5 Stay At Home Mom Lessons That Will Help You Feel Less Guilty

Alessandra | Posted on June 19, 2023 |

If you’re feeling mom guilt a lot these days, then check out these stay at home mom lessons that will help you process your thoughts and change your perspective!

These awesome stay at home mom lessons are bound to help you feel a little less guilty and little less alone. As a stay at home mom of 3, I have felt all the feelings of motherhood (I know you have too) and it sure is a roller coaster ride. Most thoughts moms have tend to make her feel guilty that she’s even having those thoughts or feelings.

Here’s one thing you definitely needs to know though…you are a GREAT mom for your kids! You’re doing a great job, even on a bad day. And that’s because you’re human. You’re going to make mistakes and you will learn from them. So keep reading to learn my 5 tops lessons that will help you shift your mindset and become a more positive mom who feels less mom guilt!

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In this blog I’m going to dive deeper into these stay at home mom lessons:

Not everything goes as planned.
It’s ok to have a bad day.
Motherhood is about balance.
It’s ok to want/ask for help.
You will come out of the “fog.”

1. Not everything goes as planned

Re-read this one over and over. Not everything is going the way you planned it to go. And once you’ve learned this lesson, motherhood will feel less hard. You could have the biggest bash planned for your baby’s first birthday and they just want to sleep! Or you could plan a huge vacation to Disney and your kids could care less. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow and put a smile on your face!

2. It’s ok to have a bad day

Drill this one into your head because I know we’ve all had a bad day and continued to put ourselves down for it. I’m here to tell you to just stop! It’s ok to have a bad day because you are a human. We all have off days and we all make mistakes. At the end of a long day when we’ve been overwhelmed and overstimulated and constantly touched and needed, it’s ok to say “I did the best I could today.” And a bad day is a great lesson for our KIDS. When we have a bad day, we have the opportunity to tell our kids we are sorry and we will try to be better tomorrow.

So don’t dwell on a bad day. Every mom has one and we can be better tomorrow. Just breathe!

3. Motherhood is all about balance

Motherhood and life is about balance. Some days will be better than others. Here are some examples.

Some days you might watch a little too much TV, and another day you won’t watch any.

You have lazy days or seasons and others are super busy and packed with activities!

Some nights you have frozen chicken nuggets for dinner, and some nights you have a gourmet meal!

You just need to accept the balance and go with it! You can’t feel guilty about the bad days because you know there is a balance and there are just as many (if not more) good days. Everything will be ok!

4. It’s ok to want/ask for help

I can’t stress this one enough because it took me way too long to learn this stay at home mom lesson! You are not weak if you need help. In fact, I think it makes you stronger. When you accept that you can’t do motherhood alone and you need help, you make a huge decision to better your life and become a better mom. Everyone needs help sometimes, and stay at home moms are not an exception. We were not meant to do this whole motherhood thing alone. So, before you reach your breaking point, reach out for help from a friend, your husband, your mom, sister, or anyone you trust for a little support!

5. You will come out of the fog

I think it’s inevitable that motherhood causes a “fog” for all women. It doesn’t matter if you do everything “right.” Becoming a mom, no matter how many babies you have, each time can cause us to lose ourselves a little bit. It’s a huge life change, you lose a lot of sleep, and you can even lose regular adult contact. I think that’s all ok, but I think it’s also important to know that you will find yourself again, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Yes, motherhood changes you and that’s ok! You can still become a new version of yourself outside of motherhood.

Final thoughts

These stay at home mom lessons are all lessons I wish I knew sooner. After having my second baby I was completely burnt out. I lived in a constant, tired fog. I was snappy and resentful. Prioritizing myself feel to the backburner and I was just running on empty most days. Now, in hindsight, I know things get better. Life gets easier. You learn and become a better mother. It’s a practice that you learn over time. Let me know in the comments below if this was helpful and what your favorite lesson was!

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