Stay at home mom/dad

[Kat Kid]

What a pud job.  I'm doing this right now and it is pud.  GMAFB with "this is a job."

[star seed 7]

BUT YOU HAVE TO LIKE, WATCH A KID!

[nicname]

Depends on how much work you do. 

Making dinner, light cleaning and laundry are pud for sure. 

I've never been one, but imo a hardcore SAHD has immaculate landscaping in his yard (done by himself, of course).  He can fix pretty much anything from cars to home-repair and probably has nearly every tool known to man as well as an adequate wood shop.  He probably also has a garden and supplements the groceries by bagging trophy game animals to help put food on the table. 

In this day and age where many women make a lot of money a hardcore SAHD might be more valuable than a SAHM.

[Kat Kid]

BUT YOU HAVE TO LIKE, WATCH A KID!

pud kids are pud.  if you can't manipulate and entertain a kid, then you must be a dumb.

[Kat Kid]

Just to clarify, I am gainfully employed.  I just took a day off to babysit my kid.

[Dr Rick Daris]

i think any job in the world is probably pretty pud for a day. get two or three kids though, make them a couple of years older than yours and then watch them every day for a year. would be much, much harder i bet.

[OK_Cat]

might depend on the age of the kid, because every once in a while when i stay home with my 4 year old, i am ready to go back to work by noon.

[Kat Kid]

i think any job in the world is probably pretty pud for a day. get two or three kids though, make them a couple of years older than yours and then watch them every day for a year. would be much, much harder i bet.

PUD

[Kat Kid]

might depend on the age of the kid, because every once in a while when i stay home with my 4 year old, i am ready to go back to work by noon.

Sounds like someone is getting outsmarted by their 4 year old.

[slobber]

Yeah, after staying at home for a day with my kids (which is a blast), I am always thankful that I have never told my wife that it is a pud job to stay at home with the kids.

[steve dave]

ridiculously pud

[wetwillie]

The degree of difficulty may come with the lack of adult interaction

[steve dave]

take the kid(s) out to visit other pud SAH parents, not like you have to stay in one place

[star seed 7]

The degree of difficulty may come with the lack of adult interaction

that's what bbs'n is for.

sheesh.

[Institutional Control]

I spent 6 months in between jobs being a stay at home dad.  I would say it was PUD as well. I cleaned the house, cooked meals, washed dishes, washed and folded laundry,  took care of the lawn, performed maintenance on the  cars and boat, drove the kids to all their things like the doctor and soccer practices and still had time to take a daily nap. I don't know why I went back to work.

[Rams]

this

i think any job in the world is probably pretty pud for a day. get two or three kids though, make them a couple of years older than yours and then watch them every day for a year. would be much, much harder i bet.

and this

might depend on the age of the kid, because every once in a while when i stay home with my 4 year old, i am ready to go back to work by noon.

[star seed 7]

if you guys don't like your kids, i'd say that there is just something wrong with you, not that sahd isn't a pud job.

[michigancat]

What a pud job.  I'm doing this right now and it is pud.  GMAFB with "this is a job."

can this kid crawl yet?

[8manpick]

The degree of difficulty may come with the lack of adult interaction

that's what bbs'n is for.

sheesh.

Says a kid in his parents basement lol

[star seed 7]

The degree of difficulty may come with the lack of adult interaction

that's what bbs'n is for.

sheesh.

Says a kid in his parents basement lol

 

[slobber]

What a pud job.  I'm doing this right now and it is pud.  GMAFB with "this is a job."

can this kid crawl yet?

and how many naps per day does this kid take?

[Kat Kid]

Lotta haters in this thread trying to poke holes in my impregnable logic.  Got me and the kids rolling in the home office at their jealousy.

[OK_Cat]

might depend on the age of the kid, because every once in a while when i stay home with my 4 year old, i am ready to go back to work by noon.

Sounds like someone is getting outsmarted by their 4 year old.

oh absolutely.  4 year olds are smart as crap.

[Dr Rick Daris]

What a pud job.  I'm doing this right now and it is pud.  GMAFB with "this is a job."

can this kid crawl yet?

who even cares. the idiot takes one day off of work and makes it until noon without doing much and tries to extrapolate that out to what it would like to be a stay at home parent taking care of multiple kids for years. gmafb.   

[steve dave]

I stay at home everday with like 12 kids and the fact that it's so pud is why I can message board 24/7/365 open on christmas day.