Name: I Tried Being A Single Mom For A Week • Mom In Progress
Uploaded: 2025-06-17T17:12:00.000Z
Duration: 16 min 2 s
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Hi, I'm Hannah and I'm the world's okayest mom.

Did you know that single mother households make up 23% of the U.S. population?

That's a lot of single moms and I wanna know how they do it.

So Matt is leaving on a business trip for a whole week and I'm gonna take that time to see what my life would be like if I were to become a single mom right now.

I'm a little bit nervous, but I'm gonna try it.

Seven days, two kids, one mom, let's do it.

So Matt is gonna be gone for one full week and in that full week, it's gonna be just me.

And in order to make this week as authentic as possible,

I did a little research on single moms and I found out that in 2011, the median income for married mothers was $80,000.

So what I did was calculate my income as the sole income of our household and after factoring out rent and daycare and insurance and all those expenses,

I divided what I had left by four and gave myself that amount to spend for that week.

Right off the bat, that meant that my babysitter, who I pay to pick up the kids every day from school, was off the table.

Now I hire her to pick up the kids so that I don't have to leave work early to pick them up and she just has them for a little bit but that little bit was way too much for me to even have any money left over for that week.

And even further, I decided not to rely on my family for that week because for a lot of people, they don't have family nearby or they don't have family members who stay home and are able to help out with the kids full time for free.

I can watch all the forensic files I want.

We said our goodbyes and I realized right as you walked out the door,

So it is eight o'clock in the evening and we are going to Target all of us together.

Usually I would leave them at home and run out but we need some stuff for tomorrow and I have to take them with.

Now, parents know, when you go to Target with your kids, like walking a tightrope.

Target is not only a parent's shopping paradise, it's a kid's shopping paradise.

So it's just like the worst of both worlds.

Jackson, we're only here for a couple things, okay?

I needed two things at Target and so I was determined to go in and out with two things.

We got a little sidetracked at the video game section.

I had to shoot down a couple hopes and dreams.

We're running a little late, pretty behind for tonight.

So I'm just flat on my back, exhausted after that Target run.

Now would be about the time that I pass bedtime off to Matt so that I can relax but it's just me.

So we got Wyatt dropped off, finally, very late and now we're heading to my work and Jackson is on spring break so he's coming with me to the office because I don't know what else to do with him.

If you are a working parent and you know the answer to this, leave it in the comments.

What the heck do you do with your kid on school vacations?

Because Jackson had one day left of spring break so I just hauled him in the car and took him to work.

I realized that I forgot to fix Jackson's hair and he dressed himself.

Jackson noticed and so kindly pointed out to me as kids often do.

It's like the parent equivalent of walk of shame but it was clean when I slept in it and I was clean when I put it on so it's still clean the next day.

Jackson was so easy at my office that day.

We had a great day, got home, got ready for bed and then I had a choice to make.

I really should get up and clean and do some dishes and laundry and stuff but I'm so tired right now.

I just wanna sleep on this couch so I think I'm gonna put everything off for one more day.

On our way to get these forms I need, this paperwork I need.

We finally, no, we are not going to Target.

But I have to get gas, I have a call that I'm gonna have to take in the car on the way.

So after all the errands, I ran into that same issue of what do I do with my kids?

All right, well I've just completely given up on the idea of going into the office today.

It is one o'clock and they're hungry so they need to be fed.

I think we're gonna try to do a drive through which they'll be really excited about because we don't do that very often.

And it's reasonable, it's within my budget for this week so that's what we're gonna do.

I decided to work from home the rest of the day because like I said, my company is very flexible with the fact that I'm a parent.

They're very understanding and it's not something I like to do regularly but it's something that they allow me to do if I absolutely need to.

So while I had the luxury of working from home, actually getting the work done was a whole different story because it's so rainy.

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I Tried Being A Single Mom For A Week • Mom In Progress

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