How to Find More Time for Yourself as a Stay at Home Mom

Submit Your Tip

How to Find More Time for Yourself as a Stay at Home Mom – This is a place for the community to provide tips and advice on How to Find More Time for Yourself as a Stay at Home Mom. This topic was created by Jorj X and the tips are provided by the community. The tips you add here can be your own or referred from another site. The best tips are then ranked at the top when up-voted by members of the community.

Tip 1 - How to Be a Stay-At-Home Mom Without Losing Your Marbles

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by agorilla | permalink

We stay-at-home moms know we are blessed to be home with our littles, but that doesn't mean we aren't faced with the challenge of not just surviving–but actually thriving–while surrounded by cracker crumbs and matchbox cars and laundry that multiplies every single time your back is turned.

For further reading: http://adrielbooker.com/how-to-be-a-stay-at-home-mom-without-losing-your-marbles/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Stay Sane as a Stay-at-Home-Mom

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Joseph Pettipas | permalink

I have the overwhelming urge to share some of my sanity-saving tips for stay-at-home-moms with you, after navigating my way through pregnancy, childbirth, the 4-month sleep regression, teething, sleep training, and The Terrible Twos

For further reading: https://www.scarymommy.com/how-to-stay-sane-as-a-stay-at-home-mom/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - 6 Lies Stay-at-Home Moms Tell Themselves

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Joseph Reed | permalink

I've heard it all before: stay-at-home moms with endless excuses, reasonings, logic and lies that we tell ourselves (and other people) of how and why we are the exceptions to many social norms. "I'm too busy as a SAHM to be able to do that during the day." "People should understand because I'm a SAHM." "Well, that's easy for her to do because she's not a SAHM." Ladies, it's all bull. It really is.

For further reading: http://www.blogher.com/6-lies-we-stay-home-moms-tell-ourselves-and-other-people ^[3]

Tip 4 - Stay-at-Home Moms: Taking Care of Yourself

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Chuck Heist | permalink

As a woman in the profession of motherhood, you must learn how to take care of yourself.

For further reading: http://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/parenting-roles/stay-at-home-moms-taking-care-of-yourself/stay-at-home-moms-taking-care-of-yourself ^[4]

Tip 5 - 6 Tips to Be a Successful Stay at Home Mom

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Felicia Lopes | permalink

How to make the transition from working mom to SAHM
Tags: care.com, SAHM, tips, advice, choosing to stay home, stay at home mom, decision, guide, transition, success

For further reading: https://www.care.com/a/6-tips-to-be-a-successful-stay-at-home-mom-1202110432 ^[5]

Tip 6 - I have no time to myself, not to take or bath or even use the potty. How do I breath?

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ken Madsen | permalink

I have no time to myself, not to take or bath or even use the potty. How do I breath? - Stay at Home Moms

For further reading: http://www.circleofmoms.com/stay-at-home-moms/i-have-no-time-to-myself-not-to-take-or-bath-or-even-use-the-potty-how-do-i-breath-415594 ^[6]

Tip 7 - 4 Tips for Struggling Stay-at-Home Moms

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Serge Eisenhardt | permalink

It’s not easy being a mom, let alone one whose full-time job is to stay home and care for children. Countless Circle of Moms members, in fact, confess that they're struggling with their decision to stay at home with their children

For further reading: http://www.popsugar.com/moms/4-Tips-Struggling-Stay--Home-Moms-27335435 ^[7]