Stay at home moms, how do you do it????

Not very easily. I think I am burned out at the moment and I only have one son who turns 5 in three days. I was working when we lived in Samoa and when we moved to USA last August I stayed home. It's been challenging and fun, frustrating, tiring, enjoyable, you name it, I think i have had it all. But the most important thing is that my son has been much more happier because I have been home with him and even though we clash at times, and we get in each others hair, I wouldn't trade it for the world.

A couple of things you can do is either get a part time job with minimum hours to get yourself out of the house enough to keep from going crazy. Or you can simply schedule a girls night out once a week. As for staying home, you can always find crafts and stuff you can do with kids. My daughter is only 20 months old so I haven't been able to do things like that yet. One thing I like is finding nearby stay at home mom playgroups. This allows the kids to interact with other kids, and allows you to get out of the house and chit chat with other moms. A lot of times you can find those groups in your area on meetup.com.

yeah I know what you mean, I wouldn't be able to stay at home for years or anything but I want to stay home till my kids are at least two years old. I never get bored, just frustrated and drained of energy. There is just too many things to take care of.

I work from home also so this keeps me pretty occupied. Usually during the day when I am alone with the kids, I will take them to the park or rent a few cartoons for them to watch. I have a lot of fun with them outside. I try to keep things interesting by taking them somewhere at least once a week, if not then they will drive me insane or I will go into a boredom phase. I try to play fun games with them. There really isn't a trick to staying at home with them and not becoming bored, you just have to keep them and you occupied.

I too get pretty bored during the day as I am a stay at home mom as well. I like to spend my time no mylot or updating my blog. When I'm not on the computer doing these things, I am cleaning the house. I also like to spend a sufficient amount of time with my children, such as reading to them or playing with them. Some things I do to keep it interesting is always planning a new activity to do with them. Sometimes we will color and draw together, or on the days I have the car, we will go over to their Grandma's, or go to the pool, since it is summer, I have been doing that a lot.

Getting to know other stay at home moms has really helped me. I have a few friends that I can hang out with with their kids. We like to go to the park, the pool, the zoo, or just visit each others houses. Sometimes just having a change of scenary is nice. I also recently just got a job that I can work from home so that makes it easier for me to have my own money again. And within the next month or two I'm going to put my daughter in a Mother's Day Out program once a week so she can be around other kids and learn new things in a somewhat structured environment while I have a day to myself.

Before I found mylot, my life was boring and I didn't know what to do about it. Later, as soon as I got my internet I started learning how to build up blogs and now I am successfully having two blogs running actively. It is not yet giving me a huge success, but I have faith in both of them and I know they will give me returns in the future. As for mylot, now I am beginning to feel very excited because I have found it gives me a lot of benefits: Friends, cheering up my day, giving me networks and most importantly my self dignity and it pays me. How wonderful mylot has done to me. I wish for the prosperity of mylot forever!

I am used to working since I am still single, when I get married. I had to stop and take care of my growing womb... that was nine months of healthy pregnancy.. I was very excited to be a first time mommy and I really look forward day after day moments with my baby.. when she turned eight months, It was really a hard decision for me to go back and work again.. I have to be working to help my husband financially, with the help of my mother,who takes care of my daughter while I am away working is a relief.Until now, I am a working mommy and all I ever wish is our financial security so I can stay at home and be a full time mom to our daughter again..

It's very hard to stay home all the time. I have worked untill 2 yrs ago. Now I have no choice than to stay home. I have medical problems and with that and taking care of the kids all day it is a handful.We do do alot of things in the summer so they aren't so bored. But for me my life is boring. But to want to stay home with the kids and all that stuff it's hard. And I give everyone credit for doing so cause this is a hard job to do!

I know what you mean, I have worked outside the home all my life. After 21 years of working outside the home, I thought it would be a good time to be a stay at home mom, and be there for my 12 year old son. He's busy with his friends a lot of the time on our block, so he just popped in and out to eat and drink and maybe play a game with mom. Even when we planned the whole day, we got things done sooner than expected and I too became bored. I have taken a part time job, just to get me out for a few hours a day. I think there are people that are more made to do this, I am just not one of those people. I wish I were, because I feel bad that I can't be home all the time with my son.

Hi, I usually enjoy being at home. No worry about getting early. I love being at home with my only son. I use my time on internet along with taking care of him. I think I am lucky that I am able to be at home and be with my child. I get really scared of thinking of moms going to work leaving their kids. How do they manage. God bless them and all.

Wow does that one ever hit home with me! It's great to watch them grow. But at the same time it's important to have adult conversations and interactions. I spend a lot of time on forums while my kids were napping. I even ended up building my own website and putting a forum on there this past weekend. LOL I can't tell you how many times the kitchen cabinets have been re-organized or how often the living room furniture has been moved. I find that joining a library reading group for kids lets me mingle with other adults. Also, having a few friends that I can chat with online or the phone. You're not alone!!

i go for walks when its nice and go to the park, go swimming, have play dates.play games video and puter games. color draw ride bikes.just because u stay home with ur kids dont necessarily mean u need to stay home.

i am a mom of 36 month old and 25 month old twins.i try to keep it fun by playing hide and seek,making art projects out of food,watching movies together,taking walks,putting music on and dancing around the house,making jello shapes,and just make up silly games like hide the toy and let me go find it,or food projects are really cool.trust me i dont have time for myself or to do alot of my house work.and i do get bored but i always put my kids first.

yes i get bored too..especially since my car has been in shop off and on for a year now and no one knows whats wrong..yea a year without my car...i have just wanted to cry..being a SAHM is awesome and many benefits..but the second u dont have a car or transportation it gets very boring and draining real quick..so what i do is try and make plans with friends and there kids to have them come here..or if they want to they can come get us..i live in the mountains so its not easy to just walk to town and find a park to play..but yea i get so bored..especially living so far away from civilization lol..

Hi, I've been a stay-at-home mom for 2 years now and it can really be tiring. I do love spending this much time with my children and watching them grow but I get tired too. Sometimes, it gets to a point where I get easily irritated. What really helped was to go out every week as a family and leave the house behind. We do bring the kids but at least it saves us from doing chores. And if I really do get tired, I put the kids down for a nap, leave them with my husband, then take a walk to the nearest store (which happens to be Target), and shop. I don't have to buy something but walking around alone and getting things done without anyone whining in my ear can be a relief. When we don't go out, I just make sure that I get a few minutes of me-time each day doing what I want to do. After that, I feel refreshed to take on the kids and the house again.

Hi amstardam. I've staying home since 2001, when my first daughter born. I know exactly, what you mean with "draining". LOL...thank's God my first daughter gonna have full time at school this September. My second daughter gonna start kindergarten next year. Usually, what I do, is read them book. Start kind of introduce them to Alphabe and number. Even when they were still 2 yrs old. And watching some Barney, put some kids music on. If the weather nice we all go for a walk to the playground. Sometimes I take them further, take the train to further places. Just take a walk is fun actually at least I can do it on spring, summer and fall.

so hey have u gotten any good responses. life is hard but its all worth it 4 our kids.