To think that actually, it is NOT boring being a SAHM/housewife!

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...........i have to go out, discuss

saying if you're bored with babies/children then you're bored with life is way over the top....crikey!

depends how you see it Daftpunk.
I see babies as a life, i find their development fascinating, and love trying new things. Learning the quitar atm, we sing and dance, learning ice skating etc. I find it better than sitting in an office, But thats just me.

When the children were babies I worked pt and I absolutely loved the days I had with the kids. We did loads.
Then I had a year off work and was a SAHM when the kids started work. It lost its shine in about a month. I was so bored. I loathe housework so I went to the gym and that was it really. I met up with a few friends but mostly they were still working in London during the day.I didn't feel like me at all. I had more time than I've ever had to myself and yet all my creativity was sapped away.
Then I started working from home and am really enjoying mtself again. I feel like me again.

Your kids started work? Lucky you?

Doh...started school.

ikwym laQuitar..i loved being pregnant and the first 2 years are amazing...i just found the years from 2 to 5 quite hard and demanding...and sometimes boring...thers's only so much fun i can get out of finger painting..and yeah i do all the stuff you do with kids...but sometimes i just wanna be transported to a funky club with loads of other adults having a good time...

i'll grow up one day!

tis a little ground hog day sometimes, especially the school run, yaaawn.

shootfromthehip - you've summed up exactly how I felt. No intellectual or creative stimulation.

oh i dont like finger painting. too messy

LaQuitar worraloadofshit

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I've been sah for the past 16yrs.
I don't find it boring. Too much to do. In fact, as they all get older there seems to be more to do(or maybe that's me getting older )
9 children aged 21-5y. All at different stages of development. All needing different things. 4 of them have been home-educated for the past 3-4years.
Forever organising school stuff, college stuff, university stuff, home-ed stuff. Spontaneous discussions about chemistry, physics, biology etc whatever the older ones are studying. Still going through the learning to read thing with the 5yo. Sorting out appts for doctors, dentists, hairdressers, birthday parties (for them to have and for them when they are invited to others), swimming, drama, end of term shows, prom nights, graduation ceremonies and working out the logistics of getting there, who's going............it just goes on and on and on....plus there are lots of things that I'd like to try that I just don't have time for at the moment.

shootfromthehip - you are obviously hanging around with the wrong mums!!

Not got a choice- I live in the arsecrack-of-nowhere so feel free to come and visit. You must bring your own wellies though

I find being a sahm boring at times.

I found working boring at times too.

I don't have a particular preference tbh.

Starlight - I'd say that there are similarities in some sah and woh.

When I was out at work, the responsibilities and deadlines weren't in my control. I had to get them done or face consequences.
I could choose a longer lunch, I can do that at home, too. Some people have fixed lunch breaks with some jobs.
Not sure why I would have to hold my bladder for half a day at home, either.
Granted having a natter without interruptions takes a bit of planning ahead and can't happen(for me)that spontaneously as it might when I was out at work.
I have CHOICE in some things at home just as I did when out at work, but some other things I don't, just as when out at work.

I don't get bored even though both of mine are now at school. The youngest started in September. I'm one of those mums that swans off to the gym at least 4 mornings a week

I also run a little ebay business so have to go to the post office everyday, and keep the house tidyish.

The really nice thing is that DH works shifts. This week he is off from Tuesday to Friday so yesterday we dropped the kids off at school and spent the whole day (until pick up) in bed watching back to back West Wing dvd's. It was like being the couple we were pre kids - one day like that every two weeks or so does wonders for our marriage

*Only boring people get bored.

And if you are bored with babies/children then you are bored with life.*

That's what I was referring to.

I have two DS's ages 4 and 18 months and I work 3 days a week. I've wanted children since I was about 10 and really expected that I'd want to be a SAHM, so I'm surprised at how things have turned out.

The fact is I LOVE my job (I'm a nurse) and after 9 months maternity leave both times I KNEW I was ready to go back to work.

I feel guilty that I don't want to be at home full-time, but I think I'd get depressed if I did (not to mention watching too much telly!). I leave work every day with a huge sense of achievement, and I'm sad to say I didn't get that at home.

On the plus side the 4 days a week that I am with my boys (including the weekend) are wonderful, I just couldn't do it every day.

This is so subjective, I don't believe there is any right answer.....

Serendipitous,

By typing two very well mottos in a very general way - and obviously meaning both sides - i did not attack you personally.(i ve also explained to another poster that this is just me, and it is prob because i was nanny before had children)

You on the other hand by saying 'LaQuitar loadshit' attacked me on personal level. Can you see that? If you always get so defensive then you should think of having some counselling. Seriously.
Got to give them dinner now so cant reply

Being a SAHM - boring most of the time.
Being a housewife - very easy and lovely!

Looking back I have absolutely no regrets about my decision to be a SAHM in my dcs early years because I felt it was best for all of us. However it was absolutely draining. I was a SAHM for several years and there were times when I felt like breaking down and despairing over the fact I had decided to give up work. I felt / still feel guilty for feeling like this as I adore my dcs and would literally do anything for them. They really are my world. But they are also very spirited and even an hour in their company is exhausting!

When I stopped work I panicked that I would never find a job again and I felt that the role I had fallen into of housekeeper and cleaner wasn't me at all - and not really one that I had envisaged before having the dcs (dur). DH comes from a very traditional family and I was terrified of ending up like my MIL (who is lovely btw), but once the children left home she had literally nothing left to do.

Nowadays I am very fortunate in that I have a wonderful job which is incredibly flexible yet also in my previous line of work so my career has restarted. I love working part time, I have an ideal balance. I will never go back to being a 5-day a week SAHM, even if I have another child!

To sum it up, having experienced being a full-time SAHM, I found it all very draining, and err... pretty dull too. In fact the tedium of the baby and toddler years is the main factor that's stopping me from wanting another child, possibly ever again.

Oh, and when I started work the first thing I did was hire a cleaner - it was liberating!

so..... i'm sahm. but certainly not bored. when i meet my other mummy friends we go shopping in winter and sit in garden with a glass of wine in summer

we occassionally talk about kids.but spend most of it talking about other mince too. really depends on your friends how boring it can be.

when they start really dementing me i go to a relatives house and let them dement them for a bit while they bring me tea and biscuits.

and when i cant be arsed or having a terrible day(i.e first day of period}, we all have a pj day.
oh and dont forget the indoor karting/climbing centre/supervised gym sessions,etc,etc.