Do you consider being a stay at home mom a full time job?

Canada
November 30, 2006 3:42am CST
I stay at home with my 10 month old daughter while my husband works. When he comes home he feels like he needs a break, so I pretty much end up working 24/7. Sometimes I'd almost rather have a "real" job because it would be less work! Do you feel that being a stay at home mom is a full time job? Why or why not?
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• India
5 Dec 06
Yes I consider
• Romania
5 Dec 06
i think that is extremly good think to stay at home and take care of your daughter, and work from home.
@imbiz06 (335)
• India
5 Dec 06
yes i too want 2 stay at home rather than working outside..
@medooley (1873)
• United States
5 Dec 06
Absolutely... 100% My wife is a stay at home mom. She does more work during the day than I do... and even when I get home, I am sure that I do not help her as much as I should. She takes care of those kids all the time, whiping noses, changing diapers, disiplining the kids, cooking, cleaning, running the kids around... the list goes on and on...
• Romania
5 Dec 06
i think that is extremly good think to stay at home and take care of your daughter, and work from home.
• Romania
5 Dec 06
i think that is extremly good think to stay at home and take care of your daughter, and work from home.
@chalmette69 (3007)
• United States
5 Dec 06
Most definalty, I mean I never find enough hours in the day to get all I need to done and I also have a daycare in my home, Stay at home mom deserve an applause for all they do do.
• Netherlands
5 Dec 06
I don't have children but I am quite certain it is tough. I know how men can be over demanding of time and don;t quite understand that raising a kid and keeping up a household is really work. It is not all fun time or what not. I would be telling my boyfriend he needed to do somethings.
@chance00 (3331)
• United States
5 Dec 06
I already have left my full time job to stay home with my son.I never returned to corp america.
@MakDomMom (1474)
• United States
5 Dec 06
Absolutely! I am a stay at home mom of a 4 year old and a 2 year old. On top of that I run an in-home daycare. It can be overwhelming some days. You have to do pretty much everything for them! You need to let your husband know that you do need a break too. He needs his time with the baby. Do what you have to do, schedule yourself a massage, go shopping, go for a walk, take a warm bath. Let him know ahead of time that you will be unavailable for awhile and he will need to watch the baby. Then do it!!!
@Poison_Girl (4150)
• United States
5 Dec 06
Well, I've never had kids, but I used to be a nanny for two of my nephews and being a stay at home mom is DEFINITELY a full-time job. A job I never want to have.
@ljmc24 (413)
• United States
5 Dec 06
Children - Children
I do not work, but I do go to school, only till noon most days the rest of the time I am home with 2 small children. Which both have colds right now. It amazes me how the baby (4 months) can be screaming in the middle of the night with him laying right there next to us and he never breaks his snoring. Yet I jump at every sniffle they make.
• United States
5 Dec 06
I'm a stay at home mom and I agree, along with all of the things you have do I work from home and then still have to help with homework, set clothes out for school, baths cooking and everything else. It is almost like having 20 jobs lol.
@gurjit_d (789)
• United States
5 Dec 06
i dont think people should think that way
• India
3 Dec 06
Home Moms - Home Moms
Yes stay at home mom is a full time job. Really it is never ending job for home moms.
@quink82001 (2938)
• United States
5 Dec 06
My daughter is a stay at home mom and from what I see its a full time job,even more than that. Its 24/7 and from what I see its the toughest job. I would much rather work the job i'm working than stay at home all day. I love kids but its definelty the hardest job out there.
• United States
5 Dec 06
I am a stay at home mom as well. I do fell like it is a full time job. All I fell like I do is cook,clean entertain the kids, and spilt up fights. I think that if you are not a stay at home mom you really home no idea what it is like. I am with you sometimes I do what to go out and get a "real" job. At least then I would got a hour break lol
@annsweets (2046)
• United States
5 Dec 06
i stay at home with my 3 year old its like 2 fulltime jobs
@jmcafam (2890)
• United States
5 Dec 06
I do indeed. The job just never ends. When a child is sick in the middle of the night who stays up with them? MOM.When do we get our 3o min breaks?
@mfrancq (1806)
• United States
5 Dec 06
Being a stay at home mom is more then a full time job. I mean, think about it. They get to time out at the end of the day, come home, and zone everything out. We get up, live, breathe, and eat around our children constantly. No timing out, no walking away. This is an argument my husband and I have constantly. It's very frustrating that they can't understand where we are coming from. It is hard work that we do, and we don't get a paycheck at the end. However, our payment is better in the long run. We get the close bond with our children and get to watch them grow.