I am not cut out for being a stay at home mom!

I don't because I love to be around my kids. But you are not alone. I have a few friends who feel that way and it actually helps for them to put their kids in daycare. Kids happy...mom happy and this works out best for everyone. Since you can't work or put your son in daycare now, do you have other parents with same age kids who might be willing to work out some play dates in such a way that you get time for yourself too? But of course, you might need to do a bit too. Maybe you can do the parts where you don't really need to do stuff with the kids....once a week disney movies or something like that?

I'm a mom of two as well and I'm keeping a home-based job. try to look one for yourself too. this way you'll still be connected w/ the outside world. and appreciate the fact that you are a mom and still have a career to hold on to. Good luck! :)

I really don't think that all women are meant to be stay at home mothers. I know for me when my oldest was born I stayed at home with her for nine months and then started working outside the house until our second child was born when Kathryn was four years old. I have been a stay at home mother ever since. With my oldest I don't think I would have been happy being a stay at home mother because I didn't have any friends with children. When Paul was born, however, I joined a playgroup mostly for Kathryn but now it is really Paul's thing and I've made a lot of mommy friends and that has helped me out a lot.

Hi! I can understand that you feel that way. Sometimes mothers need time for themselves. Personally, I am trying my hardest to get out of employment and instead, to sustain our needs through part time work or practice of my profession. I would like to be able to handle my own time so I can take care of my baby at the same time. As a wife and mother, we still need to have our own earning capacity and not solely depend on our husband so that in case something bad happens to our husband, we will not be left in the dark.

I am a mom of 3 and I am a SAHM as well. I am also a home school mom. I have been a SAHM for about 5 yrs now. It is a hard job to do. Because you are used to "me time" and when the children are home all of the time, you don't get that time anymore. But, when my girls were younger, I would take them to the park so they could play with other children or to the library during storytime, so they could interact with other little kids. Since I have 3 kids, I never really had to sit down and play board games with them, I did anyways because it is part of our family time. But to relieve some of the pressure from me, I started having their father watch them for a couple of hours every night so I could have "me time". As for working, due to the economy, that is not possible for me right now either, unless it is working online, which I tend to do after they go to sleep.

Honestly, I feel the same way. I am in a house with my daughter all day and we just run out of things to do. Sometimes she gets so roudy and i can't handle it! I want to relax at some point and that's not possible either. I use to be able to take a break at nap time, but she doesn't even takes those anymore. She is 3 and too smart for her own good. She gets into trouble all the time and I want to tear my hair out sometimes! The only people I see are my inlaws and it's hard to see anyone else because hubby has the car for work ALLL DAYY LONNNGGGG! I hate to complain about it, it makes me feel selfish, but I worked for 7 years before i got married and that was 2 1/2 years ago. It's wearing me down something horrible!

Sssssssssssuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeee honey!! You are not alone. I know quite well what are you living. I graduated with honors on marketing. But as my mother always has been a working mother (for 25 years) I decided to be a stay at home mother. I decided to give my children the time and affection I didn´t had. But, BUT, it´s not quite easy. Not at all, no sir! My oldest children is a girl of almost 13, but when she was 2 I decided to send her 3 hours to the daycare.I felt just the same like you. I have three children now, I´ve always been at stay at home mother. I´ve been almost crazy, hehe. Almost... not yet! Haha. Since three years from now I got an e-shop which I steel manage. I exercise a little bit. And kids are getting older. Trust me, it is not easy. I think the best we can do is ... to give the "best" as we possible can, with love. Blessings from México... Dainy

I would say ... do not worry ! I found with my two girls that when they were babies and toddlers, I felt exactly like you. I needed to find some part-time projects that were mine and gave me a sense of accomplishment at that stage. Others are different. Some people truly love to get down on the floor and play, and some don't. And its ok. My girls are teenagers now and I like this stage the best. You can talk, you cna do things, they are interesting people !! So hang in there, find some diversions and don't feel guilty.