Remind me why I love it
Full transparency I'm not currently a SAHM, but I was for the first year of my son's life. I went back to work in a daycare and after only a few months I want to quit and go back to hanging out at the park with my baby again 😭
For context: my husband is US military so we don't live near family or have very many friends who help with my son. My parents and my in laws come busy once or twice a year, and we visit them about once a year, and they do their best to support from afar. My son had colic until he was about months old, and I had pretty bad PPD and PPA. Since then I've gone back to therapy, found ways to cope, and I want a second chance at Stay At Home Motherhood.
I need a reminder about the great parts of it. I loved being able to have a picnic lunch at the park, go to the museum at 10am on a Tuesday, and nap when he napped. At the same time, I hated feeling like my life was a never ending cycle of cooking and cleaning.
How do you all stay positive? What do you do in your free time (I know you don't have much but still), what do you eat, please tell me that there's a way to enjoy it this time around because I can't stand working anymore.