The Unemployed Mom

Pull-Ups Potty Ambassador

I have been holding back on this announcement until my first official post went live. The Unemployed Mom is the newest Pull-Ups Potty Ambassador! Instead of duplicating my introduction post, please click on the following link to see it live on the Pull-Ups Facebook page.
Come follow us on our potty training journey! It’s going to [...]

Things I Said I’d Never Do As A Parent

Before having a child of my own, I used to see parents doing things with their little ones and I’d laugh at them. I thought, I’d never do that as a parent. Well, guess what…reality hit and I do some of those exact things! Here are a few that came to mind.

Riding on amusement park rides [...]

Working Moms

The Unemployed Mom blog focuses on the life of a Stay At Home Mom (SAHM), but I wanted to take a moment and talk about working moms. For 8 weeks of my son’s life (weeks 12 – 20), I worked full-time while he went to daycare. Not only was that tough mentally because complete strangers [...]

What Does A SAHM Do?

I find it amusing that some people think a Stay At Home Mom (SAHM) does nothing all day long. While we may not have a written job description, we do have a very important obligation which is taking care of our children. My blog title “The Unemployed Mom” is a complete oxymoron, which is typically [...]

Play Room

I know I have mentioned in a previous post that parents of babies need to take advantage of confining toys and play pens, but I just wanted to stress this again. My son is a toddler and trust me when I say he is into everything. I thought it was bad when he crawled everywhere, [...]

Technology and Parenthood

What would parents do without modern technology? When my son was born, my family was able to see him from our hospital room via Skype. If you haven’t used Skype, you are missing out! It is a free internet video conferencing tool that allows you to not only talk to your family, but also see them [...]

Birth Experience

I am jealous of birth stories when a mom gets to see and hold her baby immediately after delivery. I remember when I was pregnant, I used to imagine what that moment would be like. I would close my eyes and try to picture my newborn son being placed on my chest as the tears [...]