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Readers Respond: You Know You're a Stay-at-Home Mom When...

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New Meaning of "A Day Out"....

your big outing for the week is going to the grocery store!
—Guest Faith

they're attached...

No one else can hold your baby because he's soo attached to you he cries the minute you're not holding him, even your husband can't hold him!
—Guest raysmommy

Everything's Expired

You know you're a SAHM when your makeup expires and your biggest investment for yourself is sweatpants.
—Guest Tracie

silence

...as a former music-lover, you never turn on the cd-player or the radio anymore during the day because adding more noise to the present noise would just be too stressful. Something that used to be soothing is now just TOO much!
—Guest alina

SAHM

you stay up late (2:00 a.m.) at night just to have some me time.
—gailbharris

monotony

You know you're a stay at home mum when you don't even know what day of the week it is anymore or the date. But you go to sleep knowing your kids are getting the best love and care possible-something that only their mum can do.
—Guest ren

No time for the morning jog

You tell the husband: 'Don't go to that distant park to jog. Excercise somewhere nearby -- I'll join you in 15 minutes.' And then, those 15 minutes are never over, attending to morning chores.
—Guest Lakshmi

You know you're a stay at home mom when

your 24 month old says "pee pee the potty", so you frantically take off her diaper only to have a big piece of poo fall out onto the floor.
—Guest Amelia182

pancakes

You have time to make blueberry pancakes every morning and get to be a super hero to your kids!
—Guest twobecame3

You know you're a SAHM when...

your house will never be clean again...you are exhausted...and your husband thinks you have it easy!
—Guest coco

mental exhaustion gets you...

you fill a thermos with hot water and put it in the refrigerator. 15 minutes later you are looking for the thermos all over the house and wondering where you've put it!
—Guest chapagou

You know you're a SAHM when

you have to decide between 'me time' and sleep time after the kids are finally in bed.
—Guest Kristie

Sneaky Me Time

When you leave chocolate, ear plugs and a good book in the bathroom.
—Guest CHARLEINE

A Huge List of Reasons...

You microwave a cup of coffee countless times and finally get to drink it for dinner, you put something in the microwave and only remember it once you smell something three days later, you wash the same load of clothes 5 times because you forget they are in the washer until the next time you go to wash, you have a toothbrush and deodorant in each room of your house because you never know when/where you will get to use them, shall I go on...... LOL
—bootey

You know your a stay at home mom when

you're the only one who can't smell the dirty diapers in the trash.
—Guest Jessica

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You Know You're a Stay-at-Home Mom When...

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