Exactly What Does a Stay-at-Home Mother Do All Day Long

Great video as always. I’ve been asked so many times what I do as a sahm. I’ve responded I sit on my butt, twiddle my thumbs and watch tv all day. That’s what you think i do right? The look on their face was priceless. Lol. My kids are both in school now and I still feel like I have a never ending day.

I love how honest you are. I’ve been both a working mom and a sahm and I definitely think it’s WAY harder to be the latter. I love my kiddos and being able to be there for literally everything, but I have ZERO and I mean zero adult interaction. It’s quite a transition that you are going through and your kiddos are happy and well taken care of and at the end of the day, that’s all that really matters. “Cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow for babies grow up we’ve learned from our sorrow, so quiet down cobwebs dust go to sleep, I’m rocking my baby and babies don’t keep!” You are doing great mama so please ease up on yourself ��

Hey Brianna, I think sometime we are harder on ourselves than anyone else could be. We as women put a lot of pressure on ourselves to do it all and do it right. I’m hear to tell you that just do the best you can and don’t think your not doing it good enough. I know I’m great at saying what I didn’t get done vs what I did. I’m trying to really work on that. I loved it when Landon busted him grandfather for going to McDonalds! So Funny! ����

Which type of parent has it harder doesn’t have a general answer. You can’t even really compare the different types. Being a SAHM is exhausting and isolating. Being a work from home mom is hectic and time consuming. Being a work away from home (WAH) mom is stressful and tiring. Being any of these moms while single or solo is overwhelming because they have to do (almost) everything themselves most or all of the time.

Every family’s dynamic and circumstances are different as well. Some families have 1 child while others have 4. Some make $100k while some make $30k. Some families have multiple special needs and/or neurodivergent kids. Some have kids with health issues. Some families have nannies, babysitters, or regular help from family. There’s no way to accurately compare a family with 2 chronically ill kids, a babysitter and 2 WAH parents making 70k to a family with 1 healthy kid, no outside help, a WAH parent and a SAH parent making 50k. Each family has plenty of blessings and obstacles.

There shouldn’t be any comparisons, outside of people analyzing their PERSONAL journeys, of course.

I am not sure if you were aware of it being bad to sit in the w shape for a little one. I noticed You corrected her,when she sat like that so I assume so. I never even realized how much my toddlers tries and sits like that until after I learned that Info. So I’m always correcting the way she sits. Lol

Loved this one, again!! Suggestion/question; Is there any way to “turn down” the music while you’re speaking like while you were doing dishes?

Oh, it is hard to be a homemaker/housewife/stay at home mom. Sometimes it is so hard to get anything done.

My name is Michelle Lynn Tackett. I am a full-time homemaker and mother. I love cooking, cleaning, reading, playing games, arts, entertainment, reading and fashion. I love writing blogs about homemaking and entertainment.

Just finished my masters degree and I want to be home with my son, making that choice and gonna figure the rest out. Being a mom is my most important job.

I can’t even hear what you’re saying on these videos when there is music playing over top of your voice! Love watching you both interact, it’s so adorable ��

I was washing and putting dishes away while watching this! I have a spoon holder that just has the spoon head and no handle so it only takes up the same space as your leaf. I keep it on the side of my oven and that way I can keep my candle on the oven too. I’d love to see your evening relaxing routine after the girls have gone to bed. ��

CCC JE SUIS UNE maroccaine qui te suis depuis une annee… j adore tes video tes routine tes vlog meme si je comprend pas la moitie:(

Awesome video. I’m a mum of a 3.5 yr old daughter and 3 month old son. I’m a working stay at home mum and it really a full day. No time to be bored and these video’s I watch on YouTube is usually while I’m doing another task like cleaning up my kitchen or house of an evening to get me through that last little bit of the day before I head to bed also.
PS……I might be wrong but I think Dyson make an attachment safe enough to vacumm your dog. Sounds crazy but I have definitely seen it SOMEWHERE on the crazy wide web

And when they get divorced the husband will have to kick up 50%+ a year in alimony, yet these same idiots want their wives to stay at home

i think all depends how much money your spouse is making no money no funny honey, in my country ( slovakia),in most marriages both parents are working because they have to one salary simply doesnt cover really decent life for whole family. BUT after birth, one spouse can stay /doesnt have to / with child until is 3 yrs old / some money are paid from goverment for that time / so most of parents use this 3 yrs parenting time.

I would move the knife block over and put the spoon rest next to the stove closer to the backsplash. That’s how it looks in my kitchen.:)

Xoxo

I think most people aren’t worried about sacrificing a nicer car or vacation to have a parent stay at home. I personally feel like it’s not financially feasible for many to have a stay at home parent at all.

Loved the Vlog. Landon and Presley are absolutely adorable. Landon is such a great big brother to Presley. Off the topic…. just wondering if you remember where you got your candle holders sitting above your fireplace.

Here from Argentina. Love you!!!That is my dilema since I got pregnant. Im an engineer and love to work and learn new stuff.Fortunatelly, in my job, they let me work 4 hours with same salary for a year after my son’s birth. Now thanks to quarantine Im doing home office. Its hard! Please answer me

I love the pictures above your bed! I’ve been wanting to add some pictures to our bedroom and wedding photos are such a great idea! And yes I’m clearly binge watching your channel today! Love your videos!

Looks like a full day to me. It’s funny how people think certain things. When I used to work from home, my neighbors thought I didn’t have a job, even though I told them I worked 2 jobs.

Thanks so much Bri!
I have been watching many DITL vid from many vlogger and to me yours suit my preferences so so well!
I love that you showed us we can have terrible cooking day! Haha. Sometimes when we’re trying to be very productive, and things as simple as the meal is a disaster can turn us upside down haha.
I also super loveeee how you managed your me time (getting dressed, working out) to make sure that it doesn’t clash with your kids and family time.
I am a working mom but have been staying home for 4 months now since the pandemic, working from home put pressure on me coz I have 2 bosses to entertain if u know what I mean. Ohh and I am also doing PG studies, so yeah that too. Please do more video of you being cool mom and wife while still keeping all your sanity with you hehe.
Love from Malaysia.

Will someone write something for this woman where she just gets to be as fucking real, fully dimensional and brilliant as she truly is!!!!!?

Thank you for acknowledging one of many positive choices women can make and still be great parents. I never looked down on working mothers, yet I often was criticized for staying home and leaving a lucrative but demanding career. It is always nice to hear, even 18 years later, that I was not alone.

I feel like you missed all the chaos that comes with having young kids. If it was only a matter of cooking and cleaning, that’s fine. What makes it so much harder is the tantrums and the messy toys and the hands on together play and the outside time and the cleaning up after outside time, etc.

I’m a mum who works from home and my daughter goes to daycare 3 days a week. I find the two days she’s here hard because I am trying hard to work a full day while being a mum and then the days she’s gone I work so hard because I’m trying to get the most in. It’s a balancing act, so so so hard, but you do what you have to for your babies! Your doing a great job, also on your last video where you started your day with something fun in a trip to the park that was so helpful, I am trying now to do the same:)

Both situations are tough for different reasons. I can see how working moms could be envious of SAHM’s because we are with our kids all day but tbh I get envious sometimes of my friends who don’t stay at home with their kids all day because when they come home they are excited to see their kids. Whereas I’m with my son literally 24-7 except 3 hours a week and this has been the case for 3 years. (I’ve had a few date nights with my hubs and gone to the dentist and when he was younger made some grocery trips alone). When I get to experience longing to see him I cherish it. Anyway he is crawling on me and asking for breakfast so I hope what I wrote makes sense but I gotta go lol.

I congratulate you for the decision that worked for your family. I wish I was able to do so… everyone has to make the decision of what’s best for their family. Love ❤️ this!

Loved the video! Trying to establish a routine with a 3.5 year old and 5 week old ������

Also, what moisturizer was that in the video?

I’m 18 and I will have baby in 9 days (planned c-section) and I don’t know what to do. I don’t wanna rely on his money. I haven’t graduated high school or anything.

I felt as if you hugged me so tight here omg. This is EXACTLY how I feel all my words everything I’ve ever felt you just said. Thank you so much for sharing I needed this.

I worked part time for a year when I had my daughter. I worked three days a week and it was perfect. I have a high stressful, very fast paced job, and thrive on challenge and challenging work goals, so although I always dreamed of being a SAHM, I don’t know that I could have done it and stayed happy mentally. Unfortunately, I had to go back to work full time because I am the breadwinner, but if I had to pick and could find the right job that kept me challenged, part time would absolutely be my dream. I also think it’s good to get the kids out socializing with other kids so if no daycare, I’d definitely get them in early preschool or something, especially if they are shy. I stayed home with my mom and siblings and of course had neighbors, but I was super shy and feel like my social skills suffered because I never got out in a setting that had a lot of other kids.

I’m confused, you’re youngest son was born in 2008 and you were on Big Bang Theory from 2010-2019, is that right? So you were a stay at home mum for 2 years?

Thanks for posting! I can never seem to do anything without my toddler screaming/crying the moment I walk away from her! How do you manage to keep them entertained while you do dishes, etc?

I enjoy your video so much! You are such an amazing mom/woman! You dont need make up or even changed clothes, you are beautiful all natural! I’m glad to see you spend time with your LO!! Keep up the awesome work! Tip: you should watch out for the way little Sydney sits, it could be bad for her knees long term! ��❤

My girlfriend is making me watches this. Saying: “ You never watch my videos!” So here I am commenting; any other guys watching this?

I wish I could be a Perfectionist and motivated. I’m the opposite…. so frustrating. I have 5 kids and I cannot keep up with a clean everything like this. I keep watching with hope. You rock

I’ve done both and a working mom is much harder hands down. The stress a person endures all day and then having to come home to take care of the household is hard.

Hi Mayim,
I’m a mom of six children and I worked through all my pregnancies. I felt like I was that “super mom” that could balance family and work life. I took my kids to practically all of their doctor’s appointments, showed up for every parent-teacher conferences, award ceremonies, and other school related activities. Took my kids to sports, music lessons, and don’t forget the beach. And as if this wasn’t enough, I opened my heart and our home to a Foster teen. All this while still holding down a career. Until last year (2019), my health caught up to me. My husband never supported the idea of me being a stay home mom, until now. With my health in bad shape and COVID hanging around, he finally allowed me to stay home. Now I’m homeschooling our younger kids and trying to grow my YouTube channel to help inspire other parents to keep moving forward no matter what obstacles life throws at them. I am so happy to have found your channel. Thank you for being real and brightening up my days! ❤️ Rae

You need to revamp you expectations and your to do list. More important to take the time with the kids then doing big organization projects. Break down your projects into smaller obtainable goals. As the kids grow you will continue to hit milestones and transitions but this time is special but yes draining both physical and mentally. Doing outing and play dates with other kids and adults is very important to all of you.

Birth control misstep resulted in my little one being born in the middle of my neuroscienc PhD journey. I also wanted to have a lot of kids, but kept pushing it off because I knew once I had kids, they’d have my undivided attention. I didn’t want to miss anything. So, I dropped out of my program and had a 2nd kid right away (I wanted siblings close together so they would be besties.) I’ve been nursing for 3 and half years. �� I love spending time with my babies, but I do want my boobs back, and my bed back. I barely slept before (when I was working on 2 science degrees in 4 years while working full time and jumping right into a PhD), but atleast the 4 hours a night I slept were SOLID. Lucky to get 2 solid hours now. I remind myself how much I’ll miss this stage as a method to get me through. I do feel worthless and panicked if I think about how I should be in a post doc right now. But I think I’d regret missing out on my kids’ development more than I’ll regret missing out my career development.

You’re super sweet! I like watching your content I can completely relate to you! I have an MBA and I am a SAHM and I read an article that said being a SAHM is hard because its so under appreciated there is no monthly review of benchmarking your progess….it’s a daily struggle of trying to figure out if you are doing the whole thing right. Everyone always says if you are questioning it you are doing it right:) You’re doing a good job mama!

I love that you made this video. Being a SAHM you’re basically still working and so many people don’t understand it. I always explain, I worked in a daycare before becoming a mom. I got PAID to play with other people’s kids. Now I stay at home and play with my only child, but that’s wrong to some people �� I’ll never get it. But I’m the same way with high expectations. You’ll figure out a schedule mama. Prolly just in time for you to go back to work ����‍♀️����

oh god when she was crying because she want you to read the book���� i have the same problem with my kid and i cant say no ☹️ i hope i can be like you some day

I just love this! I have always been a fan of yours (also told quite often that i looked like blossom) thank you for this video, when I was younger I felt more like a failure than a success because I chose not to pursue a career. I love being a stay at home mom, and always wanted to be one, but often felt I had to justify my decision and apologize for feeling that was best for my children. I no longer feel this way, but it is still so validating to see a smart, talented woman who unapologetically chose to be a mom above all else. ❤️

Tough choice but parallels the choice my wife and I made. Our kids are now having kids. I as the workaholic missed all the things you got to enjoy as did my wife. My kids truly appreciated having my being there. You are so dead on about our culture stressing material nonsense. Still i sent my kids through Ohio State and they had no debt. I had a well paying job but it was still tight especially putting 4 kids through OSU. I just wish i could have seen more events like gymnastics baseball etc

I love this video and the message it sends to women, that it is okay to be a mom and raise your children. I stayed home with my children until all of them started school, and then only worked during the hours they were at school. I was off to pick them up, off all weekends, holidays, vacations, and during the summer. And no I did not have a teaching job. I just made it clear that my children having their mother came before their mother having a job. Having a husband who supports me staying with our children is a huge blessing. Financially staying home with my 4 children made way more sense than working just to give my whole check to someone else to take care of my children. So if you are able to stay home with your kids I urge you to try it, No on will love and care for your children the way that you will.

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I think one of the biggest reasons you are such a good mom and Sydney is so smart and good at eating is because you use snacks like most moms use tv and I l o v e that

Both are difficult. Staying home is a never ending job… Going to work you get a sanity break for 8 hours just to miss your baby and come home to more work. I worked from home with my child at home for 2 years and it was the most difficult thing I have ever done. I would have mental breakdowns daily and it was almost impossible to juggle everything at once.

You have an adorable daughter. My son is 17months I think me and him speak different languages I can’t get him to give me even a second i do everything trying to entertain him with no success everyday

I love this video! It is so honest. I think especially with very young kids it is very tiring to be a stay at home mom. Remember that you have been dealing with a lot of stress, God may be wanting you to take this time to recover and rest so you will be ready for your new job. Scale back your to do list and don’t be so hard on yourself. Ten years from now no one will remember whether or not you got everything done on your list. The bonds you are strengthing with your kids are what really will matter in the end.

Good for you! Aren’t children’s values set by age five or six? Don’t you want them to have yours and your husbands “family value plan” set in them by you and only you? If you are fortunate enough to be able to afford raising your children you are a very lucky woman. Believe me YouTube will still be around.

Thank you for sharing your successes AND failures!!! I’m so glad I’m not the only one who has had to tell everyone, “Don’t eat it. It’s terrible. We’ll order pizza.” lol!!!!

You’re doing a fantastic job in all that you do, and you have a really clear idea of what you need to do in order to move forward. You’re aware that you need to give yourself grace and time to adjust etc. I’ve only been a SAHM and not a working one, so I can only imagine the latter. However, I’m sure if I switched to a working mom it would be quite difficult as well just as an adjustment! On the flip side, I will say that being a SAHM to twins, ������‍♀️����‍♀️������������, has been THE hardest job I have ever had..and I was a preschool teacher! So, with all that being said, being a parent — especially a mom — is just fricken hard, so definitely go easy on yourself. Rest assured that you are doing your very best, and that is more than enough! Also, can’t wait for the upcoming Disneyland vlogs! We are a Disney family over here ����! Love your videos girl!

Just one small thing let’s not forget that dads also have a role to play in parenting. I feel that too many people talk about stay-at-home parenting as if it’s only the mom’s prerogative and responsibility, so I would love to see content shifting from stay-at-home mom to stay-at-home parent so men can also start seeing themselves more in that role, and us women can accept it as a valid option more intuitively as well. Other than that, thanks Mayim for this perspective it’s always interesting to hear about the life choices of an accomplished professional.

i liked your video and noticed i was 559th like so i logged into my other account to make that 560. Keep up the great work! love videos like this!

Being stay at home mom clesning hole intire house top to bottom getting boys bathed clothes on one at bus stop one running around house and strolling grocery store cooking breakfast lunch dinner sweeping moping laundry oince week brush teeth on top of that mini trips weekend and park then trying spot clean while cooking and maintaining family get along as for relationship as well worry about weight doing hair im on my feet at seven tile seven with kids depends on the parent u r not who works in a job being a mom is a big job which we don’t get appreciated for

I LOVE hearing your thoughts on this!! I’m also a working mom and I’ve constantly gone back and forth about staying at home vs working! It seems like it’s a constant internal battle that a lot of moms have. Some days I want to be at work and some days I want to be at home! I don’t know what I want! Lol. I love working and my job but it’s also so hard to leave my daughter every single morning. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! ❤️