Being a stay at home mom Sept 15 2018
Gabriel turned 14 months yesterday. I can't believe he is getting so big. Gabriel sleeps 11-12 hours every night now (which is wonderful compared to how he slept just a few months ago). Today was a really good day it was filled with smiles, hugs, kisses and laughter! In the morning Gabriel gets up eats some food and he gets a sippy with half a protein shake and half milk and then we sit on the sofa and watch some cartoons. Then he goes in his room and plays in there till he is ready for his nap around 12. (He is finally taking one nap a day!) While he naps I take a shower and do some chores and then sit down and watch some of my netflix. Then when he wakes up he eats some lunch and then we play for a couple hours. Then it's time for me to cook dinner and for daddy to come home. Gabriel is now obsessed with his daddy! 😍 He walks around the house during the day saying "where's daddy?" And when daddy finally comes home Gabriel just wants to be with him and tell him all about his day! Then around 8 Gabriel goes to bed for the night and I follow suit and get ready to do it all over again tomorrow.
After I go to bed I always wonder if I did enough for Gabriel that day. Or if I yelled too much at him for not listening to me. Or if I had too little of patience. Or if I gave him enough kisses or hugs or if I told him I loved him enough. Sometimes I wonder if I'm doing the mommy job well enough. Sometimes I wonder if he should go into daycare so I can get a part time job. There are definitely days where I am tired of being a mom and I just want a day off. There are days where I wish I got paid for my job (cuz this is a full time job no matter how you put it). But then I'm reminded by either my mom or my husband or God; that I'm lucky to be where I am right now. Its not everyday that a mom gets to stay home 24/7 with their kid. A lot of mom's have to get a job cuz they can't financially stay home. I've been extremely lucky to be where I am today. My husband works so extremely hard for this family; so that I can have the luxury of staying home and being with my son and to teach my son instead of someone else. Whenever I do get time to either myself or with my husband I cherish it and miss my son 😄.
It's also been hard on me because I have no more friends anymore. Once you become a mom EVERYTHING changes and you lose the friend(s) you once thought would be your best friends for life. One thing definitely changes though and that is your child becomes one of your closest friends ever. BUT you also need some lady friends other mom friends. People you can go out and do things with or just talk on the phone. Someone who is there and understands what being a mom is.
As stay at home moms our job is to train up our child(ren) in God's eyes. To keep the house clean. To cook the meals. To wash the clothes. And any other chore that is in the house. Some days it's rewarding and other days it's not. But no matter what that is our job. If there are any mom's out there going through rough patches; I want you to know it's normal (or so I've been told). And if you need anyone to talk to I'm here!
Proverbs 31:27-29 She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
“Many women have done excellently,
but you surpass them all.”
After I go to bed I always wonder if I did enough for Gabriel that day. Or if I yelled too much at him for not listening to me. Or if I had too little of patience. Or if I gave him enough kisses or hugs or if I told him I loved him enough. Sometimes I wonder if I'm doing the mommy job well enough. Sometimes I wonder if he should go into daycare so I can get a part time job. There are definitely days where I am tired of being a mom and I just want a day off. There are days where I wish I got paid for my job (cuz this is a full time job no matter how you put it). But then I'm reminded by either my mom or my husband or God; that I'm lucky to be where I am right now. Its not everyday that a mom gets to stay home 24/7 with their kid. A lot of mom's have to get a job cuz they can't financially stay home. I've been extremely lucky to be where I am today. My husband works so extremely hard for this family; so that I can have the luxury of staying home and being with my son and to teach my son instead of someone else. Whenever I do get time to either myself or with my husband I cherish it and miss my son 😄.
It's also been hard on me because I have no more friends anymore. Once you become a mom EVERYTHING changes and you lose the friend(s) you once thought would be your best friends for life. One thing definitely changes though and that is your child becomes one of your closest friends ever. BUT you also need some lady friends other mom friends. People you can go out and do things with or just talk on the phone. Someone who is there and understands what being a mom is.
As stay at home moms our job is to train up our child(ren) in God's eyes. To keep the house clean. To cook the meals. To wash the clothes. And any other chore that is in the house. Some days it's rewarding and other days it's not. But no matter what that is our job. If there are any mom's out there going through rough patches; I want you to know it's normal (or so I've been told). And if you need anyone to talk to I'm here!
Proverbs 31:27-29 She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
“Many women have done excellently,
but you surpass them all.”
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