I'm losing my status as a stay at home mom this week because I've started working outside the home again. I'm a preschool teacher. At the preschool where my mother is the director. And only on the days Gus and Jack are attending that preschool. (It's a family affair.)
It shouldn't be that difficult. I've got a nice setup, I know. But doing ANYthing with twins takes some planning and creativity. Today I was at school with the boys for two and a half hours. I got maybe 30 minutes worth of work done. The rest of the time I spent feeding the boys lunch, playing outside with them, and chatting with people who wanted to see the boys. Then I came home and it took me three hours to type up a welcome packet that normally would have taken me twenty minutes. Sheesh.
So to all you mamas out there, especially twin-mamas, who work full time outside the home: Kudos to you. You have my honest and heartfelt admiration.
Does the dual role of mother and worker get easier with time?
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I had to go back to work at 6 weeks. It actually got harder and harder for me to leave her as she would cry horribly when I left. She would settle within minutes and Daddy would let me know right away, but I often cried all the way to work myself.
ReplyDeleteAnd so I quit my FT job and went to work PT (when Sasha was nearly 1½). It was still hard to leave her, but I only had to do it once per day rather than twice. Then I got laid off. And now... I don't want to work. I *desperately* do not want to work!
I feel you, Jorje. After going back to "work" I find I don't want to be there anymore. I'm hoping it gets easier, I really am.
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