tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269680145561542733.post4206627602897131493..comments2023-10-04T09:16:25.229-04:00Comments on High Heels and High Chairs: Grading MommyHigh Heeled Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01911294747315920862noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269680145561542733.post-9487487116462458242010-08-23T14:34:06.889-04:002010-08-23T14:34:06.889-04:00I hear ya. But at the same time, the only person ...I hear ya. But at the same time, the only person you have to answer to in this new line of work is you.<br /><br />When I was teaching, I saw measurement each day. <br /><br />For me, SAHMhood has been a struggle, b/c my oldest has some developmental issues and a severe speech delay.<br /><br />As mamas, we beat ourselves up too much. Not everything in this life needs to be quantified, in our new line of work, it's the qualified areas which measure the most...nicolette {momnivores dilemma}https://www.blogger.com/profile/17056390328286016118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269680145561542733.post-3132920287130927992010-08-18T22:21:11.788-04:002010-08-18T22:21:11.788-04:00It is funny that I am reading your post, this nigh...It is funny that I am reading your post, this night. After 5 years of being a stay at home mama I question whether now is the time to go back to work. But then my heart isn't in it. I don't crave it, yet I don't seem always happy at this job either. Patience runs very thin with 3 young children to take care of all day. <br /><br />I guess the grass is always greener and I chose this. I do feel like I got more accomplished when I was working, but back then I wrote a daily to do list. Maybe I should just do that each day anyway:<br />1)feed 3 children breakfast<br />2)dress and brush teeth<br />3)Give morning snack number 1 and clean up said snack<br />4)Give snack number 2 and clean up said snack<br />5)Play outside<br />6)Make lunch and clean up from lunch<br />7)Run one load of laundry<br />The list could be endless but I could get a lot crossed off from a list like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269680145561542733.post-59854537758351442412010-08-17T19:20:51.785-04:002010-08-17T19:20:51.785-04:00I felt like you wrote this blog for me! I was you...I felt like you wrote this blog for me! I was you, that person, those meetings, those goals, that feedback, everything was me a few months ago. Then I too chose this, this this, this stay at homeness and often times I wonder when I'll get that feedback. Am I doing this right? What are my goals for the day? It doesn't matter because most of them, if at all any of them, will get accomplished. It really goes by the hour as you say.<br /><br />But I hope years from now, we will get our feedback, we'll get our reward.<br /><br />My reward daily is seeing her grow, watching her as she sleeps and a smile creeps up on her face (oddly she smiles in her sleep) and I think, yes, I chose this, this this, this stay at homeness and I'm going to do the best job I know I can!<br /><br />Thanks SO much for this blog entry!Loredanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10281756601492887263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269680145561542733.post-5142757635846790072010-08-17T11:02:06.316-04:002010-08-17T11:02:06.316-04:00I think the lack of POSITIVE feedback is one of th...I think the lack of POSITIVE feedback is one of the hardest parts about being a SAHM. You can get caught up in the whining and complaining and it feels like you're doing terribly, even if you're doing great. Alas.<br /><br />Yay for the successful birthday party!Liz Jimenezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113299527583609272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269680145561542733.post-69242760840537445072010-08-16T21:56:09.670-04:002010-08-16T21:56:09.670-04:00I have to say I can relate so much!! It's dif...I have to say I can relate so much!! It's different because we never get a break. Going to work gives you a break and I think would sometimes almost be easier, however, I think about missing out on the firsts and having someone else be around to love and comfort my babies...I just can't do it. So I am with you, I choose to be a working mom 24/7 with no breaks, no days off. And I think it is worth it, even if it is hard at times.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17408462028112937758noreply@blogger.com