stay-at-home parents

I’m a SAHM to three boys— a 4.5 yo and twin 1.5 yo’s. I’m basically drowning in chores and tasks all day long and feeding meals to everybody, changing diapers, changing them again, doing baths, etc. So what I’m wondering is, what do other SAHP’s eat during the day? Lately I’ve been resorting...

Right now I'm a (mostly) SAHP for my 2.5ish year old, I do freelance occasionally and since we have no family around we currently have them in day care 2 full days a week. However, we are having another baby and due in the fall. I realized I don't think I can handle the schedule we currently...

Due to a cascading series of events, I ended up with school pictures for 4 y.o. scheduled at 8:15am, my annual check-up with OBGYN at 9am, a dentist appointment at 9:45am to remove the stitches from a surprise dental procedure last week, and Spanish class for 4 y.o. at 10:45am. I had both my 4...

We live one block away from my 1st grader’s school. Sometimes we are late to school, as in like 30+/- minutes late. This is due to these combined factors: my 5 y/o doesn’t go to bed early, doesn’t get up early, doesn’t move quickly in the morning to get through the routine and get out the...

Came home from work and instead of the old "what do you do all day?" Question he asks the 13m old "what did you guys do today??!" I started with a detailed report "she woke up at 5:30am was whiney and clingy all day I fed her x y z." He says that's not what he means... he really thinks I sit...

Did any of you choose to skip preschool for your little? My baby is under a year but I already have people asking me about preschool, when I’m going back to work, etc. when I’m reality, we are trying for a 2nd have 0 plans to go back to work and plan on skipping preschool. The other night when...

We just had our first baby last week and my husband returns to work next week. I want to start operating on a system close to what we will be doing when he goes back.. curious how you guys handle this! He works from home 3 days a week and in the office 2 days a week. When he’s home he needs to...

Like seriously F off. And screw the equality argument. As if women aren’t doing literal work too. Or is it not equal because it’s “womens work”. If someone was a nanny and made 50k a year, is it still lazy???? Mega eye roll.

This is a pretty specific situation but I can't imagine that I'm the only one in this boat. I tried google-ing different combinations but I just couldnt find any helpful information and this is the last resort before going and meeting with a tax accountant person (that's what they're called...

I am a first time mom, currently 24 weeks pregnant. My baby is due in late August and I have started SAHM life now. I’m hoping to adjust and begin a routine of daily and weekly chores that I can then adjust as needed when baby comes. Routines and habits don’t come easily for me, as I have...

How do you do it? I see a lot of posts on here with people saying being a SAHP has meant their house is tidy and I’m over here like, how? Some days and weeks our house is in great condition and I’m on top of everything but there are other days where every room is a total disaster and the...

My husband and I have been seriously discussing the possibility that I quit my job to stay home. We have a 2.5 yo and 6m old. One of the (many) things I’m grappling with re this decision is my 2.5 yo’s school. He’s been in full time daycare at a small Montessori that we LOVE. He goes from 9:30-5...

My wife is impossible. I’m sick. I do all the stay at home tasks with the kids and the household. My wife creates giant problems. She wanted to drive to this nature center and make s’mores this afternoon. Only she books a play date for our 5 y/o after 3:00 pm. I have to get our 7 y/o from school...

I’m going to be a SAHM when my baby is born in a few weeks and a few survey of the posts here are that a lot of women are married to abusive men. I guess I’m asking for positive stories of wonderful functioning family units because some of the stories on here have me scared that my husband is...

Does anyone else feel like they’ve lost who they are as a person? If so, how do you cope? Personally, I feel as though have nothing left of who I was before children. I do try to have some “me time,” but in reality that really only ends up being a couple of hours a week. I keep finding myself...

Even though I don’t have a job and am a SAHM to a 1 year old and 3 year old, I get frustrated and down when I think of all the things I wish my husband would be more willing to do. Not sure if my thoughts are unreasonable so feel free to tell me what you think. I’m the only one who feeds my 12...

Sorry I feel like I’m going to explode and this is sub makes me feel like I have a community. My husbands attitude toward me last night was such a slap in the face and I’m having a hard time talking myself down. He’s been working 14 hr days most of this week and yesterday he informed me he...

We recently got a family membership to the local YMCA and childcare is from 8 to 11 am and 5-7 pm. I guess I’m wondering what kind of workout routines are being done? I’ve also already checked out r/fitness for beginner tips but I’d like insight from y’all

I'm looking into preschool for my now 2.5 year old, but even sending him part time would be a financial challenge. Did anyone wait until their child was 4 to start Preschool?

I was a pro musician and then music teacher until I took family leave in 2018 when NY introduced the FMLA - 8 weeks off from work when having a new child. My boss didn’t renew my contract. I haven’t played a gig in years. Today as I was pushing my 9 month old in the stroller after picking up...