Do you work outside the home, but still consider yourself a SAHM? - Page 2

[phathui5]

I have the weirdest work schedule (well, maybe not the weirdest). On Mondays from 2-3 I work in the childcare room at the YMCA and the kids stay with me. On Tuesdays, I teach breastfeeding classes at WIC while dh is home with the kids. One or two other days a week I babysit for a mom nearby and take my kids with me.

[thistle]

I teach a class once a week and I work as a driver once a week. Dd & Dh spend time together when I am teaching and dd is with me when I drive. The extra money is critical in our situation, so I am glad to be able to make it work.

[Cranberry]

Just some volunteer work a few hours a week when DS is in school.

[hipumpkins]

I am a waitress and am scheduled 2 nights a week. I leave at 3:30 and get home anywhere between 9 and 11 pm but DD goes to bed at 7:30 SO I am only missing a few hours of her life. She is with DH when I am gone. Lately I've been picking up extra shifts to get us ahead financially b/c we have a new baby coming and I will be taking a few months off. Sometimes my neighbor watches her when D has to work at night. Luckily she watches her for free.

[AngelBee]

I am so happy there are more like me!!!

I always feel judged when I say I am a SAHM. I own a dance academy. I do alot of the formal business stuff from home. I teach approx 15 hours a week. My three kids are usually with me or with dad on occation at home.

I will be doing part time daycare this summer and am becoming certified to do foster care.

I always feel out of place with SAHM's, WAHM's, and WOHM's. None of them really welcome me with open arms IRL because I do not fit their IDEA of what I should be.

I am a SAHM who owns and directs a dance academy!!!

[jayb842]

I work from home 30 hours a week. I tutor online for two different tutoring companies. I take care of ds and work part-time. Ds naps, we play , he watches a movie, nurses and dh comes home in this time period. Sometimes it challenging. The money is great and I enjoy useing my degree. Over all I call myself a SAHM.


Jay

[wildmonkeys]

I do. I teach gymnastics two hours a week - during the first hour the kids take swimming lessons with dh and during the second they head over to my fil for a weekly "guys" dinner with fil and one of my bil (my mil is in a nursing home)

I also do anywhere between 4 and 15 hours worth of freelance editing, research, and writing for two nonprofit child welfare organizations that I worked with back when I worked ft. I do this at night and during naps and lego time

I love this arrangement because it gives me a chance to be home and fully focused on the kids but when I can spend my free hours using my voice and experience to advocate for and support vulnerable children and their families. It is good for me because I am VERY politically frustrated these days and it gives me an opportunity to voice my opinions about the issues that most concern me with some clout & organizational backing.

Also, if you ask my older ds what I do he says "well, you are my mommy so you take of me and Ben, but you have to help girls be stronger at gymnastics and help families do a better job of loving their kids enough"

BJ
Ben 1
Barney 5 "You know mommy, I think I am falling in love with you"