Tips For Stay-At-Home-Mom Burnout

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What is stay-at-home-mom burnout? 

Stay-at-home-mom burnout happens when we get tired of doing the same things over and over and over again. This can lead to difficulty getting up and being motivated to do what you want or need to do.

Stay-at-home-mom burnout is simply being burnt out from staying home daily with your children.

How can it affect our ability to parent peacefully? 

When we have burnout as stay-at-home moms, we may resent the jobs we have to do as a mom. We may start to feel stressed and overwhelmed by the burdens of being a stay-at-home mom, and we have a difficult time enjoying our children at the moment.

But just because you’re a stay-at-home mom does not mean you have to live with burnout. We can take steps to help ourselves enjoy our children to the fullest when we decide to stay at home with them.

6 tips for when you are experiencing SAHM burnout. 

Take a vacation or break. 

If you are a stay-at-home mom experiencing burnout, do not be afraid to take a break or a vacation.

Sometimes all you need is a break during the day to get away by yourself. Some of my favorite ways to do this are to run an errand to the store, sit in the car alone while my child is taking a class, read a good book, or work out at a gym.

Sometimes you need more than just a break during the day. When this happens, don’t be afraid to plan a short vacation or trip that does not involve your children.

It could be one night with your girlfriends. Or it could be a weekend getaway with your husband. Whatever it is, plan a vacation or be persistent with creating a time when you get a break during the day for just you.

Get outside/get exercising. 

Getting outside and getting fresh air can do wonders for your soul. If you’re starting to feel overwhelmed and can’t leave your kids, go for a walk with them.

Put them in the wagon or the stroller and walk around the block if the weather allows. Or start an exercise routine that involves being away from your children. Unless you enjoy working out with your children.

This can help you feel better because when we take care of our physical needs, we start feeling less stressed.

Change up your routine. 

I’m a big advocate for having a routine because it helps things go smoothly, especially when it comes to children.

But if you are experiencing burnout, sometimes all you need to do is change up your routine. Add a library or park day to your weekly activities. Or add a trip to the grandparent’s house on the weekends. Whatever it may be, add something you and your children will enjoy and change your routine during the week.

Write down your why and put it somewhere to see every day. 

You chose to be a stay-at-home mom for a reason. Sometimes when we’re in the middle of the trenches of motherhood, we tend to forget our whys. Write your why down somewhere and then place it where you can see it every day, so you remember why you are doing this.

Remember who you are outside of your kids/family. 

Sometimes we become overwhelmed and burnt out as stay-at-home moms because we forget who we are. We can start to feel like we are simply a mom and a wife and have no other identity.

Remembering who we are outside of our family can help. What are your passions? What are your hobbies? And What do you enjoy doing outside of your family?

Remember who you are, don’t lose your identity. This can help you combat stay-at-home mom burnout when you have something that you’re passionate about, a hobby that you enjoy doing and look forward to.

Don’t stay isolated/get out with a friend. 

When you are a stay-at-home mom, you can start to feel isolated because you are at home with your children all day by yourself.

When we feel isolated, we can start feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and lonely. Make it a priority to not be isolated. Find a mommy tribe. A mommy group that you can visit every week, somebody you can talk to, a friend that you can get coffee with, someone you can text regularly, or even a Facebook group of moms who will be there for you when you are feeling isolated and overwhelmed.

Being a SAHM is a blessing but can be a struggle. 

Being a stay-at-home mom can be a huge blessing. But being able to see your children grow and learn and become the little people God intended them to be, there is no bigger privilege, in my opinion.

However, just because you decided to be a stay-at-home mom does not mean it’s not hard. It does not mean that frustrations and stresses do not come with being a stay-at-home mom. It is possible to be burnt out. But you don’t have to stay burnt out as a stay-at-home mom.

You can take steps to help yourself be the best version of yourself that you can be so you can enjoy the little people God entrusted you with.

It doesn’t have to feel this way. You can be a peaceful and calm stay-at-home mom even when you’re in the trenches of motherhood.

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