"If you're a sahp it's not a job"

[Lunalula]

That phrase. It gets on my nerves so much!
I'm a sahp, I see it as not a career, but yes an unpaid job because simply, someone has to do it.
If you were working to earn a wage you send your dc to nursery, school, ect. So in theory you are paying someone to look after your dc, to care for them, change nappies, feed and/ or prepare bottles/food, teach them the basics and more.
My problem is these people who say a sahp has it easy because it not a job.
I beg to differ. You don't get paid. You can't relax properly. Your children always 'need' you. Nappies changes. Bottle making. Meal prep and cooking/ feeding. Learning games. Being careful of bumps, trips and falls. The list is endless really.
Yes there is plusses which sometimes you can't do in paid work. Toilet breaks as you please. Drink breaks a you please. You can kind of do what you want if DC nap during day. You can have the TV on all day whilst entertaining DC.
So basically, yes, sahp is a job!!!

Sorry should have put the top of the previous post in bold to show it was from another poster 🙄🙄🙄

Its not a job. Everything you describe OP i do as well as working at my job 5 days a week. Same as my partner.

What you describe is being a parent and looking after the house, same as the majority of people.

Being a SAHP is a choice, but it's not a job

You don't have set hours like a job as your work is never done and you're always 'on duty'. I find it so much harder being a SAHM than I did when I was working!!

I have gone from working in childcare to being a SAHM..it's quite similar but you can't leave it at work anymore, and I used to get paid for what I did before! (quite well, as a teacher of early years)

So, it seems to me, more hours for no pay...but a similar job, possibly with less support as at work we had others to work with etc.