SAHM - One Month In

By Laura Yates on Oct 29, 09 12:18 PM

The first few weeks were great; out of bed, dressed and ready. Have lovely walk to school then take The Kid to the park or for a wander round the shops.

I'm not quite sure how I went from that, to stumbling out of bed at the last minute, chucking the fully pyjamad Kid into his car seat then driving The Boy to school. I admit, the first couple of times this happened it was lovely to just go home, sit have a nice unhurried breakfast and coffee whilst watching V+ed episodes of Frasier interspersed with Peppa Pig.

I concede that there is a difference between the odd relaxing day and a rut. I fear I have found myself in the latter.

I was so good as well - I'd been travelling around lots of play groups and done loads of stuff with The Kid, like going round the Lickeys to collect Autumn leaves and berries to make a picture (or mess) with when we got home.

It just seems that every day I'm getting lazier and lazier. I fear it's only a matter of time before I've grown addicted to enough mid-morning programming to take me right up to Loose Women, then I won't leave the house till lunch time.

I'm trying not to guilt myself about it too much, I'm entitled to a bit of slobbing around but I don't want to turn into the kind of person where every day blends into the next, with nothing to choose between them.

Oh well - I think finding and sticking to a good routine is the way forward. I shall definitely start when school starts again on Monday. I've got four full days to get all this laziness out of my system then I shall be a powerhouse of productivity and get the most out of every day.

I'll leap straight out of bed and make sure everyone is up, fed, watered and ready to go by 8 o'clock. I can't believe that sounds like hard work! When I worked I had to do that every day and be out of the house for 7.30 - makes me wonder how I coped.