Thinking Thursdays

Society depicts that a sole parent carer should be a stay at home parent for at least the first 12 months of a childs life.

I think- that it should be a parents choice on when to go back to work. Not societys. Is it so wrong for a mother/father to go back to work  earlier so that they can provide the best for their family? Or like me, maybe they go back to work for some room to breathe?

I wont lie. I don't NEED to be back at work, but i still chose to, and i will tell you this much. It is pretty nice to be able to go to the toilet in peace for a couple of days a week. I don't think it is selfish, in fact i think both princess and i benefit from it. Because when i get that time to myself, i get my break, i get a chance to recharge the batteries and the oppurtunity to regain my patience. I'm a better mother because of it. I come home at the end of the working day missing princess, and she gets my undivided attention and love.

She goes to a small FDC while i am at work and absolutely loves it, since she has been going, she is less clingy, more social with other children, and learns a lot of things be it from the carers or the other children.

I did the stay at home mum thing for the first 10 months.
I don't have many fellow friends that are young mothers due to my age, and the lack of adult interaction almost drove me bonkers. Crazy to the point where i was singing kids song tunes in my sleep. Absolute true story. Oh yes bonkers where i would be singing head, shoulder, knees and toes as i washed myself in the shower. No this was not for the entertainment of princess. Princess would be in bed asleep.