The Stigma of Being a SAHM

There is a extreme stigma when it comes to being a stay at home mother. Most working mothers and most men seem to think that the SAHM is like a constant vacation.
I hate to be the one to bust the bubble on this but it's NOT!
Yes, it's rewarding to care for your children but it's no picnic. You become their sole source of everything, at all hours of the day and night. That means you are on a 24/7/365 shift of being a nurse, chef, performer, maid, bather, dentist (I could go on until the internet was completely out of space) plus running all household errands, cooking and caring for your husband or significant other and cleaning the entire house usually by yourself all with no one to even say "you're doing a good job". Oh and did I mention the general lack of adult connection during all of this? Oh and heaven forbid that a SAHM need to take a break for anything, including her sanity (or even a restroom break). For thousands of years caring for an entire household in the above manners was multiple peoples jobs and caring for children was a job shared throughout the entire extended family of females or even across the entire village. Hence the term "it takes a village to raise a child".
In addition to being unappreciated for everything you do within the household and for your children, SAHMs then also have to deal with being looked down on by fellow mothers who are working. I've been on both sides of the coin. I was a fulltime working mother for five years and have also been a stay at home mother for about two years now. Both are difficult for different reasons, but society only scolds one of the choices.
I think mothers, all mothers, should support one another regardless of if they work in or out of the home, whether they formula feed or breastfeed, whether they use disposable or cloth diapers, regardless of choice to vaccinate or anything else that society says should separate us.
Before I forget, can I just ask why is it that when a woman is at home caring for the children, cooking meals, cleaning, etc. that it's expected and still "downtime" or a "vacation" but during those handful of hours a man may do the same things (or even just caring for his own children) he and the rest of society seem to think that he has somehow earned a reward? Is the job not the same regardless of who is the one doing it?
This is just some food for thought.

Best Place For Baby Registry?

Where is the best place to register for my baby shower?

(This will be short and simple)

Register everywhere you have available within a decent driving distance. Why within driving distance? Well, that's simple actually. Each store offers a unique bag of goodies for registering. Yep, that's right each store will offer you a goodie bag with samples and couples for registering but only if you register in store (or if you register online and then go to the front desk/customer service and tell them that you registered online and they are able to look it up. Be mindful when registering online as shower guests may not be able to have the registry pulled up in store. I have no idea why but it has been an issue I've dealt with multiple times when someone has registered online.) Once you've gone through and registered everywhere you'd like to then login to each registry and go through and figure out which one or two provide a combination of the best prices and products that you actually want or would use.Depending on your location and needs this is BuyBuyBaby, Babies R Us, Walmart, Target or one of those plus an online only store such as Amazon (which does not give away goodies but does offer a completion code for a percentage off any remaining items close to your due date).

Why is it important to get the free goodies and coupons?
Babies are expensive and each baby likes slightly difference things aka they are picky (ask any mom whose child uses a pacifier).

What is Too Cute Tots?

What is Too Cute Tots?

Too Cute Tots is a blog about gear and toys for babies, toddlers and adolescents. The day-to-day of raising our precious kiddos. We also post kid friendly recipes and crafts of occasion.

I also have a Facebook page in support of this blog and in support of parents everywhere. We encourage our fans to use our Facebook page to ask questions for advice or support from fellow parents.

We will be doing giveaways on this blog and on our Facebook page. I will also post links to fellow blogger pages or company pages if they are doing a giveaway that I feel may interest my fans.