As a stay at home mom of four children, one a toddler, I find myself often horribly isolated. I can go whole days of speaking, really speaking, to no one. Sure, I've got the midget with me and then when the older kids get home and then sporadically talking to my husband, but a real conversation....nope. Not really. When Ryan leaves my eyes are barely pried open and then when he comes home - it's like a couples dance as to which parent goes where with which child or handles which duty and it's talking as we pass each other.
I get lonely. Sure, I strike up conversations with the check out ladies at Kroger, the bank teller at the drive-thru, random strangers at Goodwill, and 'chat' with people on fb, but it's not the same. I know this time will pass, but right now I'm just floating in a toddler world.
And I know there are mom groups but I'm not really that kind of mom. I'm on child number four, not my first. I really don't want to chat about the basics (sleep deprivation, breast feeding, sleep issues, what food to try, etc), I want to talk politics and organization ideas and education and oh I don't know, stuff that doesn't necessarily focus on the basic primal needs of my children.
I don't miss 'working' but I do miss adult interaction. So the next time you run into me, maybe suggest a good book you've enjoyed or a class you might take or really...quite honestly....anything. Mommy needs grown-up time.
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