are stay home moms missing out?

I sometimes feel like I am missing out by being a stay at home mom but then I remember how lucky I am to be able to be a stay ay home mom.Sometimes I feel like I am gonig a little crazy sometimes just from needing a few moments to myself.

There is no right or wrong answer. Only you can determine which is best for you emotionally and financially. It is always easier to look at the grass growing in the neighbors yard and to think that it is greener. Whether you are a stay at home Mom or a work outside the home Mom, both are tiring and thankless jobs! When you are a stay at home Mom, you tend not to spend money on yourself, because you haven't earned it yourself. You tend to make every waking moment that of your family doing errands, cleaning and cooking, laundry, ect... there is no time for just you. On the other hand, the work outside the home mom is so exhausted because she feels as if she has to be supermom, giving 110% at work and coming home, still cooking, cleaning, laundry, errands, finding time to be with the kids, and still be a woman to her husband. Whew! I'm tired thinking about it. I am a work outside the home Mom, it is difficult to juggle everything. I have a demanding job that is high stress with an active teenage daughter who is involved in softball, school talent show, forensic team, volunteer work and she babysits. I am lucky because for most things, my husband does the shuttling around since he is done work at 3 in the afternoon, but I am still expected to cook & clean daily. No matter which option you choose, you tend to lose alot of the me time that we all need once in awhile to recharge our batteries to keep going strong. The best I can say is good luck in finding the happy medium that will work for you and your situation.

I personally, have done it both. I am now a working full time mommy of two kids. One 3 and one 1 1/2. I don't find it easy either way. When I was a stay at home mommy I constantly yearned for a moment alone and knew that my work was never done. I just wanted to go to the bathroom by myself every now and then ya know? I wanted a night away constantly and just dreamed of the day someone would offer to watch them for a day so I could catch up on housework. At one point in time my children were so sick of being around me 24/7 that they started acting out towards me. It was horrible. To tell you the truth, now that I work so much, I've had to put my kids in a daycare. I do enjoy the grown up time that I get while I'm there but when I see a stay at home mom come in, I miss it dearly. I just want to be the one with my kids during the day teaching them new things. I don't want to miss out on the precious time I do have left before they suddenly turn 40. I just can't afford to be a stay at home mommy anymore. Either way it's just so difficult. I wish you luck on trying to find an answer you were looking for though!