Confession: I'm a Guilt Free Working Mom

carrie4g · January 2009

It is weird. But most days are guilt-free. Maybe it is because I see this very happy DS and we have wonderful weekends together and evenings. And we laugh and we snuggle.
I know a lot of moms post on this board about feeling guilty but even though it is hard work and a balancing act, I really enjoy my life and the diversity that work brings me. I also like how it has made me more organized and with more gratitude and patience when I am with DS.

sas9305 · January 2009

100% agree!

mrsnewlywed2005 · January 2009

you're not alone.

SarahFin · January 2009

be proud!!

Linds&Chris777 · January 2009

I also totally agree. .

Aidge · January 2009

I'm getting there!

mrshutch · January 2009

I'm right there with you. DH and I don't have any guilt, as we love watching our DD having a great time with the kids in daycare while they're learning a ton. I feel productive and like I'm contributing to our finances, and love the time I spend w/ DD. There may be an afternoon or two when I think it might be nice to pick up DD and take the afternoon off, but I feel so fortunate to have this set up.

AlisaS · January 2009

I am so glad I don't have to live with that kind of "Mommy Guilt". Or waste my time wishing I was somewhere/something else.

Mistress_Seraph · January 2009

I agree. I love my son. But I love my job too. And it took time to find that happy place when I don't feel sad when I have to drop him off at daycare but now that I'm there, it's wonderful!

thereds · January 2009

I've only been back for 2 weeks and it has gone really well. so glad to be joining this group of happy, satisfied working moms of happy, satisified children!

Amy Schramm · January 2009

I'm right there with you. ?Love my job, proud to be a working mom AND love my son. ?

springtime81 · January 2009

No guilt here! My DS loves daycare, and we have an awesome bond. He is such a happy little guy. And DH and I both are providing a great life and future for him.

lynsef · January 2009

That's great to hear!

duchess0727 · January 2009

That's great!! You shouldn't feel guilty! I don't either - I feel tired a lot of the time - but rarely guilty (:

marrymemylove · January 2009

100% agree. I was a SAHM for 15 months and I hated it. I was so damned bored with the tummy time and the pulling stuff over and the screaming.

Now that I have a happy toddler who plays at daycare all day and comes home and tells me all about it I am in heaven.?

PD's_Momma · January 2009

I go back to work on the 2nd and I was feeling guilty because I was kinda looking forward to going back! I just need that adult interaction, plus my DS sleeps during the day, all day so it was a lot of bad daytime TV for me. I feel better now!

alisonada · January 2009

I have tiny moments of guilt now and then but for the most part I really like being a working mom too! Heck, sometimes I feel guilty because I don't feel devastated over leaving my kids all day ;-)

joelle&joseph · January 2009

I love working! I love that my son gets to interact with other children and learns things from someone other than me during the day, I love having the security of knowing that if I ever had to make it on my own I could, I love that I will be able to retire early, I love knowing that I will be able to pay for my children to go to college. I could go on and on.

katydid2007 · January 2009

Nope.. I don't feel guilty either. I don't love working, but I need to be here and I don't feel guilty that I am contributing to my family's well being and my son's future. Actually, I would feel incredibly guilty if I didn't work.

JLSBWG · January 2009

Amen and ditto!

JEN1974 · January 2009

I don't feel guilty either. I see DD thriving at daycare, surrounded by other kids and for the most part happy. Honestly, the hard part for me is not having more control over her days. At home on the weekends, she'll take two very good naps and we can monitor what she eats so it's not alot of sugar or processed crap. At daycare she takes one nap most days and it's usually about an hour which makes for a cranky, tired baby who goes to bed at 6:30 at night every night. She also gets stuff to eat that I normally wouldn't feed her because that's what's on the menu and the only way you can deviate from that is if there's a medical reason....which there's not, but I just don't think she needs blueberry muffins made from a box just yet at 9 months old or oatmeal with brown sugar in it...