What no one tells you about being a stay at home mom

Becoming a stay at home mom was like becoming a parent, you have an idea in your head of what you are going to do and not do until you actually are in the position and then you discover just how naive you were.

I think the biggest revelation for me was just how much I enjoyed being a Stay-at-home mom, it is not something I ever thought I would enjoy doing. 

Just like parenting, there is so much that no one tells you about being a stay at home mom.

1. You will never stop folding washing! Ever. You will also never stop doing laundry.
2. You will also never stop putting things away – toys, dishes, clothes, stationery – there is always something out of it’s place. 
3. You will start conversations with random strangers. The lady at gym will ask  “how are you?”, like she does with everyone and you will still be standing their 10 minutes later telling her just how you are. Cashiers aren’t safe, petrol attendants are safe and depending on your fragile state of mind, no one who makes eye contact with you is safe.
4. Everyone will ask you what you do all day. EVERY.ONE!
5. You will have loyalty points everywhere and you will check every slip because every R20 save anywhere means a guilt free cuppacino.
6. You will bath/shower at midday because that is when the baby sleeps which means you can be still for a few minutes, uninterrupted.
7. You will get bored.
8. You get excited when Pick n Pay has a sale on and at any given moment you know the price per kg of chicken, washing powder and nappies.
9. You have a parking spot in the school parking lots!
10. Bodily fluids no longer bother you.
11. Even one child can make an incredible amount of noise and mess.
12. You will have very little time to do thing like cook gourmet meals, do arts and crafts or pee!
13. Your family will take it for granted that you are home and you will quickly find yourself dropping off forgotten swimming towels, homework books and work suits.
14. You become a speed shopper. 
15. There are days you resent your husbands job. Sitting in 3 hour meetings sound like a holiday on a dessert island.
16. You always have wet wipes, toys and a snack of sorts in your handbag.
17. Fish fingers are considered a very healthy dinner option.
18. You develop crazy ninja skills on eating chocolate in silence and destroy all evidence of it’s existence.
19. You know all the names of the Bubble Guppies, Paw Patrol Team and all the words to Let It Go. 
20. You definition of me time will involve locking yourself in the bathroom or sitting in the car while the babies sleep.

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