I have a 16 month old son. I work overnights because it works for my mom who keeps him while I work at night. He goes to daycare during the day. I have weekends off which at first I thought would be great thing. I figured I would spend more time with my son with me having Saturday and Sunday off. You know, go for walks to the park and just take strolls and get him outside but when I get off Saturday morning, although I’m off that Saturday night, I still am too tired to do anything. When I get home Saturday morning, my son is wide awake and with him being in his curious toddler stage he only takes one short nap a day and that’s the most sleep I get after working all night. So, I spend my Saturday with him in the house. I play with him, I read to him, I sing with him nursery rhymes etc and I always plan to take him out on nice days but my body has is always too tired to live up to it. I’m working on getting my shift changed and still having weekends off to actually go out and have fun mom and son time with my him. Right now, it’s not working out that way.
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Does this make me a lazy/bad mom?
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A kid is always going to miss out if you are a single parent.
Do you feel like a bad mom?
No. Considering I never planned to have my son but I accepted my pregnancy and chose to be a mom and accept responsibility of raising him. My instincts to care, love and provide for him kicked in the moment I held him. As corny as that may sound but that’s real. I think I may just focus too much on being the perfect mom when I know realistically, I can’t be because I am only human.