I get so tired of people acting like being a stay at home mom isn’t a job. I work 24/7, I don’t get to clock out, I don’t get paid, I have to cook, clean, and keep my head on straight all the while my one year old needs my attention. I have to be the glue that holds my family together while I’m sitting here just trying to stay sane! Don’t get me wrong, I adore my family and I wouldn’t trade them for anything, I just don’t want people to think that Stay at home moms just sit around and do nothing all day.

We’re the reason our husbands or SO come home and the house is clean and dinner is ready, we’re the reason our children aren’t dirty, hungry and wailing after a long day. We’re the reason they have clean clothes and clean dishes, we’re the reason our family is well taken care of! This isn’t to say working moms don’t have it just as tough if not even more so, this is about what people don’t see behind closed doors. I get so sick of people telling me that I don’t know what real hard work is and if I want to know then I should get a job. 😡🤬

Maybe don’t sit there and judge what anyone does until you yourself do it, if you’re not a mom then you can’t tell someone being a parent isn’t a job because it 100% is. Any parent can tell you how difficult it can be sometimes, we have to raise a person, our lives revolve around that little cutie and we’re going to work ourselves to the bone to make them happy. (Just to reiterate, I’m not saying stay at home moms have it harder than anyone else and I’m not saying working moms have it easier because in my opinion its harder for them because they have two jobs!) all in all, give us stay at home moms some credit, we work hard on a day to day basis and we don’t deserve to be belittled.

Edit: Are some of you blind? Can you not read? This is the last time I’m saying this because I’m sick of making basically the same comment over and over again, 1) I didn’t say it took all day to clean, if you read it the way it’s written you’ll see I said that we’re THE REASON why things are clean and dinner is made. Not that it takes all day 2) I said TWICE and now I’m having to say a third time that WORKING MOMS HAVE IT HARDER, I never once said in this entire post that I as a stay at home parent have it harder. So shut up with the same comments over and over again. 3) I’M NOT ASKING FOR SYMPATHY FROM ANY OF YOU. I don’t know you, I don’t care to know you, I posted this because I wanted to get it off my chest, not because I want you assholes to feel sorry for me. You’re only proving my point further by making those comments, I’m only saying I’d appreciate some slack here. I know I don’t work half as hard as you working moms and if you could actually read you’d see that, being a stay at home Mom isn’t some lovely vacation where I get to sit around and barely do anything, it’s not some luxurious thing. I’m not sitting on my ass all day doing the bare minimum. 😡

Update: Thank you to everyone who posted positive and constructive comments, it really touched me to see that working and non working moms can agree on this subject. I’m overwhelmed by the outpouring of support. ❤️ Being a working parent isn’t easy but at least you get to have time for yourself, you get to leave the house and not be cooped up inside 24/7. It’s not easy to do what a SAHM does and stay sane on top of it. Again, I’m not down playing you or your jobs but I am saying maybe look at it from my perspective? I don’t get to go anywhere or do anything, I’m at home 99% of the time, the other 1% is spent with baby in tow, running errands and making her pediatrician visits. My husband works and I barely have the energy to keep up with him sometimes, luckily he loves me enough to be empathetic and understand when I feel frustrated doing what I do. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support and kind words, it makes me feel good to know some people can at least empathize and see where I’m coming from. 💕💕