Full Time Business, Full Time Mom...Not a good Housewife!

Misty - posted on 12/01/2008

Yes we are working regardless of our jobs. I consider being a wife, mother, and housekeeper, full time jobs. I have a 3-year-old and currently work 3 PT jobs and it's been difficult making sure everyone has something to wear on Monday. I'm thankful for my husband. He has been pitching in lately and I can't ask for more. I've also had to make a schedule and stick to it. On Sundays, I do not work at all.



Yes it gets under my skin too when people think that working at home is not really working. They have no idea what it's like to work and keep your children intertained. So annoying!



Take care!

Amy - posted on 12/01/2008

I agree totally!! But I just keeping trying to remind myself that I want to be known for being a good mommy and wife, NOT a good housekeeper! :-) It is hard though because as women, we tend to feel guilty about everything we do and don't do!

Heather - posted on 11/30/2008

You have written my thoughts - exactly. It is great to be home with my children AND be able to work, but it is 2-full time jobs and balancing it all is very difficult. Add the role of housewife and it feels down right impossible at times. I am a Mom of a 2-year old and 4-year old and work as computer programmer from home. I am only one of a couple of people in the company that work from home so I constantly feel I need to do more work to 'prove' that I don't need to be in the office. Like yours, my husband is very supportive, but there is the occasional comment about the 'tornado' that must have gone through the house on a particular day. I always try to remember that soon the children will be in school and i'll be lost withouth them...I do my best to enjoy every minute home with them. You're not alone. It is very difficult.

Michelle - posted on 11/28/2008

ur not alone. i work from home doing medical transcription. after my son was born, i went to a split shift so i would have 2 hrs for lunch, get the kid fed, put to nap, then do housework. now he's in daycare and i still have the same shift, i just have more of the 2 hrs to get the dishes done, the clothes washed, the house cleaned, etc. it is hard sometimes though, some days, i just don't want to do anything cause i'm so tired or my eyes hurt from staring at the computer.

Jenny - posted on 11/26/2008

I totally can understand where you are coming from. I thought this forum would be for support for us moms that work at home, but it seems more like it's for advertising. But .. I digress ... I don't think you should feel guilty at all because it is more work to work from home than to go to a job. When you are at the job .. the kids are NOT there. I always tell people to tell me how it goes (if they don't seem to be sensitive to what it's like at MY house) when they take their kids to their office everyday. Then, the light bulb switches on, and they are 'ohhhhhh'.



With that said ... I totally feel guilty too though. I feel guilty when I am working and the house is a mess. I feel guilty when I am cleaning and not working. sorry I can't be more help .. just thought you should know that you are not alone (on here or by how you feel) :0)