STAY AT HOME MOM SCHEDULE

Author: Nicole Prom

I never thought I’d be a stay-at-home mom until 5 years ago when I was 7 years into my career as a school psychologist. I was stressed, burnt out, and sleep-deprived as a new mom. My baby was constantly sick from daycare and I felt like I was missing out on his life by working full-time. After looking at our budget and doing several pro/con lists, we decided I’d become a stay-at-home mom.

Big Changes

The first several months of being home with my newly 1-year-old son were great. So great that we decided to try for another child. We got pregnant with identical twin boys, which was quite a surprise! The pregnancy and first year of their lives were chaotic, including moving to a bigger home, but now that they’re 3-½ things are a bit more manageable.

Homeschooling

Though I no longer work as a school psychologist, I am still using my two graduate degrees while homeschooling our kindergarteners and twin preschoolers. Not quite the special education evaluations I was doing in the schools, but some of my training transfers over. 

Life is far from perfect but I am starting to feel that I’ve found my new calling in life, being a stay-at-home mom who homeschools and has her own blog. 

My Blog

My identity and feelings of self-worth came from my career. When I left that career, I was lost and didn’t know who I was. After having my twins, I developed postpartum depression which led me to lose myself further. Once I started therapy, medication, and ensuring I had some time to myself to work on hobbies every week, I started doing a lot better. 

Within a year my blog, The Way it Really Is, was born, and since then I’ve been working diligently on it. It has made me feel more than ‘just a mom’ as I had felt previously. I love being able to share my knowledge, experiences, recommendations, struggles, and triumphs with others in hopes that it helps them. 

I find pockets of time throughout the day to brainstorm blog posts, create graphics, and share links to my blog where I can. On Sundays, my husband takes the kids on adventures and I get to work on my blog all day. 

Our Daily Schedule

My husband gets up and showers at 5 am then gets our twins up at 6 am while I shower and get ready for the day. He gets the twins breakfast and then the two of us eat as well. He works from home now and his workday starts at 7 am, in our basement. 

Our kindergartener gets up at 7 am, gets ready, and eats breakfast at 7:30 am before we start his lessons for the day at 8 am. 

I teach him from 8 am to 9:30 am then he has a video call with his virtual class. During the call, I make coffee, play with the twins, check in on my blog, and then am back to teaching at 10 am. At 10:40 am he has a virtual reading group, during which I make lunch. 

While I’m teaching, our twins play on their own, together, learning apps on their iPods, or sit in on kindergarten. 

We eat lunch at 11 am and quiet time starts at 12:30 pm. By 2 pm it’s free to play until my husband is done with work at 3:30 pm. He often has an idea of what to do for the rest of the afternoon until dinner at 5 pm. The bedtime routine starts at 6:15 pm with kids in bed by 7:15. 

In the evening my husband and I will often spend time together working on our own blogs, hobbies, talking, or spending quality time together.

The Way It Really Is

Though life isn’t what I thought it would be, it’s pretty great overall. Sure, the kids have long random tantrums, and our kindergartener gets distracted from school easily, or simply doesn’t want to do school work, but we’re working together to get through it all and enjoy the time that we have together. 

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