Advise on being a stay at home mom

I’m going to be leaving my job in September and staying at home with my two children. Please give me any advice you wish you knew when starting out. My babies will be 3 and 6 months when I start.

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Is this with your husband or a bf? Have yall talked about how you will have money? Will he be giving you money for yourself each month? What about household chores? Will he be responsible for some things? How will he be assisting in parenting? Everything can not and should not be on you simply because you stay home. Will you have time to yourself outside the home to do what you want? You still need a social life outside of children.

Best advice I can give is that this IS work. Be kind to yourself on hard days. Routines and some structure is so important for you and kids to anticipate days and have certainly.

Get your toddler involved with preparing things for your baby, and make dedicated one on one time with them.

Having a simple schedule for the day helped a lot because after a nap my toddler knows to get himself ready to get to a park or asks if we're going to the store. I try to get out at least once a day for fresh air and my own sanity so the house doesn't get too messy all at once lol

I have my husband take care of feeding my toddler and bath time after dinner so I get time to decompress from the steady toddler conversation or to focus on a hobby for myself.

Excited for you! Shop sales at grocery stores, coupons, plan meals around what's affordable to stretch your budget, and look at switching insurance, phone, streaming services to save money every few months so your budget for fun is bigger!

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