BEING A STAY AT HOME MOM IS A JOB, AND THE HARDEST JOB AT THAT

I thought having been an entrepreneur; that I chose to embark on the hardest yet most rewarding job decision of my life but becoming a stay at home mom has been far more challenging and far more rewarding. It is so underrated as a job, the stress is more, you are solely responsible for all the problem solving in an instant, you constantly feel alone and add on people telling you what you're doing isn't enough to be a job although you have now taken on the role of a private chef, nanny, and maid all at once. You don't have full grown adults you can talk to that can express their feelings, you have little ones that you are trying to emotionally and physically cater to and regulate at all times. And on top of that if you choose to be a stay at home mom, instead of people saying "that's amazing, that's so difficult" they say "when are you going back to work?" HA, as if they could even fathom their work place being remotely the same. When I worked for myself or even for a 9-5, it became clockwork, I knew what to expect, I did it and clocked out, nothing more or less. Doing what I do now is non stop 24/7 and throw on top sleep deprivation and mom guilt. Even as I try to pursue my career now, I have to pause anything I do to cater to my son (as I paused typing to feed my son a banana), like I said motherhood is a constant experience of duality, it is stressful, too much even at times but the one thing I feel most confident, nervous, judged for, yet thriving in, regardless of all.