tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544770951612182945.post2597758320331140672..comments2022-11-07T10:09:58.694-05:00Comments on Just Another Mummy Blog: A Stay At Home Life...Just Another Mummy Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06746771790862399920noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544770951612182945.post-92075075261304217542012-03-04T23:58:51.162-05:002012-03-04T23:58:51.162-05:00Thanks for stopping by Kelly! So good to connect w...Thanks for stopping by Kelly! So good to connect with you :)Just Another Mummy Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06746771790862399920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544770951612182945.post-237344774904720312012-03-04T21:15:30.301-05:002012-03-04T21:15:30.301-05:00What a wonderful post!!! I can TOTALLY relate!! ...What a wonderful post!!! I can TOTALLY relate!! It is SO nice to meet other mamas who I can relate to!!!! WHAT A BLESSING!!!!!! So glad to start reading your blog!!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074086681303653107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544770951612182945.post-10211649013440367072012-03-02T14:20:25.892-05:002012-03-02T14:20:25.892-05:00I find that we're our own toughest critic as w...I find that we're our own toughest critic as well, I beat myself up for not being out there and doing something productive, like working, yet you beat yourself up for not doing something productive like being at home. No matter what we do, that guilt is always along for the ride.<br /><br />For what it's worth, I think you seem to have found a great balance between working and being a mum. You obviously put your kids first, and I always see you and your hubs doing things WITH your kids when you are at home. Way to go Sarah!Just Another Mummy Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06746771790862399920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544770951612182945.post-89794907485094381122012-03-01T21:52:12.408-05:002012-03-01T21:52:12.408-05:00I don't know why we women criticize each other...I don't know why we women criticize each other so much. We seem to always sit in judgement when we should just be supporting each other. I'm in the opposite situation to you - I'm back at work and I would give anything to stay at home. I feel judged on all sides - I work with a number of women who have children the same age as mine and I don't understand how they manage to work all day and then stay at work for staff sports or go out for coffee with friends - all I want to do is be home with my family. I value my career and I enjoy my students but, if we won the lottery tomorrow, I would stay home in a heartbeat. I feel like a traitor - there's something wrong with me because I am not more ambitious and don't want to "achieve". On the other hand, I get this vibe from several stay-at-home mothers that "if I really wanted to, I could manage to stay at home". Given my husband's student loans that we spent YEARS crushed under the weight of, we didn't get to start off financially on the same basis as our friends and we have been behind ever since. I need to work for the foreseeable future. I just feel lucky that in my job, I have a reasonably light schedule - I can leave at 8 and be home a bit after 4.<br />You are doing the right thing FOR YOU and that's all that matters. I just wish I was around to hang out!pippasmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386184818117314750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544770951612182945.post-75872815948025727212012-02-27T18:24:17.043-05:002012-02-27T18:24:17.043-05:00From an "old" mommy friend :) I hear ya!...From an "old" mommy friend :) I hear ya! It is an incredible gift to be home 24 hrs with our kiddos, but comes with it's own set of challenges and emotions! You would have had a chuckle with me when I went to renew passports. I insisted on making the notation that I was a "self-employed homemaker". After the second person tried to clarify what that meant, and I started to get nervous they might not give us our passports and relented and allowed them to cross out the "self-employed". But I really liked the sound of that whole term!! Noticed the guy who first checked our stuff over was smart enough to leave it alone after his first tentative question! The lady just grinned and said "you're right" but its confusing as to whether you're self-employed as well as a homemaker . . . wasn't that the whole point?!?!?<br /><br />Keep going! and if you ever need another listening ear just call :)<br /><br />Wendy HayhoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544770951612182945.post-88713779811227932842012-02-27T14:56:26.144-05:002012-02-27T14:56:26.144-05:00I really like this post and this was something I a...I really like this post and this was something I am struggling with all over again now I'm home with the two kids. I had worked part time with Leah but now I'm totally home with both kids. The comment that always gets me is when people say oh you are just staying home? Just staying home?!?! It is so much more than just staying home like you say in your post! You are doing a fabulous job as a mother and I've learned its something that you learn as you go there is never a right or wrong way of doing things!Kristin https://www.blogger.com/profile/10574470350550916882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544770951612182945.post-18223172779470845442012-02-27T09:48:50.982-05:002012-02-27T09:48:50.982-05:00I can imagine how you feel. I don't have a kid...I can imagine how you feel. I don't have a kid, and I've been grounded from my job since January... so I'm just stay at home, minus the mom part. The reaction you get when you say you are "looking for a job" or "waiting on news from current job" are horrible. As if you are the first person who has went through a period of unemployment in their lives. I'm trying super hard to get out of this situation, but I still feel so judged for being here in the first place!Krystahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09009653001787562338noreply@blogger.com