Does anyone actually enjoy being a stay at home mom??
Hey friends! 26F here. I have been throwing around the idea of becoming a SAHM. My husband is on board and he fortunately makes enough money for us to live comfortably if I decided to stay home.
Our son is 14 months old.
My MIL currently watches him when we both work, however we recently found out that she’s not listening to our rules when it comes to NOT using physical punishment. For example; he was pulling her glade scent plug-ins out of the wall, she chose to smack my child’s hand to tell him to stop (he didn’t) so both my husband and I have started to feel extremely uncomfortable with her watching our child.
Unfortunately, the daycares around our area have extremely long waitlists so they just aren’t an option.
So, that leaves us with the choice of me becoming a stay at home mom (temporarily until a spot in childcare is available) anywhere from a 12-18 month waitlist.
So ultimately my question boils down to this: does ANYYYYONE truly enjoy being a SAHM? I’m constantly seeing women talk about how horrible it is and that they always lose their sense of identity in staying home. But I would love to know the positive side of it all. Has it improved your day to day life? Does your child thrive? Do you have a better routine?
I play on using the time at home to finish my degree as well as work on my physical health. As said previously, it would only be temporary but I am obviously nervous about the potential transition.