Balancing Motherhood

In 4 days, my son will be out of daycare and home with me during the summer until he starts kindergarten. Before now, I never really worried about juggling my own responsibilities and having a child around, but I’m starting to wonder how stay-at-home moms manage things like doctor appointments and dental appointments. Do you just hire a babysitter? Drag the child along with you? (My OB office doesn’t allow kids, and as my pregnancy progresses, I’ll have more and more doctor appointments.)

Then, too, I have no idea how I’m going to handle teacher work days. What do you guys do when your child is off from school for a day but you aren’t able to take off a day from work? I have a feeling this is going to be trickier than it seems…Any advice is welcome!

Maybe I should just try to sell more books faster and be a SAHM instead of a teacher.