Its funny, you wouldn't think so, but doing home daycare is the most isolating job I've ever done. I can't handle being stuck in my house/on my property all day because I a) have too many little ones to safely take anywhere and b) have a little boy who cannot handle any sort of change in routine. Makes me go batty! That's one of the main reasons why I'm done with daycare in a few weeks when I have my baby, I get too lonely and depressed!
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I understand lonely.I have recently had my license revoked due to an assistant's mess-up. I may never get it back. We live in a fairly small town and everyone in town knows everyone else. My former assistant knows lots of people, and they have waged war on me. So I sit in my house all day long, no one to talk to, nothing to do but wait to see what the state is going to do to me. I fear I am developing a fairly serious case of agoraphobia.
Thank you for letting me put in my one and a half cents here.- Flag
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Me too!!!
Wow! I thought I was the only one who felt this way! I'm a member of a provider organization but most of the members are certified and can come and go as they please since they have assistants. I can't even go to a Dr. appt!! I never anticipated when I decided to do this that I would feel this lonely and depressed. I went from being a sahm who had other sahm friends to go to the gym with, meet for coffee, and I volunteered at my kids school and now.........nothing. I don't even have the same friends because they're still "living the dream" I once lived. I just can't afford NOT to work and I need to be here when my kids get home from school. I am so glad I found this forum. There is LIGHT at the end of this dark, isolated tunnel!- Flag
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Wow! I thought I was the only one who felt this way! I'm a member of a provider organization but most of the members are certified and can come and go as they please since they have assistants. I can't even go to a Dr. appt!! I never anticipated when I decided to do this that I would feel this lonely and depressed. I went from being a sahm who had other sahm friends to go to the gym with, meet for coffee, and I volunteered at my kids school and now.........nothing. I don't even have the same friends because they're still "living the dream" I once lived. I just can't afford NOT to work and I need to be here when my kids get home from school. I am so glad I found this forum. There is LIGHT at the end of this dark, isolated tunnel!
I have a helper and I still can't leave for appointments. It's the hardest part of this job to me.- Flag
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sorry to hear that tyger, but you are lucky. I always say if dh and i split, i will never have another man again.
your son is 9? he is most definitely old enough to help out!.
my 6 yo helps fold and put away laundry, 6 and 5 yo do dishes, all 3 sweep and mop, etc.
they are helpful, but often not the greatest help as I have to redo.
DS and I will be discussing ways to EARN his allowance soon.- Flag
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