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It's Not Always the difficult children....
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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 412000" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>You can't make a stay at home mom out of a woman who doesn't have that in her soul. By the time each and every one of my 5 maternity leaves was over, I was so ready to be back at work. I was short and impatient with my children in ways I never was when I arrived home from work. I love my children and cherish my time with them but if my only option was to be a stay at home mom or a career woman, I would not have had children.</p><p></p><p>I think the major concern here is how long this schedule is going to persist. If it's only for a short period of time, try to deal with it. Frankly, I'd tell her to sleep at the hospital if she's too tired to drive home. As for the dinners, perhaps you could get a slow cooker and put up meals before the babies arrive that will be ready when you're ready to eat. That would eliminate the cooking stress. Also, maybe you can work on changing the babies' nap times so that they fall asleep right before Darrin gets home rather than wake up at that time, which would give you alone time with him to get his HW done. As a last suggestion, if your daughter is not having financial issues, maybe she could spring for a HS girl to come in and help you out by playing with the little boys or bathing them...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 412000, member: 3493"] You can't make a stay at home mom out of a woman who doesn't have that in her soul. By the time each and every one of my 5 maternity leaves was over, I was so ready to be back at work. I was short and impatient with my children in ways I never was when I arrived home from work. I love my children and cherish my time with them but if my only option was to be a stay at home mom or a career woman, I would not have had children. I think the major concern here is how long this schedule is going to persist. If it's only for a short period of time, try to deal with it. Frankly, I'd tell her to sleep at the hospital if she's too tired to drive home. As for the dinners, perhaps you could get a slow cooker and put up meals before the babies arrive that will be ready when you're ready to eat. That would eliminate the cooking stress. Also, maybe you can work on changing the babies' nap times so that they fall asleep right before Darrin gets home rather than wake up at that time, which would give you alone time with him to get his HW done. As a last suggestion, if your daughter is not having financial issues, maybe she could spring for a HS girl to come in and help you out by playing with the little boys or bathing them... [/QUOTE]
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