Are working moms stretched too thin?
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| Tue, 06-13-2006 - 2:45pm |
Do you think a mom who works full-time and has kids is stretched too thin?
I was working full-time up till November of 2005. Then I decided that it was all too much. I was exhausted and found that when I did get to spend time with my little guy (he is now 2 1/2) I was very impatient with him because I was soo tired. Also the stress of work often overflowed into my personal life (both with ds and dh).
Now that I have been home for over 6 months, I am finally starting to be more patient and am enjoying my son instead of rushing him along. If he want to take 20 minutes to get into the car - ok, no problem.
So - do you think that trying to juggle work, kids, marriage and all the stresses that come with those things is too much? (I did)
Maybe when my son is older - then I will go back to work and it might be easier because he will be more self-sufficient? Who knows? All I know is that for now, I am enjoying being a SAHM and am glad for the time I get to devote to my son and the lower stress levels (that I believe were very unhealthy for me).
josee

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Maybe this depends on the size of the child? Dd weighed all of 20lbs soaking wet when she was 2. It would have been no contest at that age :-).
Seriously, though, the first scenario was an issue for me because we hadn't lived very many years in Sweden at that time, had only a few acquaintances, no family and the only close friend I had who would have been willing to do a pick-up for me had to be on the other side of town at exactly the same time to pick up her daughter. I generally planned plenty of time so that it wasn't an issue, but there were times when she went into her car seat a less-than-happy camper (though I don't remember an outright wrestling match).
I've seen them all.
PumpkinAngel
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Hmmm maybe my tantruming 2yos are different. Making them sit in a carseat and strapping them in for me didn't require any more force than making them stay in my arms when they didn't want to be.
ETA: Are you imagining something like holding the kid down with your knee while strapping them in, or something like that? Because I don't think that's what anyone is talking about.
Edited 6/16/2006 4:13 pm ET by charlesmama1
Hey, we are a whole debate board with over 480,000 comments about it.
PumpkinAngel
True.
PumpkinAngel
Jennie
"Dd weighed all of 20lbs soaking wet when she was 2."
Glad to know my son isn't the only one that is small. He was also 20 lbs at 2 and now (at 2.5 years) is maybe 21-22lbs soaking wet.
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