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I do really enjoy all my time at home with my son and feel like I appreciate it more than some of my friends who are stay at home moms.<br><br>I husbnad is a great help and my parents how like to help out when needed.<br><br>What I dislike is that when I get home,tiffany sito ufficiale, I don have the energy I like for my family. I want to play with the kids, help with homework, make a healthy dinner that we eat together and talk about our days, but at the same time, I just want to lie down and veg. I wish the kids could get the best of me,pjs Bed Breakfast Termini Gol,moncler outlet roma, but I feel like they often don and that sucks! I also dislike that sometimes I feel resentful when the kids get sick because of all the reconfiguing we have to do (even though I do have an understanding boss). I just want to be able to feel sympathetic and take care of them. I don love my job,woolrich outlet bologna, but I stayed at it because I been allowed to work at home when childcare falls through or one of the kids is sick. I even been able to bring my son with me when his school has days off.<br><br>The first thing I think people need to remember in these discussions is that not all jobs are equally difficult, not all children are equally difficult and not all spouses are equally willing to share the load.<br><br>My job is a 10 on a stress scale of 1 to 10. My child is a 2 on a difficult child scale of 1 to 10. My husband is a SAHD and he a real SAHD who actually takes the same sort of iniative that a SAHM generally does. So while my job is very high stress, I don feel overwhelmed by being a working mom. My weekends are fun time hanging out with my daughter not catch up time for everything I can get done during the week.
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