Welcome to Stay At Home Parents ImTheMom.

I recently went back to work, and it's been a real challenge for my family. I have the same feelings you described having when you were at work. You were right when you said you have to decide what's more important to you and find a way to make it happen.

Hi - I'm a SAHM to a 10-year old daughter. I decided to stay at home when she was born because my husband and I looked at a huge variety of day care options and not one of them seemed like a really good idea. I'm very happy with our choice and notice a big difference emotionally, socially, and academically in my child as compared to others who have parents who are working, or just not very involved in their children's lives.

My husband was self-employed for a while, and after 9/11 his business took a nose dive. I went back to work for about 2 years, and it was the hardest thing for all of us in the family. I constantly felt torn. When I was at work, I felt neglectful towards my daughter. There was always something I was missing, and when I got home I was exhausted, and not giving her much attention. When I was with my daughter, I always felt like there was work I should be doing, or even just some project around the house needed attention.

Now, I'm back at home full-time. I have the time and attention to dedicate to my family. Sure, we miss the extra 6-figure salary I gave up, but life is not all about money. We live differently now. I can't remember the last time we took a nice vacation (oh, yeah, it was the year I was pregnant, while I was still working). But I feel like I'm (daily) able to pay attention to the important things in my life as a SAHM, and that's what is really important to me.

Now that my daughter is 10, I'd love to find part-time work that I can do during the school day, but I can't go back to what I did on a part-time basis. Maybe someday I'll find some interesting and rewarding work that I can do part-time.

Hello all I am also a SAHM, and I enjoy every bit of it. I have a five year old son and i love being around for everything. I tell my self make it last for as long as i can because he is growing so fast. Pretty soon he will be an adult himself.

Hello!! I am a SAHM and have been for about 8 years now! I have 3 girls ages 14,12 and 1 year old and 1 boy who is almost 9! I am very busy and try to stay involved in my kids school life! I have already had some MAJOR problems to deal with this year and its only the 3rd week of school! I havent gotten anywhere with it yet but I am not one to give up!

hi everyone,
I am also a sahm just got laid off few months ago and now I am staying home with my beautiful kids and finally spend more times with them and be able to take them to the park every evening, and have more times to read with them. I just join to some kind of Internet Marketing School and hopefully it works and make a few bucks to help my spouse with the bills. Still looking for another part time job but staying home and spending time with my kids is what i really want.

Hi! My daughter is 13 months. I've been a sahm for all 13 months. It's great. We live in NC

Well it is nice to meet you all I am a sahm not by choice though.. All our kiddos are out on their own.. 2 grad from high School and 2 dropped out.. We now do Fostering/ Adopting.. we are working on our 2nd adoption wooo hooo our son we adopted is 6 and the little one we are adopting now is 2 and we have two kiddos we are fostering who are 5 and 6 I wouldn't change being a sahm for anything now.. I have come to love it.. Before I got rsd in my hands I thought I would go crazy being home, but doing fostering has helped me welcome the idea to be home..

LOL so very true. I do have a lot of fun with my boys :). Even my hubby sometimes when he isn't getting on my nerves LOL j/k.

Well, my little one will be 7 in feb and my older one will be 9 in June! :) I guess you are having fun just like me cos time flies when you're having fun (as Gloria Estefan says!! lol one of my favourite singers!)...who needs a pause button eh?! Cheerio

I am glad you are liking the group too :). Nice to meet you. Your Eccentric and I am Silly mom lol. Sounds like we will get along nicely LOL. Your boys are the same ages as mine. Though my youngest will be 7 in Jan :( and my oldest will be 9 in March.

I just don't understand it... I have been a SAHM now for six years now and have homeschooled my boys for four years now and time still goes by too fast ugh. Where is that pause button when you need it?

Hey Jsillymom,

I'm eccentric (no really I am!:) and I have been a SAHM for almost a year now. I have 2 boys, 6 and 8. Now that I am home, I wonder why I made this decision sooo late! I love spending my time with the boys although there are times when I think WHY, my 6 year old gives me a hug and asks me if I needed a head rub! I have the luxury of working as a consultant from home which is great. My husband and my boys love it that I'm home and really, I have no plans of going back full time!! :)

Thanks for keeping this group interesting.

thanks ,i really enjoy this group,it is a place you can relax and talk about being a stay at home mom.thanks again for inviting me to your group.

I am glad you like it :). It' can be hard to be a sahm or sahd and we need a place to go and just relax. I hope this group helps everyone do that :).

thanks jsillymom,thank you for letting me be apart of your group.this is a great group,and im glad to be apart of it.

That's ok no worries. Computers can be a nightmare sometimes. Last week I had to do a total restore on my computer because it was acting up ugh. It's running fine now though.

I was a CNA at one time about 11 years ago (wow was it really that long ago? LOL) . It's nice getting to know everyone a little bit.

im so sorry jsillymom,i wrote one reply and it left so i wrote another.and now i see it put both of them on .sorry my computer has been doing this alot ,when i post something it gets lost then when i do it again it comes back with 2 replys from me.sorry again

hi my name is debra,i have 3 daughters ages 13,9,4 im a stay at home mom.i live in glasgow,virginia.ive been a stay at home mom for 4 years.my husband of 11 years loves the idea of me being a stay at home mom.we both decided that while my little four year old doest go to school yet i should stay home with her,i did it with the two oldest children when they were still little.i use to be a cna,and when my last child came i gave it up to be home with her.i dont want to miss any thing they do while they are little.im there when they get up and im there when they go to bed.i love being a stay at home mom,i wouldnt change it for the world.

hi im debra ,i live in glasgow,virginia. im 31 years old i have 3 daughters ages 13,9,4.im a stay at home mom,i been one for 4 years now. my husband who i have been married to for 11 years loves the idea of me being a stay at home mom. i love every minute of staying at home with my kids,im there when they get up and im there when they go to bed.i would not change being a stay at home mom for the world.

HI! I'm guess you would say I'm an old member since I've joined for more than a couple of months. We've moved from southern Calif. the end of last Dec. and I've been a SAHM since then.

I have two children. Our daughter is 18 and our son is 9. Last school year was very rough for our son but this year is a lot better.

Staying a home has its pros and cons. I'm finding that with the economy the way it is finding a part-time job to suppliment our income would be real nice. I'd like to do something so that I can still be home for my son.

I'm looking forward to sharing with this group while also staying in contact with the other groups.

Hi Jsillymom!

I'm a combination stay at home/work from home mom. My husband works from home, too, so we're both involved in the school--a lot. My son is in his first year of college, living on campus but within an half an hour's drive. My daughter is in second grade.

I love that I'm able to be with my kids--to be field trip mom, volunteer mom, and even run back to school with the lunch or backpack mom.

As I'm typing, I'm baking chocolate chip cookies to take to my son and his swim team this afternoon.

I did work full-time straight out of college, but quickly realized I didn't want anyone else raising my kids. The beautiful thing is, 15 years after that decision, I have never regretted it once. Financially, we're not spending our vacations in Cancun, but I think my time is better spent with me being here for my kids.

OK, enough about me, next?