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A day in the life of the stay-at-home mum..
- Leisurely breakfast,
- Yoga,
- Loose Women/Jeremy Kyle,
- Nails/hairdressers,
- Coffee with friends,
- kiss my babies goodnight,
- Salsa with friends,
- Bedtime
Sorry – that may not be strictly accurate.
A day in the life of an ACTUAL stay-at-home mum.
6:30am
Child #1 gently wakes you by jumping on your head
“MUMMY!!! WAKE-UPPPPPPP! QUICK!!!!”
No luckily the house isn’t on fire –
Playhouse Disney has rebranded to Disney Junior.
Boiled egg, uniform ironed.
Bookbag rifled through “Oh yes, I have to go in dressed
as a bee today, I forgot”.
Letter from the bank. Filed. Unopened.
Child #2 refuses to get out of bed…enticed with tea
and removing the quilt.
Another egg. Dishwasher loaded.
Coat, water bottle, sunhats.
Car battery dead. Jump start.
Road closed, diversion.
Traffic from hell.
School gates. LUNCH BOX!!
Back home, lunch box retrieved, delivered.
11am
Sainsbury’s.
Pension day so the grey army is out in force
and moving…so…slowly.
15 bags worth into the trolley,onto the checkout
(HOW MUCH??),
into the trolley, into the car, out of the car,
into the cupboards. Kettle on, brew made.
Phone goes..mother-in-law presents her
new list of to-dos.
Tea cold.
1.30pm
change beds, hoover, toilets
(WHY CAN’T THEY GET IT IN THE BOWL!!)
2 loads of washing, ironing.
2:45pm
School run, Gymnastics/football clubs.
Out late. Subs overdue.
5pm
Homework, 3 arguments, dinner
“I HATE carrots”,
“just eat them or you’re getting no pudding”.
Dammit – there is no pudding.
2 more arguments.
Husband home:
“Had a nice day? I wish I didn’t work” Grrr.
Another dinner – this time posher. Seriously –
Nigella can do one!
(What is quinoa, anyway?)
7pm-9pm
Attempted bedtime,
3 stories,
1 lost bear,
1 tooth brushing refusal,
1 bottom wiping Mexican stand-off.
10pm
Sky+ Netflix…
“ooh what shall I watch?”
Too late – football’s on
“but you get all day to watch your programmes”.
10:05pm
You are snoring and dribbling on settee.
Nuptuals???
Are you having a laugh??
Tomorrow – the same.
And the next day…and the next day…
Let’s add some pressure into the mix.
You are SUPPOSED to be 1 stone lighter.
And wearing fabulous clothes
(with no dinner, poo or sick on them).
You are SUPPOSED to be sexy…
and go away for girlie weekends,
and hen dos.
You miss work. Work was orderly,
with ready-hoovered carpets,
comfy chairs and coffee machines.
And nice skirts and shoes that matched your bag.
Remember nightclubs? No? Do they still have those?
The Truth.
Everyone is the same.
You are not finding it more difficult than everyone else.
Everyone is struggling,
but lots of people pretend they aren’t.
When you go to your friends beautiful clean house
TRUST ME
she cleaned for 3 hours to make it look like that –
it doesn’t usually.
She is a liar!
Being a mum is HARD.
Being a working mum is just as hard.
A whole new set of “Arrrghhhs!”
Here’s my Top Mum Tips
(that you won’t find in any parenting book):
#1 Stop being so hard on yourself.
It doesn’t help and it will only make you
more worn out.
#2 Go to bed an hour earlier.
Watch telly in bed. Especially comedy.
#3 If you think the well meaning health visitor
/mother-in-law’s advice
is a load of crap – it probably is.
You know best.
You are Mum.
#4 If the house is a mess – it doesn’t matter.
No 80 year old wishes they spent more time cleaning.
#5 Accept ALL offers of help. Always.
People like to help.
If it is not offered. Ask.
#6 Do not sign up to extra stuff.
There are plenty of other people that can
man the tombola/make cakes/organise the Fun Run.
#7 Mark out one morning/evening a week
on the calendar as
MUM’S BUSY.
Never negotiate this one.
Use that morning to do what you like
(and if you decide to go out, you do not need to say
where you have been
makes you mysterious and sexy).
#8 Do not cook everything from scratch.
Yes, I know you can. But don’t.
#9 Have the shopping delivered.
If you flutter your eyelashes a bit,
they will bring it right into the kitchen.
#10 Please try and get some regular exercise
into your life.
It will make everything better.
(And yes, I know you are tired and your husband
gets in late
and you haven’t got any trainers.
But trust me.
We will sort that all out.)
You are amazing – you are working really hard.
I salute you.
See you soon
Tanya x