How do you juggle Motherhood and Work?

Think of it this way. How would your husband feel if you placed your children in daycare and went to work. There would be a source of stress on the both of you wondering if the children were well taken care of. By you staying home with the kids, he's able to go to work and be productive knowing that his children are having the best of care.

Yes I feel like that often, I would rather be at work then be at home, I want to be able to support my boys and able to bring home the money, but it just don't work sometimes for an individual because of certain circumstances, so I feel I have no choice but to stay at home and make money by other means like here on the net. Um every individual is different and its really up to the person themselves to understand their feelings and find other means or put the children in chidcare and go back to work. You just need time and support, but always use the negative and turn it into a positive thing, I enjoy what I do now, I still go to work now and then and my children are happy. I think you just need a little time and support from your husband, you can always find a balance if you want...

Dear Elizabeth, you are not alone, no worry. I always felt like that for eight months since I quit my job and come to US to be a stay at home mom. Do you know that homemaker is even tougher than being a Manager in the company. At home, we need to manage the finance(expenses), warehouse (grocery stock up), facilities (cleaning, lightning etc.), documentation (bills, letters etc), teacher (coaching your children) and much more. Don't you think that you are working 24/7 without off day or rest day. Worst than a CEO isn't it. And, no pay. LOL!

It's only natural to feel guilty about being a stay at home mom, especially if you were in a high power job before. You just have to learn how to gear down to a slower pace. Learn to be happy with your surroundings. Being a stay at home mom may not be a permanant situation for your family. So, why spend the entire time feeling guilty or unhappy. Your children can tell how you feel. Since I am a stay at home/work at home mom, it's not difficult to balance family life at all. Most days I am available whenever my daughter or family needs me, so we have no worries. If we want to get up early and go to the beach, we can. It's no problem. There are never any scheduling conflicts. I am sure that all this would change if I had to go back to work or take an outside job. But, for now, we are enjoying mommy's little time at home. It gives me the chance to be a stay at home mom and make a little money online at the same time. Before my daughter came along I wasn't very motivated to make money or succeed. But, now she is my driving force, whether I am working inside my home at my own business or at a regular 9 to 5 job. Keep your chin up. Things can only get easier from here.

Yeah I feel that way too...when I am at home I always do the household chores and make sure that everything is really doing great. I don't want to hear anything from my husband and my kids complaining about anything... As much as possible I want to earn a bit at home to help my husband but not now...my husband stays at home with my little boy and I am the one working.

elizabeth, i have to say that i envy you.. i was a young single mother at the age of 21. right after college, i had to start work immediately coz i could and still can't rely on the father of my son. Now i'm happily engaged to a wonderful man, but still, i'm working, day in, day out. I guess the thing that makes me envy you is that you're watching your little one grow up. Sure i've seen joshua grow up into a good, sometime naughty boy (he's eight now), but i still and always wonder how different he would have been if i had been there to take care of him everyday instead of leaving him at the day care. Yet, I understand how frustrating it would be for you, a workaholic. Truthfully, i don't know if i could be a stay-at-home mom and enjoy it complete. There's too much going on in the world, and i like being able to contribute to it directly, instead of through my kids (by that, i mean raising good children who will later save the world!). Don't feel bad either way.. it was a choice you had to make, being a full time mom or a working mom, and i support either choice. When the kids are grown and are not too needy, that's when you'll have your life back and get right back into the saddle.

I felt this way a lot. I felt that I wasn't helping out because I wasn't bringing any extra money in that we desperately needed. We have 3 kids that are very close in age and daycare for 3 toddlers would have been outrageous which made it virtually impossible for me to get a job. I started doing research online for some legit work at home ideas and found a few, one especially that really helps with the bills and some extras here and there. Dont feel guilty about staying home. Being a mother and housewife is a lot of work, we just dont get paid for it! My day is on a schedule from the time I wake up until the evening! I never have time for myself to relax but I feel guilty if I try and take time to relax, lol!

My mother had my grandmother taking care of my brother and I while she went to work, then when my mother was at home, my mother took care of us.

Bringing up children is important than profession.I share my side.I was working in Gulf and my is working in a hospital and we had two children one boy and one girl.After school time when they come there will be a letter written by my wife and they will read it act accordingly.By God's grace now they are big and looking after their own things, so if you could manage like this it is ok.Being a mother is most noble profession in the world.

what i can say is that we're the same type of person. we're the workaholic type. why not look for a work at home to fill that emptiness that you have inside. there are lots of things in the net that can fill those hours after household chores. right now, you don't feel the importance of being a mother coz you feel an emptiness inside. when i was jobless and staying at home. i feel lazy at times though there are lots to do at home. it's just that when you're working it's different. i know you're used to working and controlling your life before marriage and motherhood. that's your nature. so now, that you're married and a mother, you can still have control in your life but not as much as before. try working at home and be fulfilled. then you'll feel the real motherhood and being a wife.