to be bored of being a SAHM?

[BoredMumma]

I have been for 5 years - DD is 5 DS 2. I have really enjoyed being at home with them taking them to the park, playcentres and being there to pick DD from School however I am getting totally bored and fed up now.

I did an Access course last year which took some doing as I suffer with anxiety and really do hate social situations. I really did enjoy the course and now I have completed it I am bored - I mean really bored.

I have applied for part-time jobs with no success as yet though what I really want to do is return to College and do something else - I just don't know what I want to do yet.

AIBU for feeling like this? I feel I should be grateful for what I have got but I need to do something for my own sake otherwise I am gonna crack up.

No, YANBU.

Mothers, just like fathers, do not always get all the stimulation and personal fulfillment they need from being at home with the kids.

No one should judge you for wanting to work. No one should judge you for wanting to stay home previously. You do not need to feel guilty either way.

If you want to go back to work, the only important thing is that you fix up some good childcase. Then go for it! Your children are far better off with a happy mummy who works than a cracked up one who doesn't (just like they are far better off with a happy SAHM than a cracked up WOHM). It's what works for you.

childcare, obviously...

Nope...I have come to this point...been more or less a SAHM for 11 and a bit years...am gonna, hopefully, start University next September and am going to start a course tongith, for study skills, as I am a little bit, erm...rusty...
I'd say go for it....being a SAHM only really works if you actually enjoy doing it...doesn't mean you love your Kids any less if it isn't for you anymore...!
Go and have a look at teh colleges and Universities in your area, see what it is you want to do and GO for it

Thanks for your reply RB.

I am going to keep applying for jobs. I really need to work.

Bored mumma. I think you have done well being a SAHM for so long. Despite what people without children say - in my opinion being a SAHM is one of the hardest jobs on the planet. I work part time and say to much amusement to others that this stuff I get paid for is my holiday.

I think you are entitled to feel like you need something for you now and you have made great steps forward. I think you shoudl get in touch with your local college and find out what course they offer. What did you do before kids?

thanks.

BoredMumma are you me? i could have written that post apart from my ds is 5 & my dd is 21 months, i have also been A SAHM for 5 years, well done a couple days of night work after i had ds but only for 1 year.

I am also totally bored, life is really getting me down, i want to do a college course not sure exactly what yet & also lack confidence etc.

I have am on top of everything at home & house is spotless i am bored of being the cleaning/cooking lady.

Can you not have a little think of what you would like to do i:e study or work & the look into everything you would need to do to be able to do this?

btw...until recently I always thought I could never afford to study....but after being at the open day last saturday at my nearest Uni and reading up a bit on it....it really is possible...well...even if you need to take out a student loan to cover courses costs, you don't have to replay that until you earn over 15K a year and then it's something like £37.99 a month, so hardly bank breaking....and there sre burseries and all sorts to cover child care costs, etc...

I am going to do a teachers assistants course ,have started volunteering at school.

yanbu,housework is a thankless task and drives me nuts after a while...and children ,well lovely as they are it can get dull.

IF U DID AN ACCESS COURSE, WHY DIDNT U GO BACK TO Uni (oops caps were on, thanks dd!) par ttime this septmenber? we are only in week 3, maybe tis not too late??

Thanks all.

spookyDoooo - I recommend doing an Access Course. I too lacked confidence when I started but by the time I had finished I was a different person, totally confident, more assertive, more organized et. I think this is why I am finding it so hard ATM as I have nothing to aim for IUSWIM.

I would like to go in for Nursing but its not a good time to go into this ATM.

lol Bored...why is it not the right time? Just being nosy