A moment of sanity
Posted on August 24, 2007 in the Home Business, Parenting, Stay At Home Dad category
It is a rarity in my house, at least as of late, that I get to experience the serenity of quiet. Usually what happens around nap time is that one will fall asleep while the other stays awake for a while. When I finally get the other to sleep, the first one wakes up and proceeds to wake the one that just went down.
This leap frog of sleeping can go on for hours on some days. Today, through divine intervention or dumb luck, both have gone to sleep at the same time . . . . Part of me wants to take a nap with them, however, with so much that needs to be done (as in any household) I need to stay awake. Not to mention that I actually need to get work done - as in my business needs my attention.
I am learning (very slowly - I am a man after all 
to strike a delicate balance between being a stay at home dad and working from home. When we first found out that my wife was pregnant we decided that someone would be staying home. Because of various factors, it ended up being me. We desperately wanted our children to be raised by us - not by a baby sitter.
Initially things were rather easy - with one child that is. The entire dynamic changed with my second son. So much more time has to be spent with both of them now that it severely cuts into the time that I used to spend on the business. I have to keep reminding myself that they need to come first - after all it was my choice to do things this way. It has been a struggle - but only because I am a bit stubborn and inflexible at times. Things are getting easier now that I have created a bit of routine which is completely against my nature.
Getting and staying focused has proved to be the biggest challenge. I have learned that I need to take advantage of any “spare time” that I can find - but it is very difficult to change gears from daddy to small business owner in the span of a couple of minutes. Sometimes it is so frustrating that, just as soon as I get focused on work, one of the children will need my attention. All I can do is just remind myself why we are doing this and know that it will get easier as time goes on.
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