Like A Dog Chases A Tail…So R The Days of Our Lives
Posted by Tisha Tolar on November 6, 2008
ok – so we here vow to talk about mom stuff, work stuff, fun stuff, stuff stuff and 
inspirational/motivational/procrastinational stuff on Empowering Mom. Basically we gals got free reign here. I can not pass up the opportunity to pass along this fantabulous post I just found….
Check it out at Her Bad Mother
As I approach the ripe old age of 35 next month, I have been thinking alot about amniocentesis – how after 35 you tend to require a big ass needle stuck in your gut to make sure the baby is ok. So it makes me think and Her Bad Mother just summed up my feelings so well, that I couldn’t even write my own post on the subject and chose to link it instead.
In addition to what Mother said – I wonder why after all this hard work to get to work at home – in utter quiet 5 days a week – would I even think about doing it again??
But then I look at the most awesome 6 year old in the world and listen to her tell me that she voted for “Marock” Obama in school or have her hug me so tight, and I forget all that newborn chaos I so despised…..
Oh decisions, decisions. Does anyone else have thoughts on this subject? Would LOVE to hear you before I climb all the way over the hill…
Trisha said,
oh my….oh my….
My thoughts are -only you can know, as usual I’m ever so helpful!
Let me know when you know as it seems you go through these life cycles a few years ahead of me
Debbie Dragon said,
Thanks for linking to that post, it really does explain it all quite clearly! I think most of us probably feel the same. When we think we’re done having babies, there’s still this part of us that somehow doesn’t want to know we’re totally done having babies. Even tho we know how hard it is, even though we really have no desire to go through pregnancy or childbirth or those really tough months… years… when the new baby is completely dependent upon you for everything… to say with any kind of finality that you are 100% sure you never want to have another child seems impossible.
I think as a work-at-home mom, you are in the best position to consider having another. You know your schedule can flex around a newborn schedule – so while you will be exhuasted more often than you are now, you can still work around nap times and so what if you do the bulk of your work between 3 and 6 am after the baby’s third nightly feeding and before he/she wakes up again to join your six year old… and so what if you sleep between 5 and 10pm when your husband is home to help out for a few months?
As a work-at-home mom from day one for both of my children, I will say there is clearly an advantage we have over moms who must report to work at a certain time each day. Just another benefit of working for ourselves, and working under the same roof that we live and play under.
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