I am a stay-at-home working mother. Essentially, what that means is that I work 20 hours a week (not including the time put into Breezy Mama) with six hours of child care (if I’m lucky) a week. “So?” you ask? Weelllll, this turns me into Mommy Monster. I need to get the work done, but I also need to be there for my kids, and the whole thing gets me stressed. And when I get stressed, I yell. I’m sure my neighbors must think I have a serious [Read more…] about Back-to-School Makes the Mommy Monster Go Away
Having pursued a promotion two months before my maternity leave, getting myself on the waiting list for on-site daycare and interviewing nannies as a back-up plan, I had every intention of returning to work full time after the birth of my first baby. Never once in my life did I imagine being a ‘stay at home’ mom – never even a consideration. As many of you Mamas have experienced yourselves, all things changed the month before I was to return to work. I found the “perfect” nanny who taught ballet to toddlers on Sundays, was taking child development classes in the evenings, her dad was a doctor and my husband’s co-worker recommended her. I wanted to hire her on the spot but my husband told me to sleep on it. Barely two hours later we were watching TV, when I just burst into uncontrollable tears over the fact that I couldn’t leave my daughter!