Lessons I Learned as a Stay at Home Mom & Wife

Being a Wife and a Stay at Home Mom (SAHM) is one of those things in life that has a steep learning curve. We make mistakes and hopeful learn from them and change our behavior; sometimes we don’t. Throughout the beginning of my marriage and motherhood journey, I have made a few mistakes. Some of these have become stories my (ex)husband loves to tell to embarrass me. So, I figured I would put them all out there for everyone to read instead of giving him the pleasure. Enjoy!

Sometimes, men were brought up to store things in the oven. Specifically, pizza boxes with left over pizza in them. If your husband likes to do this and you didn’t know, you may end up smoking yourself out of the house. This is a very dangerous fire hazard. Don’t even bother asking him to stop after you almost burn the house down because “that’s where you’re supposed to put the leftover pizza”. Apparently, there is an unwritten rule about checking the oven before you turn it on. Who knew people used an oven for something other than cooking!

Since rice is cooked by absorbing liquid, it is best to cook it in water and separate from whatever liquid you are using to flavor your meat. Especially if you are using some kind of orange, mango, pineapple juice to create a concoction you have never made before in the slow cooker. The rice will be flavored, and potent I might add. You may have to order take out or pop a frozen pizza in the oven; but don’t leave the box in the oven!

When a recipe calls for something like 3 cups of rice, it is referring to the amount of cooked rice not uncooked rice. If you put 3 cups of uncooked rice in a pot and cook it expecting to come out with 3 cups of cooked rice, you will be very shocked. Rice actually expands to 3 times its uncooked size once it is cooked. Repeat after me, rice expands a lot!

So, you and your husband both got brand new shirts for Christmas. That’s great! Go ahead and wash them so that you can wear them as soon as possible. But, if one is white and the other is a bright hunting orange, you should probably do two separate loads of laundry. If you don’t, that new white shirt is going to become a new tie-dye shirt. Good thing it was a Florida Gators shirt and the orange (kind of) worked with it.

When babies eat, they typically poop. I know this is a new concept and everything, but it’s true. On top of that, they are even more likely to poop after you have taken their diaper off. So, do not think that you are going to feed your baby, take a nice warm, relaxing bath with your baby, and then go to bed. Chances are, there will be more steps involved in the process that include freaking out because you just got “shat” on.