I've been a SAHM for 4 years and 2 months and I am....BORED!!! yes, it has finally happened this year.
Up until now i have loved every minute of being home with my boys, and i truly appreciate that i am able to be a SAHM, but something has just clicked in me this year and i have started getting bored. maybe it is because they are a lot easier now, in that i don't have a newborn anymore that needs constant feeding and sleeping iykwim?
ds1 goes to kinder for 2 x 2 hour sessions a week but as you can imagine that time goes very quickly. i also have ds2 during this 'break' anyway so it does not feel like much of a break. Apart from this time, the childcare is all on me. dh works long hours 6 days a week.
i go to playgroup and swimming lessons to try to fill in some time. i also catch up with friends whenever i can. it just feels like ground hog day sometimes...and it is relentless with no weekends.
i don't know what the point of this post is...i guess i just needed to get it out. i don't want to sound ungrateful for what i have, but i guess i just need to express how I'm feeling and see if anyone else is/has gone through a similar period.
i find myself getting caught up with weird needs- i think it's just to give my brain something to focus on- like having another baby (which i honestly don't really want), or buying a new house or a new car or moving to another state. i don't think i actually want any of these things, i honestly just think it stems from boredom, from wanting to occupy myself.
thanks for letting me get it out.