Looking for some advice from other stay-at-home moms…

You're contributing by supporting your husband to make money while you look after the child you both made. I assume when you both made the decision for you to become a SAHM you discussed the finances and he was able to cover all necessary expenses? Do you have full financial transparency? I feel me being at home does save some expenses as well- I can cook healthy meals from scratch, make lunches, I have the time to get good deals on clothes on vinted, I sell on the stuff we no longer need. I bet there's a lot you do that makes his life easier so he can concentrate on his job. So my advice is to try to reframe your thinking.

I have been on this app a while and have not seen any actual good ideas for earning money whilst also being a present SAHP other than craft/baking ideas but there's not much in that and there needs to be existing skill. Just because you're not earning money doesn't mean your contribution is not valuable. Also be wary because sometimes scammers comment on these sorts of posts as well 😬

My husband is adamant we are a team. A team has different roles played by the team members. His is earning the money, mine is doing best by our daughter.

He has just said what we do is the hardest job in the world and society has got it so wrong putting all the glory on the person bringing in the money.

Bringing up a happy healthy child is what I bring to our family, what can be more important than that?!

i felt the same way. i felt bad not contributing financially + it felt so weird just not making money in general. i was used to making money and being able to just get something if i wanted it. i can’t offer great advice for work, since i haven’t been able to find anything that’s ACTUALLY good. i did uber eats for a while and then started spark. in my area, i was able to make a lot more with spark compared to uber eats. but it’s so much wear and tear on the vehicle. i recently stopped doing spark for that reason. it does help when you need money fast, but long term it’s just not great.

i feel like finding what works best for your family’s schedule will kind of help. you could try overnight part time, working weekends, or trying to find a work from home job. or maybe even side jobs from people you know if there’s anything available.

ones i have found that are a bit harder are creating digital products to sell online, thrifting clothes and selling on vinted, plato’s closet, etc.

I totally feel how you feel and I understand where you're coming from, but then I think about how I'm the one to get the kids to and from school, go grocery shopping, clothes shopping when the kids need something, I keep the house clean and make sure EVERYONE gets to their appointments and 1million other things. I make sure everything in our house can run smoothly while my husband can (currently heal from a work place head injury) earn the money.

Is he struggling? Do you have enough during the week for your social outings? Mine is petrol, parking, entry to places, brunch. The average week my social spending is about $250. I changed my mindset to not have guilt because I’m doing everything ELSE. He gets a hot dinner most days, and a nice hot packed lunch from the leftovers of dinner. His coworkers are asking every day “what you get for lunch today?” While they get their second tuna sandwich for the week. A sahm’s work when experts estimated if everything we do were to be outsourced values $150/k per year. Thats more than most of the men’s wages. We ARE working.
Overnight too. When sick too. No breaks unless we schedule breaks and tag team w the partner. Unless he’s struggling and needs funds from you, sahm don’t need to work. The agreement is that he’s providing financially and we provide literally everything else.