Comments on: The Leisurely Life of a Stay-at-Home Mom

By: shelli

shelli — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:30:39 +0000

It's been too long, but I'm stopping by to say hello. I love your post here. It's so true, and you write it so well, as always.

I am about to have my second baby, so I'm not looking forward to the upcoming months....

By: patti

patti — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:46:35 +0000

been there done that...however, i have always had to work.

By: Sarahlynn

Sarahlynn — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:16:49 +0000

Also:

I sent out some wedding thank you notes more than 5 years late. I just included a little note explaining that I'd found some unmailed notes in a box, apparently moved to our new house by mistake a few months after the wedding. That was untrue, of course. I always meant to get back to the notes at some point . . .

By: Mary Ann

Mary Ann — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:26:01 +0000

I'm laughing at the thank you notes. Wonder what would happen if you sent them now? Might be funny. Or not.

By: Sarahlynn

Sarahlynn — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:06:17 +0000

Neither of my girls have sensory issues, but both were like that. A nursing schedule? What's that? I just . . . NURSED. And I, too, watched TV in the first year. A lot of TV. With Ellie and her need to stay away from people her first winter (what with the open heart surgery and all that) I just sat on the couch and nursed her about 20 hours a day. I re-watched all of The West Wing and then launched into NYPD Blue, all in reruns and on DVDs, of course. Once Ellen started, I was a big fan of that. She was like a real connection to the world outside my living room. As was Candace Olsen. I remember my mother-in-law looking askance when I actually started crying about the Tivo deleting a couple of critical episodes of NYPD Blue once and only years later did I realize how crazy it really was. I never have time for daytime TV anymore, after that first year and a half or whenever they give up the leisurely post-nap nursing session. So why do I remember those months as being the HARDEST? Because they are. You wrote it really well.

By: Sophie in the Moonlight

Sophie in the Moonlight — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:11:49 +0000

I knew I was in deep over my head as a SAHM, when I developed a crush on Steve from Blue's Clues. Sheesh. I REALLY did not get out of the house enough.

By: Tanya @ TeenAutism

Tanya @ TeenAutism — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:30:48 +0000

Oh, that is exactly what it's like to have a baby with sensory issues. Back then, I don't think SPD had been coined yet. We called it a "low sensory threshold." Little did I know that that was only the beginning!

By: Karen Maezen Miller

Karen Maezen Miller — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:50:37 +0000

So who is watching Oprah? An alternate universe? Cuz I thought I was the only one sitting out.

By: Mary P Jones

Mary P Jones — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:00:56 +0000

Mrs. B. Roth, no more commenting while on PMS! I'll take a medal. I like shiny awards! And Syd's not going to come clean my house anyway.

You know, there are people who say it never gets any easier. They lie. It totally gets easier when the kids are in school. My life is like a bazillion times easier now. You couldn't pay me to have another newborn.

By: Mrs. B. Roth

Mrs. B. Roth — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:44:23 +0000

I have a little snark in me for you other commenters ... for one - Ellen way over Oprah. And Medals? Give me an hour alone in my home (after you, not me, clean it). Keep the worthless hunk of shiney, I want a break. And I must be in a bad mood (hello PMS, how are you, it's been what, a month? Wow, I missed ya!), because sometimes, I think if I hear, mommy, I need a hug, one more time, I may never stop squeezing.

But there are blogs, lovely blogs like this one, where I can stop by, rest for 5 minutes, feel less crazy and alone, before someone starts crying or spilling or peeing.

They keep telling me .. when the kids go to school, it'll get easier ... so yeah, just another 5 years ... sigh...