When we first found out that we were having a baby, we were baffled, confused and overwhelmed. We had been married for 2 months and both Mr. Bacon Bringer Homer and I had demanding careers. Our work schedules were all over the place. Mr. BBH was the first of us to get a consistent schedule and since I was a event marketing director having any semblence of a traditional schedule was inconceivable. Our 2-some, now referred to by the general public as DINK's (Dual Income No Kids) was about to change and we weren't really that "into" changing our lifestyle. Sure, having a baby was going to change our home life, but our working life, we weren't willing to compromise our livelyhood. But as life happens things change. I got laid off 8.5 months pregnant and learned that by staying home and collecting unemployment, we would actually make more money a month than if I was still working and we had to pay for daycare. So it was a no-brainer for us. We were going to ride the unemployment gravy train until it ran out and I had to start working again. Well unemployment ran out, I couldn't find a job in the current market and we had to make it work. Funny how a traumatic experience and life's greatest blessing collide.
When Monk was 2 month's old, he needed out of the house, heck I needed out of the house. We were the second couple in our circle of friends to have a child and well the only ones in our area. So we joined a Stay at Home mom's group. It has been the most wonderful experience for both of us. Monk has made some great playmates and learned from so many other children that have come into our lives. I have made some really great mom friends that the sharing life's experiences of motherhood brought us together. Had we not have been "forced" into becoming a one-income household, Monk and I would be a a different place, and our circles with these families probably would never have collided.
Mr. Bacon Bringer Homer's profession requires him to work non-traditional hours. There is no concept of 9-5 in our household. Some of the other families that we have met share our non-traditional family hours. Our children go to bed late, sleep in during the morning hours so that we can have some semblence of family time at night. Mostly this time is so that we can all sit down together and share supper, but there has to be a way that we can incorporate more. Not necessarily more activities on our plate, but more togetherness. We do not want our children to think that it is perfectly normal to eat supper, watch some tv, and go to bed. For some people that method of togetherness is fine, but for shaping the minds of our household...not so much.
Our quest for January and throughout 2012 will be to incorporate more family fun time throughout the week and not only on the weekends. This past weekend was a great family fun weekend, but our family is suffering in the getting to really enjoy each other throughout the week. As our children get older, we want them to know that there is always a time for them rather than them thinking that watching tv is more important than what they think and want to share.
When Monk was 2 month's old, he needed out of the house, heck I needed out of the house. We were the second couple in our circle of friends to have a child and well the only ones in our area. So we joined a Stay at Home mom's group. It has been the most wonderful experience for both of us. Monk has made some great playmates and learned from so many other children that have come into our lives. I have made some really great mom friends that the sharing life's experiences of motherhood brought us together. Had we not have been "forced" into becoming a one-income household, Monk and I would be a a different place, and our circles with these families probably would never have collided.
Mr. Bacon Bringer Homer's profession requires him to work non-traditional hours. There is no concept of 9-5 in our household. Some of the other families that we have met share our non-traditional family hours. Our children go to bed late, sleep in during the morning hours so that we can have some semblence of family time at night. Mostly this time is so that we can all sit down together and share supper, but there has to be a way that we can incorporate more. Not necessarily more activities on our plate, but more togetherness. We do not want our children to think that it is perfectly normal to eat supper, watch some tv, and go to bed. For some people that method of togetherness is fine, but for shaping the minds of our household...not so much.
Our quest for January and throughout 2012 will be to incorporate more family fun time throughout the week and not only on the weekends. This past weekend was a great family fun weekend, but our family is suffering in the getting to really enjoy each other throughout the week. As our children get older, we want them to know that there is always a time for them rather than them thinking that watching tv is more important than what they think and want to share.
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