The truth is being home alone with kids 27/4 is very lonely. Why?
Because you have no one to have REAL conversations with through the day. You’re always focused on kids’ things such as deciding what show to watch or making toys talk.
You crave adult interaction. Not just text interaction with your mom friends or family; REAL talking.
This craving makes you feel alone and forces you to doubt your self-worth. You stare out the window and wonder how can you escape.
Because the bottom line is it’s so lonely in a house with kids 24/7.
Look, I’m not saying we don’t like spending time with our kids and don’t feel grateful for having this opportunity. What I am saying is it’s overwhelmingly lonely at times.
Sometimes, you just want a real conversation. It’s only human nature. Everyone needs interaction, so why wouldn’t a mom need this too?
It’s normal.
It’s funny, all day you long for your hubby to come home from work so you can talk about adult things, but the first words out of his mouth are usually “What happened today” so you just end up talking about the kids all night.
Because that’s your life now and you don’t know what else to talk about.
Then by the time the kids are all snuggled in bed, all you want to do is lay down and be alone. Yes, you yearned for a real conversation all day but now you’re too drained to actually have one.
You just want to be alone and fade away into the night because you know tomorrow is a new day and this cycle will repeat.
Hopefully the next day you have a play date or plans outside the house, so you can get some adult interaction.
If not, good luck and remember you’re not truly alone. There are other moms like you and you’ve got the little rugrats running around to keep you company.
It may feel like you’re the only one going through this, but you’re not..
Enjoy the time you have with your kids – even when you’re lonely – because before we know it, aloneness will have a whole new meaning.
So hang in there, Mama. You got this!