SAHM’s

I love being a SAHM although it does annoy me how my childless friends think I sit at home and do nothing all day and should jump at the opportunity to go out with them on the weekend.

and I'm not the best SAHM lol my house is always a mess, tea is usually late but me and Jack have fun.

My mum was a SAHM until I was 7 and I remember when she started working I was gutted cos I knew I would have to go to school every day.

I think it would be so hard being a working mum there is no way I would be dressed and have bubs ready to go at 8 in the morning.

Bombshell - I didn't have a job before I had kids, I was at uni full time. I started my job here at OHbaby! when Maya was about 18 mths old, and somewhere in between time I wrote a book, but I am incredibly lucky to be able to do what I do from home and fit it around my child (and now children).

only part-time!!!! i do it after the kids are in bed - really sounds better than it is! i envy you Amy - sounds like you have th best of both worlds!

Thats why i love playcentre Ana, Jake has that "messy time" with paint and gloop and stuff, and then i don't have to clean it up here! that said, we do have playdough!

I had Jake enrolled one day a week at creche and I msut say, he loved it. They even helped me stop him biting and smacking people as we went down the road - which i will forever be grateful for!

I am the same with SAHM thing, as in one day I'll be so frustrated and then Jake and Taine will do cute things and I will be really grateful I have the opporutnity to stay with them. Taine fell over yuesterday and was crying. Jake rushed up and gave him a huge hug, and rubbed his head until he stopped and giggled. SO CUTE!!

I've been a SAHM since Kiya was born... I've made a few of attempts at studying as well (one before Nat and I got married, one before having Josiah, and again before finding out Xavier was on the way) but that is now delayed indefinitely so I can be a mum and not stress over assignments (which I was). I will start studying after we've finished having kids, looking at maybe working parttime when the youngest starts school. At this stage, that means I'm going to be a SAHM for at least another 5-7 years before I start looking for work (which will mean I would have been out of the work force for at least 10 years)

I'm a SAHM too and don't really have any plans to return to work any time soon. We'll probably have at least 1 more baby, and hubby and I agree it's important for me to stay home, at least until they are at school. I'm not sure what hubby thinks on p/t vs f/t work, but I definitely won't be going back full time even when they do start school. My mum was also a SAHM and hubby's was at home until he and his brother started secondary school (I think), and even then she was part time.

I really admire women who work while their kids are so young - it must be really hard! Some days (like today) I wonder how I found time to go to work?! lol