Any of you SAHM feel like you're going to lose your mind...?

Question

I do sometimes. I wish I had help.

Answer 1

Sometimes. When it happens I call my mother in law or have the kids go play together in their rooms, just for a few minutes so that I can regroup.

Answer 2

I'm a SAHM and i have days where I'm lonely for adult contact and conversation. I'm afraid if i don't get around other people i will start talking like a teletubby! My husband is an over the road truck driver and is home once a month or so but my parents live up the road and i visit them a lot.
Get out and go to the park, let your child play and you talk to other moms or go to the mall and window shop! A change of scenery makes a world of difference!

Answer 3

Yep i do I am a SAHM of 4 one 7 yr old girl twin 2 ye=r.old girls and a almost 5 month old son I was diagnsed with severe depression anxiety migraines and now post partum depression I almost lost my son when he was only a month old and had to watch him on life support for 11 days so after going through all of that i would not want to be anywhere but at home with my kids lets take that back maybe in florida with my kids or hawaii lol

Answer 4

Only sometimes, probably because I'm pregnant and already have a 2 yrd old. But I certainly wouldn't trade it for any career in the world. I'd rather lose my mind than stick my daughter in a day care. When I start to feel a little stressed out, I just put on some music and dance around the kitchen with my little girl, or I just wait until nap time and then lay down and rest or read a book. You just have to make time for yourself once in a while. :)

Answer 5

Yes!!!!! I'm not sure what kind of help you want, but whatever you need, you can find. Do you need household help? Have you considered hiring a teenager as a mother's helper? A mother's helper is not quite a babysitter and not quite a full-service maid, but she does housework and tends the children.

Do you need someone to watch the kids while you get some time to yourself? Consider swapping babysitting with a friend.

Do you need counseling? Many health insurance plans cover this. Look in the yellow pages and when you call the office, ask if they accept your insurance. It can't hurt. You can also find counseling through church, if you belong to one (or wouldn't mind joining).

Most of all, it's so important to get together with other moms! I know, the thought of getting out and making friends is overwhelming, but there are women just like you who would LOVE to be friends with you! Heck, if you live near me, you can crash my playdate tomorrow! Seriously, just start talking to women you meet and ask if they want to get together. It's hard, but if I can do it, I know you can.

It was extremely hard for me to make friends, but I'm finally doing it. Here's where I have made some friends (other SAHMs): the park, preschool, mom's group, FRG meetings (or any community meeting, I just happen to be military), taking walks in my neighborhood and at the mall. I just invite people over after meeting several times, and they usually come back for a second date. Some people even invite themselves over! :) Seriously, this whole SAHM thing is tough. Workings moms have it tough, too (I've done both), it's just different.

If you need urgent psychiatric care, please find it and don't be embarrassed about asking. I wish I had when I needed it. Everything is netter for me now, and it will get better for you.

Whatever you need help with, there's help out there!

Answer 6

What about SAHD?

My wife and I took turns when we owned a business in 2004. She would be home 4 days, and I would be home 3 days.

Yes, sometimes I just wanted to pull my hair out, especially with twins. Once they were 2, it was awesome, we would go outside and have picnics in the front yard, play with the garden hose, and fill up the little mini pool and play all day.

All the other families would drive by our home on the way from work and I would be sitting in the kiddie pool with my kids, it would make me laugh so hard seeing their faces as they pulled into their driveways.

Answer 7

Sometimes I feel that way. I have a 13 month old son and he gets into everything. I get frustrated more when we're home all day and don't have alot to do. If we have things to go out and do, he doesn't have the opportunity to get into things as much. When he's 3 I'd like for him to go to a church mom's day out 2 or 3 days a week for a few hours.

Answer 8

I hear ya, Rooney.

I stayed home with my baby until she was 10 months. I had some resentment towards life that we aren't in a position where I could stay home with my girls-I have to work full time.

Well, I loved staying home, i did...but returning to work gave me such a sense of freedom! And I am so much less tired at the end of the day. I am much more patient with my daughters now and value my time with them more.

Now, enough about me! You need to do something that's just for YOU. Find a sitter for a morning a wekk and go out and do whatever you like-even if it's just taking a book to the park. Join a group that plays cards one evening a month,or play on a women's softball team. This way you have things that you do that don't involve being a mom. They could be key to restoring your sanity.

Best-
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Answer 9

I do, & sometimes wish I had a job just to get out of the house. Then i realize tht it is better for me to stay home taking care of my kid, than someone that i did or dint trust with my kids. The world is so messed up now, & i dont want the chance of someone watching my kids & havig something bad happen to them. when i look at them I know its all worth it.

Answer 10

Yes yes yes!!!

I have 2 girls and when it is getting me down i just look at them and think i have brought them into this world and they rely on me so much, without me they cannot survive. So whilst i am getting back chat, being hit at, refusing to eat breakfast etc etc i try to laugh at it - i really do.


Times like this i wish i had my mum next door to help,

So please stay strong and pray in the morning that God will give you strength to see it through....gee if a childless person was reading this they would think we were talking about something horrible not raising children.