Today, I saw Althea learn to sit up all by herself.
She was on all fours. Then she slowly tilted her body toward the back left so that she sat on her left butt cheek. Then she teetered into an upright position and found herself happily sitting up.
All by herself.
Things are a little rocky right now. Sometimes I question why I’m not working full time. I question if the financial difficulties and the stress and the constant cleaning and cooking and feeding and rapidly deteriorating sense of self is really worth it.
And then I see Althea learn to do something for the first time, the very first time she does it, on the very day she learns to do it.
And I think, when it’s worth it, it’s really, really worth it.
I was going to comment something like this on your last post, yet didnt have the time. I’m also a SAHM and the thought that I can’t provide anything to my family bothers me. That I am unable to pay the bills or make things any easier, it gets to me as well. But then I think of the most important reason why I am here, for my daughter. We (SAHM) are the luckiest because we get to see all the firsts and be there every step of the way. And although I can’t provide financially because we have decided that I will stay home, I get to provide all my love and focus to my family.
Luckily, things will get so much easier for you now that the girls are on their way to sitting on their own. You’ll be able to go to the park and sit them on a blanket and entertain them. I hibernate at home as well, but I’ve also learned that if you still want avoidance from others, you can go to the park and hide their as well. It gets everyone out of the house plus some fresh air.
Yay for Althea!! You’ll have to post a pic!!
Congrats on the new skill! I am so sorry about the loss of Vincent and hopeful that Kramer will recover fully for you!
Mine got so much happier (at about 7 months, too) when they could sit up independently. You are in for happy playtimes! Sit back, watch and enjoy! And wait for the crawling…..
And those moments that make it all worth it always seem to come just when you need them, don’t they?
So cute, and so, SO true. That’s the one thing that KILLS me about working…getting a call or coming home to find them saying “mamma” or crawling breaks my heart.
Enjoy every moment you possibly can. =)
I tellya, I know how you feel about staying at home and raising kids instead of working for a paycheck. It can be just endless thankless drudgery, then something amazing happens, and it all feels worth it.
Scary mommy is right – the ‘worth it’ moments come EXACTLY when you need them. Not often enough to spoil you but just enough to keep you from actually becoming insane. Keep the adorable pictures coming.