Stay At Home.....

Sounds like you might like getting together with other Moms and kids- a "play group" for them and "Mom gets to chat with others who get it" time for you. Try out mamasource.com, it's free and it's all local moms sharing advice, ideas and support.

ii take my kids to the library and we have story time and things like that .It's free and our library even had Jk Rowling visit and sign books about 4 or 5 years ago .Last year my girls entered a atlanta hawks and thrasher reading challenge and they got great tickets for reading books we only had to pay for parking . Please give it a try I've met some wonderful people there .

you are lucky! i wish my husband would make more money so i could be a sahm!

dani - I agree with rcrisp - check out what your local library has to offer. I met some moms at a toddler story hour with whom I formed a playgroup. You need to socialize with other moms so you don't go bonkers - really. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be to meet moms and make new mommy friends; I dunno - I thought it would 'just happen' and it didn't. Although I wouldn't trade it for the world, it has been a lot lonlier being a SAHM than I thought it would. Good luck!

I'm a stay at home mom too - so I hear you! I used to take my kids to the library and to other free playgroups in the area and that was a nice break - hard to do if you don't drive! Right now we only have one car on the road and guess who gets to have that all day!! lol so now it's realy tough, especially in winter when it's too cold to leave the house. So what do I do? I use the phone a lot!!! lol My husband and I have decided that we are going to have a date - a real date - once a month and get a sitter. We've done it before, you would be amazed at how much easier your days are when you have that date to look forward to in 2 weeks!

I'm a stay at home mom too - so I hear you! I used to take my kids to the library and to other free playgroups in the area and that was a nice break - hard to do if you don't drive! Right now we only have one car on the road and guess who gets to have that all day!! lol so now it's realy tough, especially in winter when it's too cold to leave the house. So what do I do? I use the phone a lot!!! lol My husband and I have decided that we are going to have a date - a real date - once a month and get a sitter. We've done it before, you would be amazed at how much easier your days are when you have that date to look forward to in 2 weeks!

Nowadays a lot of young mothers have a baby and get back to work as soon as they can, putting their baby in someone else's care. You are one of those mothers who can be proud of themselves for staying at home to bring up your children, congratulations!

Years ago I was in your situation, longed for adult chat. So I put an advert in my local paper, inviting any young stay at home mum to contact me for a cuppa and a chat. I got four replies and we all got together once a week at each of our houses in turn. We were always available at the end of the phone too.

We were able to have the odd night out with our husbands when we babysat for each other.

I hear you about no social life....So one day on my husband's day off he decided I needed a little down time so he told me, why don't you go out for an hour or so either with a friend or by myself and have some fun doing.....like get your nails and hair done or go to the movies etc... and so we started doing that once a week or two weeks and boy it sure helps your relationship with your husband and childern. I am a mother of three ages ranging for 9, 7, and 5. one girl and two boys. take care