Yesterday on CafeMom a working mom asked SAHMs what their every day schedule looked like. I started to type in an answer, then I saw that it was ridiculously long and I was only up to 10:00am and to make matters worse my toddlers began fighting over a block (even though there was an entire pile of blocks behind them) and the baby started crying because she needed changing.

The whole experience, even though I didn’t get the chance to answer the question, made me realize my days are extremely hectic and monotonous all rolled into one. My days are far busier now than they ever were when I was working. I don’t get sick days or weekends off from being a mom and now with a breastfeeding infant, I don’t even get nights off.

My days consist of changing babies (I have 2 in diapers), helping my 3 year old use the potty, feeding meals and snacks to 3 little ones who have bottomless pits for stomachs, laundry (it never ends), cleaning when I can, disciplining (will my toddlers ever get along), kissing booboos, teaching shapes, numbers, colors, and letters, and sneaking in playtime here and there.

In hind site, it was probably for the best that my day was too busy to allow time to answer that lady’s question. I think her entire purpose for asking the question was to prove that SAHMs are lazy, have a lot of free time, and should be contributing to society by joining the workforce instead of raising their children. I’m far too busy being a mom to my kids for such nonsense.