What will do you do for childcare when the time comes? Or if you already have little one's, what do you do for childcare?
SAHM, Daycare, Preschool, (there is a difference)! Nanny, Family?
I would love to bring my child with me to work, (as a nanny) and I may be able to just depending on the timing. If not, MH and I will be with the baby 5 days per week, and the other 2 we would use friends/family/reputable and recommeded in-home daycare.
Re: Just because I'm nosy..
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I work from home. DD who will be 3 tomorrow started going to Daycare/School back in March for 2 days a week. We have a Goddard right in our neighborhood so its really convenient to walk her there.
If have no clue what we will do when we have a second child. That's something we will discuss when the time comes.
DH: 37
Married: May 24, 2008
TTC #2 since: June 2020
After almost 2 years of TTC and fertility treatments we got a surprise BFP in May 2013
I am a SAHM, but I do use daycare part time. It is good to let them get out and be with other kids, and I get a lot done on the two days per week that they go.
I would be less likely to send a newborn to daycare.
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I took 7 months off, now I work one day a week for 7 hours. I LOVE my schedule. The one day is a break from mommy-land but not so much that I feel like I'm missing out on anything. My MIL watches him that day, so its great cause he gets Grandma time.
I'm a little embarassed I didn't think to add this in..
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Dealing with MFI, good count, good motility, 3% morph-HSG all clear, all other test results came back normal, IUI is our next step
May 2012- Clomid 50mg + IUI = BFN
June- Cycle Break
July- Forced cycle break due to cysts
August- Femara, Trigger, IUI#2= ?
I unfourtantely do not have the luxury to be a SAHM yet. Maybe in a few years we can... but we need the second income. We could survive on DH, but to be able to save and do the things we want I need to work.
So our future little babes will have to go to in-home daycare I think VS a large daycare. I will do research once I'm KU but .... for now, at least with #1 that's where we are at.
I feel so guilty because I want to be a SAHM, but I have to relax and realize our child will still turn out ok!
Not sure. I've always thought I'd be a SAHM. But recently I've been thinking daycare or a nanny would be a good idea for us.
I work from home now, and I sometimes get lonely. I think I would be a happier mom if I worked at least part time away from home. And the extra income wouldn't hurt either.
I do not have the luxury of being a SAHM, and nor does my profession allow for much flexibility in terms of working part-time (not an option), or from home. I work fairly long hours.
We are considering hiring a nanny, but I am not sold on the idea. At least as long as we have an only child, I think that I would prefer to have that child in daycare so that he/she has the benefit of constant interaction with other children (as I did with my many siblings). If we decide to have two children, we may go the nanny route at that point, depending on finances and our life situation at that time. We would also consider a nanny-sharing arrangement, which has been suggested by some of our friends. We shall see.
I will most definitely be a SAHM. The thought of not being with my kids half the time and I have to keep working - terrifies me haha. Plus, I don't want to miss anything! We'd love the extra income with my job, but we know that if we're frugal and don't have the "our kids need to have everything" mindset, we will have plenty Now hurry up baby so I can quit my job!!
ETA: Better wording
DS goes to daycare. He is literally ten minutes away as I work on a military installation and his daycare is on the base. When he was an infant I would go there to BF and visit during lunch and on breaks. One he got older it started to be harder on him for me to come visit and then leave again so I stopped but I still go read a few times a month.
We have discussed whether I would switch to SAHM when we have #2. We are also getting ready to move to a new base so we aren't sure about the job market and such. I may finish up my master's degree and work from home.
My MIL's plan though is for us to have twins (she is a twin) and then she will move with us and be our nanny Sounds good to me!
LOL...it's ok, I'm used to it. I am still trying to figure out a way to b!tch about all the cooking and housework he does around the place too but it never seems convincing
I always pictured myself being a SAHM but after factoring in reality, it would be a lot easier for us if I kept working until baby #2 in a few years.
That said, DH works on an Air Force base, so I'd probably use a daycare there or hire a nanny to stay at our home with the baby. We are still new to the area and don't have many friends or any family less than 2 hours away. Its not ideal, but we'll make the best of it whenever the time comes **hopefully soon!!**
This is our plan, too. I was a teacher, so my salary would pretty much only pay for day care, not to mention that I'd come home exhausted with bags of papers to grade.
We'll have to put him/her in daycare.
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I know SEVERAL working mommas who are very active in their LOs lives. And daycare certainly isn't raising their kids for them. I don't think children of working parents are any worse off than those who have a parent that stays home with them. I'm sorry, I'm sure it wasn't your intention, but your post rubbed me the wrong way.
Our plan is for DH to be a SAHD. If all goes according to plan (yeah, right!) we'll have a LO around the start of next fall and it will coincide with him going to school.
We shall see...best laid plans and all
DS: June 2012
MC: July 2015 8w5d
Yes, DD currently splits time btwn my dad and my MIL, but if/when we have baby #2, we will do daycare.
I'm actually excited about it because DD loves other kids and I think she will have a blast.
If I get pregnant anytime soon, DH will still be in grad school, and I may or may not have more than 6 weeks of maternity leave. We'll assess our situation when the time comes in terms of what I will do, but regardless we will require SOME kind of childcare at least part of the time.
We haven't actually had a discussion regarding the type of care we'd prefer, but DH is the kind of guy who is most likely going to go with whatever I prefer, since he knows how ridiculous I am when it comes to obsessively looking into things. As it stands right now I would prefer a home daycare situation over a large daycare center. Someone nearby, possibly one within walking distance, who we can get to know and will have a more family-like relationship with the children rather than what we'd find at a center.
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THANK YOU. I work (just went back last week, actually) and I raise my kids, not the babysitter.