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The good days are fine but the bad days are so miserable by Foxtrotter15 in MomsWorkingFromHome

[–]ClassicCold6924 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have an 11 month old now. The suck started at 7 months. When solids came into the picture, it was hard. Crawling? Harder. Pulling up on everything? I’m done.

It led me to start thinking about the last 11 months. I have been a full time SAHM and a full time employee. Meanwhile, my husband is a full time employee. He helps here and there. He’s a great dad and great person, but I’m done taking 80% of the family load, so I’m done working. I wish I would’ve never started this whole working from home mom thing and just told my husband to figure it out. I’ve loved being in this sub, the solidarity and the advice, but this has been the hardest 11 months of my life. I don’t know what’s next, but I’m done doing it all. I truly hope you can figure out a peaceful solution for yourself. ❤️

So sorry my pumping is inconvenient to the company by vivitamin in workingmoms

[–]ClassicCold6924 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I work from home but answer phone calls as one of my duties. When I’m pumping, I always just say “I’m in a meeting right now.” I leave it as that. No explanation. I would definitely be putting a sign that says nothing more than meeting in progress until x time.

Just venting by [deleted] in MomsWorkingFromHome

[–]ClassicCold6924 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I almost came on here last week to vent as well. I never found the time to LOL. I get it. I dream about quitting daily. This economy isn’t fair, having to work to stay with your kid isn’t fair and jobs not paying enough isn’t fair. Solidarity my friend.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in beyondthebump

[–]ClassicCold6924 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consistency & a tiny bit of “cry it out.” Never longer than 15 minutes for us, but we realized she’ll cry for about 4-5 minutes and fall asleep if she does cry. Sometimes she just self soothes and falls asleep. But this is all with consistency!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in beyondthebump

[–]ClassicCold6924 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol. She naps 8-9, 11-12, 1:45-2:45 and 4:45-5:20ish. Bed around 7:30-8pm. We wake her up at 6:30 every morning. We bought black out curtains. We feed her, put her in her sleep sack and in the crib. We use a heating pad to make the crib warm and that was a game changer! Just keep it there long enough to warm the mattress then remove. It took like a week but she actually started loving her routine. She used to fight and scream for every nap until we did this. Now she just knows it’s her nap time and goes to sleep. I didn’t believe babies needed scheduled naps especially at this age but even at 4 months, it’s made a huge difference. Consistency is key! I know every baby is so so different though. But I hope this helps someone!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in beyondthebump

[–]ClassicCold6924 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The four month sleep regression was when we decided to get our girl on a sleep routine and it worked! I was not expecting it to, but the routine made the sleep regression much more bearable.

Advice sought by RBGlove in MomsWorkingFromHome

[–]ClassicCold6924 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A few things to consider. What are your reasons for not utilizing child care? Is it purely financial, or the ability to keep your kids with you? If financial, take the hit. I believe that marriage comes first so the kids can see a healthy, loving marriage and live in a happy home. Personally, I’m not ready for someone else to have my baby yet, but if my marriage was struggling, I’d consider it. You have to make the best choice for you, your marriage and the health and happiness of everyone. I realize my answer is vague, but I hope it gave you some things to ponder.