From Full Time Working Woman to Full Time Mom

Working full time can be an exhausting affair, however as much time that it takes up, it leaves you 3 times as much time for personal time. A week consist of 168 hours and you only are spending 40 hours working and 56 hours sleeping. In the event that you put in some overtime there is the payoff on your paycheck. You can plan your days around your shifts even if they vary, because you will know what they are going to be ahead of time. You look forward to your "Friday," even if it isn't an actual Friday, and having a "weekend" off from work. It might be stressful but it does come to an end. You do at the end of the day get to punch out.

When you leave the working world to become a full time mom you may find it is very different. It feels like you will get a lot more done since you are no longer traveling as much, going to and from work. Plus new babies have a reputation of sleeping a lot, leading a lot of moms to think they will have all the time they need to get everything done. However this is not always the case. Every baby is different but they all get hungry and that is what gets them up day and night. This being said you realize that a mom never clocks out, there is no overtime because you work the whole 168 hours a week.

Still there are some things to help simplify your day. Thinking back to when you worked full time, and how you were able to still cook, clean and keep up with laundry and dishes, it may feel that there will be plenty of time to do all that and more. Then you realize that there are not a lot of times when your baby does not need you. The thing to remember is that you can get any task done, it is likely though that you will be interrupted.

* Do the dishes in smaller amounts. If your baby goes down for a nap, wash up what is there, instead of waiting till the end of the day. Loading the dishwasher only takes a minute, so doing that when ever you get a chance will keep your kitchen refreshing to walk into.

* If you like to clean your bathroom once a week, try and do it on a day where either your partner will be home or you will have family over to visit the baby. This kind of cleaning is hard to walk away from, so it helps if there is someone there to watch the baby.