially when pregnant so try to find ways to entertain yourself to avoid getting tired and bored.

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don't be, a mom's journey in life is a very exciting one nobody can every replace. don't think too much of the negative signs of being a mom, just enjoy yourself.

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I'm sure you're not the only one. And it may just be the pregnancy hormones but no... I don't think anything would be wrong with not staying at home with your 3rd after you have you're first two. YOU might really miss it though...

That being said... I am the full time working mom of 1 little boy. While I love my little man to death -- and am desperately hoping to add another little one to our lives sooner rather than later -- I KNOW that I would go nuts if I was a stay at home mom. My house might be cleaner... I might cook/bake more... I might finish more projects that I start... But I think I'd get bored and go stir crazy. I think I'd need a part time job...

Do you get out of with other adults people without your kids? That might help too. I have girls nights every couple months or my husband and I will go to the movies and dinner. It's nice to be adults every now and than rather than drowning in a sea toddler stuff...

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I was a stay at home mom for a while after my first was born. I was so bored and just tired of the routine. It helped me to be a better mom going back to work. Getting out and away from my child and having someone to do that was meaningful to the company I worked for made me feel great.

And after working all week I really love going to the zoo and what not, but that is because I am at work all week and don't do that everyday.

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You are not alone. I do get tired of being a mom. I try to remind myself that it is only one hat that I wear. We are more than just moms. It has been a responsibility that I never expected. You can try so hard somedays, and you still just can't get into the "playing". I sometimes want to know who I can call to just take a break. Yes I have Family, but I am one of those who hates to asks...and it is hard to say no.

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I also know how you feel. It's hard then it's easy and everyday it's kids screaming "mommy"!

It will get better. :)

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You are SO not the only one! I went from being in school full time and working 2 jobs to being a stay at home mother... I have dealt with depression on and off since then. I think it is totally normal for us to have these feelings. I love my kids more than life itself, but at the same time I have friend in the peace corps, traveling the globe... studying abroad and just livin the care free life... so often I get jealous of these people, it's like they have such exciting lives they are living... and here I am home bound with two kids! Ahhh! And my idea of a night out is grocery shopping without the kids hanging off me! Hang in there... your just feeling normal human emotions...

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