Student Mamas

Hello fellow student Mama! I'm an undergrad student at the University of Utah, working on my bach. in early childhood with a certificate for Child Life.
This is my first semester back after getting married and having my daughter (took a little over 1yr. off). It's a little harder to find the time for school work! but my Dh is so supportive and we make it work.
I wish you luck with your move, your Dh finding a job, and of course... school!

Fellow student/mama here!
I am going to school for nursing (finishing up pre-reqs right now and hope to start the program this fall or next). I have been going part-time so that I'm home with the kids most of the time (4 yr old ds and 16 month old dd). I've found that it is easier for me to just take one or two courses at a time right now, so that's what I've been doing. Once I start the nursing program, though, it will be more difficult with the clinicals.
It is certainly more difficult to do the whole school thing with little ones at home. When I went to school for my bachelor's in English, I remember staying up late, downing 2 liter bottles of mountain dew so that I could stay up late to finish a paper, etc. haha.. Don't think I will be able to do any of that stuff now! (Plus dd is still nursing, so she would be pinging off the walls! lol)
It is going to be tricky for me to learn how to manage my time effectively, but it's something that is really important to me, so I'm going to figure it out.

Nice to see some other student mamas!

I just found out where we'll be moving has no diaper service that makes me sad 'cause washing diapers will be one more thing to add to my plate- but oh well, it's worth it to me!

So my theory is that I'm going to try to have dh take ds for a couple hours on Sunday so that I can try to get as much food prep. done for throughout the week to hopefully make dinner easier and quicker. I still want to be able to have good home-cooked meals, I don't want to fall into the frozen dinner cycle. Making lunches and carying everything to school (don't know yet if i'll have a car or have to take the bus) I think will be the biggest challenge. And staying on top of the dishes- i hate dishes, and laundry- the two things that NEVER go away!!

Mind you here I am thinking that all this extra will fall on my plate. DH has assured me that he'll take on more too, i just keep forgetting that the help is there.

Any vegetarians use a slow-cooker out there?? I was thinknig of getting one, so dinner will be done when we get home, but i can't imagine what you'd cook in it.