Adjusting to Life as a Stay at Home Mom

I now have a completely different outlook on stay at home moms. Its harder than it looks! Not only is it about taking care of a child 24/7 but its keeping up the home as well. I have had the hardest time with managing my time and organizing to make up a routine that works well for everyday life. Let's just say this takes time! Just to give you an image of what it looks like when you don't quite have your routine down, here it goes! I've had dinner going on the stove, the baby crying in her bouncy seat, the vacuum in the middle of the floor, laundry that needs to be switched over and folded and of course the dog needs to go out! Until the baby gets on her routine, you have no routine. It took me some time to figure this out. Now she is on a routine as far as sleeping through the night getting up, eating, playtime, eating, nap, eating, etc. I delegate days to do laundry and clean so its not all piled up at once! When she is napping I use the time clean up the kitchen, cook, or take some quiet time for myself. It's starting to all come together and it is a relief to look around and see a clean house, happy baby and dinner on the table!