Joys of being a working mum
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Topic: Joys of being a working mum
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Subject: Joys of being a working mum
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 10:15am
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OK first off don't get me wrong.. I actually hate leaving my little girl (in the capable hands of her daddy) everyday to go to work. I work for a great company who are so accomodating and let me finish early afternoon so I can spend time with my daughter and I'm really good at my job but who wants paid employment when you could be doing the best and most important job in the world - raising a little person.
So I need to remind myself what's great about being a working mum - feel free to add. 1) Money 2) Michaela's so excited to see me at the end of the day 3) Once a week wines & lunch with my girlfriends 4) I get to read a book or magazine in peace on my way to work and on my lunch breaks 5) Undisturbed opportunity to trawl the Oh Baby forum. 6) Grown up conversations 7) Michaela's daddy gets a once in a lifetime opportunity to be a superdad (seriously once in a lifetime, there's no way I'm coming back to work after the next one's born - not for a while anyway and definitely not full time) ------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 10:27am
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8) I get to wear nice clothes everyday and as long as I change once I get home they don't end up with little hand prints and smears all over them ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 10:42am
Intellectual stimulation  ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 11:18am
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10) Sending off the pre-terrible-twosome to daycare and not having to deal with the tantrums all day! (I can handle a couple of hours at night!)
11) Lunchtime shopping without having to deal with a toddler pulling everything off the racks or complaining they want to get out of their pram! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 11:19am
12) Going to the toilet without being disrupted!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 11:29am
you actually get a morning tea/lunch break, and get to drink a hot drink at a temp you like it at, not scalding your mouth to have one quickly "while you can" or getting distrated and putting it down to "attend" and it gets cold and  ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 11:40am
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14) Occassionally get to fly to Auckland for one day trips at no cost to myself and never have to stay overnight because I have a little one to get home to.
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 11:47am
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Happy sane Mommy cause of all the above!
Adult conversation. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 11:49am
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Ha ha, so true fleury!
& if one of my colleagues throws a tanty (few and far between but does happen) I can tell them to pull their head in. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Katherine
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 12:15pm
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18) Remembering that you are a person and "not just a mum", and that you deserve to pursue interests outside of the sphere of motherhood. (Bit of a feminist here!) |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 12:18pm
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20) My husband (superdad) rapidly learning what it's like to be a fulltime caregiver and now appreciating why some days I was still in my pjs when he got home from work and the house looked the same as when he'd left.
Ha ha - there's nothing like being thrown in the deep end!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 1:36pm
21) Being able to tell people what to do and see them actaully doing it! Makes a change from home where no one seems to listen sometimes 
22) Being able to enjoy a morning coffee break at peace without having to constantly look over your shoulder ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 1:40pm
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23) Having a life, and retaining my own identity as well as being a mum.
I LOVE being a working mum, I begged to come back from maternity leave early, and am considering only taking a month or so this time (altho I suspect the boss will put her foot down about that!), I love that I can work at a job that I enjoy, and that challenges and stimulates me, as well as spending time playing with my kids and doing 'mummy' things. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 2:28pm
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he he, for me its getting to go to work, deal with gorgeous babies, fulfil the cluck factor, then come home and remember that i no longer have sleepless nights and breastfeeding issues (however much i want them still )
and..... all of the above ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 6:53pm
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Well i'm not a working mum but a studying mum and I have to say yep to all of the above and 24. Being able to listen to something that isn't The Wiggles, Thomas, Barney etc. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 8:02pm
| the father stops making snide comments about how easy it is staying at home. |
Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 8:44pm
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hehe I like that one!! I'm just looking forward to using my brain again and won't be able to use 'baby brain' as an excuse anymore for lapses in concentration!! lol ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 11 January 2008 at 10:49pm
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Personal achievement for providing for my family ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 7:56pm
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yep that's a big one too. although it can be the cause of a bit of stress as well ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 8:07pm
Yep that happened here too And now he even helps out more around the house without even being asked Definitely all of the above. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
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