Quote From: sarahjs26I am a part time all alone mom, now that my youngest son is 3, he now goes to preschool, half a day 2 days a week. now instead of stressing about all the mess, never having a moment to my self, now I have two afternoons to my self. the only hitch, I looked so forward to having this time, now I am sitting here worring about my boys. are they having fun, are they being good. So my best advice to those stressed moms, take a deep breath and be glad you know your little ones are safe and happy dumping their toy boxes and apple sauce all over the floor, because its only a matter of timeuntil you have to turn over your kids to the education system, and beleive me, that is a whole new set of worries.
I agree that when we have to turn our children over (as far as starting school) it is oh so very hard. I have been a stay-at-home mom since my son was born and really feel blessed that I have been able to. My son this September started kindergarten. It was hard to turn him over and to trust that everything would be okay. I mean, deep down I knew that it would be. I now find myself thinking, "If only he could be 4 again so that him and I could have just one more year together at home." I wish that the times that I did stress about the messes or the coloring on the walls that I just would have taken a deep breath and enjoyed the time. Don't get me wrong I wasn't and still am not the type of parent where I stress about making sure everything is in it's right place every second of the day.
It's just that I realize now that children grow too fast and to waste those precious moments with them when their little by stressing out is a complete waste of time. I'm not saying that I have been able to alleviate all the stresses that come with being a mother but that my perspective is different now. Time with our children is so precious and I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world!!
