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February 2017 Moms
Munchie2.0
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SAHM Check In (9/7)
Munchie2.0
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Hello ladies!
How are things going this week?
What challenges, if any, are you facing this week?
Is there anything you are hoping to accomplish this week or next?
*If you are new to this check in, simply start with how many kiddos you have and how long you have been a sahm*
How are things going this week?
What challenges, if any, are you facing this week?
Is there anything you are hoping to accomplish this week or next?
*If you are new to this check in, simply start with how many kiddos you have and how long you have been a sahm*
Re: SAHM Check In (9/7)
DD had a great first day, but I could barley walk when we got home. I seriously just sat on the couch until DH got home and it was warm up whatever you could find in the fridge for dinner
*Damn you sciatica!*
We are having new bedroom furniture delivered today, so I woke up super early to try to get as much last minute cleaning of our room. Well, DD woke up at 5:30am with a bit of a cold or something. soooo there went trying to clean. I really should be cleaning instead of being on here, but what's done is done! lol.
Challenges for this week/next:
Really need to make sure I have either leftovers or a crockpot meal ready to go on Tue/Thur because I am pretty sure I will be useless those evenings.
We are doing a sneak peak gender U/S this evening, praying the little squish opens it's legs so we can see the goods.. If we get a good look and it's a boy, I will be pulling all of DD's old clothes out of storage to sort and sell.
There is a HUGE consignment sale coming up and I am hoping to make the cut off to take stuff there. Otherwise, I will just post on fb B/S/T groups. I really want to get as much stuff done before the holidays and 3rd tri.
As always, all things are subject to how DD is acting at any given moment. My luck would be pull clothes down and she throw a fit, so clothes will be left scattered around for days!
Oh, and we have been trying to show her how to climb up on the toilet, but she is too small to get up there. I will be trying to bribe her to use the step stool again.
I have 2 kids, a 10 year old son and 7 year old daughter. I've been a SAHM forever.
I'm seriously struggling this week already because my kids started school a week late due to vacay, they just went yesterday for their first day. They both have homework already, my son even has makeup work from last week. I seriously feel like I'm constantly teaching my kids at home. They have homework that they don't understand at all and instead of just going over it and checking it when they are done, I have to sit right next to them and help them through all of it. It's ridiculous and although yesterday was only the first night of doing this, I had flash backs of last year and lost my shit. I might share this in randoms to see what some of the teacher ladies might suggest to help me out or give me insight as to what's going on.
@Munchie2.0 I hope the baby cooperates for you to get a good peak at the sex!!
My biggest accomplishment was washing her 18m old clothes and packing up her summer clothes/outgrown clothes and organizing them in bins. So if I can continue being productive that would be great.
@kswiger06 homework is the worst! I hope some of the teachers can give you some pointers.
Challenges: well let's see now... I have a pulled muscle in my leg and am currently in a boot and forced to go to PT twice a week. Not fun when you need to chase around a VERY active toddler. He is getting in 3 molars so he's crabby and none of us are sleeping argh! Oh, and I'm getting a cold. Lovely!
Accomplishments: well I had a whole section here but the bump ate half my post. Boo. Basically I roasted two chickens this week and made 5 seperate meals out of them. (Some are freezer meals so we don't get sick of eating chicken!).
next week we are looking forward to Friday when we will hopefully learn the sex. Yay!
4 yr old started Junior kindergarten Tuesday and is already home sick today. I was warned that it would be a rough yr for catching bugs but this is insane. The boys and I all woke up with nasty head colds.
Accomplishment: we got a good start to school other than getting sick. And I have managed to keep them both happy and resting today.
Im hoping to get the house cleaned up this weekend because we've been gone for a bit and then came back to dr appointments and birthday madness. Tuesday is the anatomy scan and yes I've been thinking about it every other minute for the past week. Come on Tuesday!
I I want to start organizing her old clothes to get ready for the baby when we get home.
Next week, will be helping DD get adjusted to starting her half day preschool program. Looking forward to having the 3 hrs a day to myself and hoping to be way more productive because of it. Probably wishful thinking but we'll see lol I would really like to go apple picking as a family soon, maybe not this weekend but next. I also need to get going on sending out invites to the kids birthday party. I combine them since one is this month and the other next. Will probably have the party around Columbus Day weekend. I know eventually they will complain, but trying to get away with it while I can haha @homemake, I hope your daughter had a great 2nd birthday today! @Babymakes5! and @1lindarose, I hope you all feel better soon!
I love the idea of raising my kids from home, having time to cook and clean and run the household the way I think I could without shouldering as much job stress.
The other part of me is terrified. I have so much of my sense of independence wrapped up in working, contributing financially. I feel like I would never really feel justified in taking "me money" unless I was the one who brought it in. Seriously getting anxiety over it and I'm still several months away at least. Yikes. How did/do you all cope if you had those same feelings? H would undoubtedly spoil me to no end like he does now, it's my own feelings of worthiness and my own inhibitions running amok.
But I got to go out to brunch Wednesday with some friends and it was the highlight of my week!
She started gymnastics monday evenings a few weeks ago so the weeks seem to fly by now.
I might delete this later but here's T on her first day of school!
Although if you hang around for these check-in's, we may scare you with all the shenanigans that these littles put us through. LOL
oh and, I still feel guilty about DH working so hard to provide for us. I do like working 2 days a week for a little extra money, It makes me feel better about bills and stuff
So basically, I feel you and I have a lot of the same thoughts.
I feel like it's the perfect balance of being home with your kid(s) and still feel like you are contributing financially.
Not to mention, being able to get out and be around adults and have adult conversations that aren't play dates, etc.
Feel free to PM me if you have any questions!
1-2 days a week would be pretty amazing as long as my employer will be forgiving and work around H's schedule so one of us can always be home. Daycare already gives me anxiety and kid's not even here yet!