Surviving Your First Year as a Stay-at-Home Mom
By Kerrie McLoughlin
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Congratulations! You’ve taken the plunge into the zany SAHM
(stay-at-home mom) pool. While expecting your baby, you may have envisioned
days of doing exactly what you wanted
to do while your baby snoozed away, but you have probably by now realized that your
tiny, new — permanent — houseguest is running the show. Now what?
I’ll never forget the time a family member asked me, “Are
you bored yet?” Melissa Stanton, mother of three and author of The Stay-at-Home Survival Guide, says, “When
a spouse comes home at the end of the work day, sees the breakfast dishes still
in the sink, and asks, ‘What did you
do all day?’ it can be hard to answer. All you know is that
although you never sat down or stopped ‘doing,’ you didn’t accomplish anything
of substance. Every nose wiped, snack served, doctor appointment made and
errand run prevents a SAHM from being able to, say, balance the checkbook,
write the great American novel or just relax and be the lady of leisure many
perceive SAHMs to be.”
