I am just sitting down after a very busy day, and was thinking how many jobs us mums do on a daily/weekly basis, plus all the extra little things we do. How many hats do you wear each day?
Off the top of my head here are a few I do without thinking about
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Cook
I prepare breakfast, lunch and dinners every day, plus make bread, cakes, biscuits etc as extras to the daily food preparation. We take it as our role to shop for food and provide healthy meals for our kids.
Cleaner
Clean the house, there is always hoovering, mopping, dusting, kitchen to clean, bathroom to clean. Where there are kids there is also mess. Sometimes it seems like a never ending task.
Housekeeper
Have grouped, the food shopping, washing, ironing, changing beds etc into this category. No matter how much we try there is never an empty wash basket. You seem to be forever washing, then it is the sorting and putting it all away again.
Book-keeper/Accountant
Paying bills, budgeting, pocket money etc. Keeping control of your finances and making sure everything is paid, is one of the jobs I do find depressing
Taxi Driver
There are the school runs, driving the kids to their friends, parties or any other social event they need taking too. I am forever having to sort my social life around my daughters.
PA
Running their diaries, for sleepovers, parties, school assemblies, school trips, days out
Peacekeeper
If you have more than two children, you are always having to referee arguments and fights. If like in my house where you turn your back and they start.
Nurse
It is always Mum they want when they are ill, and we try to do our best to make them better
Councellor
When they come home from school, and have had an argument with their friend, and it is the end of the world
We do all this and more, daily without even thinking about it. Plus today I have also been a labourer, moving gravel from the front to the back garden and photographers assistant, as my husband was trying different lighting.
It is no wonder us mums, are stressed and tired at the end of the day. Just looking at all these jobs we do on a daily basis without even thinking.
Do not ever let anyone make you feel bad for just being a mum. Just remember how many hats you where in a day.
Ive never thought like this i’d say around 12
never really thought of it this way – could be upto 20 a day
When you think of what you do each day, it is a lot
So many – defo cleaner, taxi driver, organiser! and 100% peace keeper!
We are good at multi tasking
So many – defo cleaner, taxi driver, organiser! and 100% peace keeper!
No wonder we are so tired at the end of the day
Sometimes I realise I am very happy. Although my husband works full time from home, he actually takes on a lot more responsibility than me.
Cook- That definitely all me and preparing meals for the kids as well.
Cleaner- I say 30% me and 70% my husband as he is a much better cleaner than me
Housekeeper- I say 50-50 on this one as I am in charge of food shopping but whoever gets to it first will do the laundry and taking the bins down etc
Book-keeper/Accountant- He’s in charge of the bills as he’s the one bringing the income
Taxi Driver- TFL does that but it’s 50-50 on who pick the kids up or takes them places
PA- 50 50 too on this one as I plan the weekend activities but he is on point with all the school stuff
Peacekeeper- 50-50 on this too although he raises his voice far too much as I go for the quiet corner and calmer approach
Nurse- Dad likes being the nurse with his antiseptic spray ready to use in his man draw
Councellor- This is definitely me as dad has not got the patience for this, haha
I love how we share roles, C is older now but it is me she talks to rather than her Dad but will talk to us together. I am more the emotional one where as my husband is the practical one
don’t really wear hats at all – I find torn uncomgy
Mums are amazing and I remember wearing all those hats when my children were younger. I still wear some of them even though they are married and mums themselves, particularly counsellor
Give it yp for mums. I miss mine as she is late. They multi-task alot and they are just God on earth for us all. God bless all mums and keep then strong for us all. Many hats for sure.
Am so sorry to hear about your mum. I still rely on mine for support she helps me out so much
I can totally relate. I do carry different hat. Aside from our responsibilities in the family, I also have many hats to fulfill at work since I handle multiple clients. All together, just to give you a figure I think 20. 🙂
We juggle so much in a day it’s no wonder we are tired by the end of the day
You name it and we have done it as a mom. We wear more than one hat and we do it with love. That’s why it is so important to care for ourselves so we can continue to care for others.
You are right we do it all but often forget ourselves
Mums are just a wonder! They are simply amazing! They really do multitask and we cannot fail to appreciate that. Cheers to all mums out here!
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I had a meeting with someone at the Job Centre recently and created a CV. I said I’ve “just” been a mum for the last so many years and she listed all of these things and all the life experience I’ve had through doing them. I went from feeling I didn’t do much to feeling like I’ve achieved so much! x
We think we are just a mum and have nothing to offer until we look at what we actually do
What a great reminder to always appreciate our mums and help them as much as we can. Hope i can do this all one day when i have my own children 😊
You will do all this when you have your own it comes naturally
Yes these seem true to me. And I am a dad.
You forget ‘prison officer’.
Atleast that I probably what your kids might call you one day when you say ‘ No’
Oh yes there is prison officer as well 😊
That’s a lot of hats, mum! Make sure you take the time for self-care too.
It is a lot of hats but they are all needed
These are all correct I literally just stopped a fight my two boys and now have to already head up and start bedtime routines for the small before coming back and finish dinner for the rest so it’s not easy but that’s why we are the only ones who can where all these hats.
That is why us Mums are always tired, we do so much while carrying on doing the daily routine x