Being a stay at home mum should be considered a career

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Let's first define career and understand what it means because by the definition alone we can easily categorize stay at home mum’s duties as a career

According to goggle
a career is an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.

Being a stay home mum is something a mother undertakes for a significant period that is from when she becomes a mother and there is a big room for progress because she learns every day and gets better so why can’t it be called a career.

I used to listen to stay at home mums on Instagram and Twitter complain a lot about how they are doing too much and it is exhausting sincerely I judged them cause I believed that a stay at home mum who claims she is doing A lot would not have time to tweet well I misjudged because today I clearly understood what they mean and I must say that stay home mum is not Appreciated enough or given enough respect .. it isn’t easy.

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My Mother-in-law has finished her omugwo(the practice in which a nursing mother and her baby is taken care of by a close family member) and my husband decided not to work from home today so no helping hands for me for the very first time and today of all days I had a lot to do from the laundry to some cooking and then organizing the house.
I succeeded in barely doing a handful because I had to ensure the baby was ok and safe at all
Time and at the same time trying to tick off some workload from my list. I felt spoilt because so far I have had the whole motherhood thing in the bag like a new professional but I only had it so easy because I had lots of help now that reality has set in, I know better

Motherhood is beautiful but being a full-time mum is not easy and not for the weak... just like every career path. That is why I have concluded that all mothers are working mum whether it in the office on a suitor in their pajamas in the house. so that myth of saying stay home mum watch tv all day should be erased from our mind cause today I forgot what entertainment felt like, there is no real downtime for stay-at-home mums too like those with the 9-5 jobs.

Just like an everyday job we define our career path by understanding our skills, knowing our values, then our experience well most times we learn on the job, the same way is our path defined as a stay home mum; determining how the home should go by creating routines or scheduled and defining the families values, learning more skills like personal development for the children’s growth and well being even to your spirituality.

Then the most important just like every career is to access and evaluate, this will help determine if you are getting better at what you do as a stay home mum.. we may not get a promotion just yet but a big part on the back and a huge relief is more than enough knowing your home is in a good place thanks to you.

I haven’t decided yet if I want to be a stay home mum or go back to a 9-5 job maybe it is too early to tell but whatever path I decided I wouldn’t see one path lesser than the other.