It seems hard to believe that I have been blessed enough to able to stay at home with Gabriel (I sometimes feel like I am still on maternity leave though). When Greg and I first talked about having a family having me be a SAHM was what we wanted and we have done everything to make it happen (both of us grew up with SAHM). Making the choice to stay home was an easy one for us, however its the sacrifices that you have to make that get challenging. Coming off of two incomes isn't easy (to say the least) also you are coming off of being a single couple not really knowing just how much money you are going to be spending on your new life. I now know what diapers are the thriftiest (the cheapest without losing the quality), that no matter how many toys we have in the house Gabe would always rather play with a bowl and spoon, and how to get ready in under 15 minutes with a kid under my feet. I miss work for it's predictability (I worked at a bank after all) when you are raising a child there really isn't any thing that you can predict (the only thing that I can predict is that Gabe will sleep good at night everything else is up for grabs).
For example: no naps two days in a row, horrible diaper rash that meant diaper less baby for an afternoon (got good practice using the big boy potty though), when a ball comes flying at your face out of no where, trying to figure out what he asking for (I can interpret most of what he says so he gets frustrated when I can and so do I), trying to get excited about swinging him for 30 minutes (I really try but if you aren't the one swinging it really isn't as fun)
Being at my old job would be easier but personally I don't like easy because it just gets boring and who wants that?
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