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missfire
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That solves that!
missfire
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I'd been kind of dodgy about telling work whether I'm coming back or not. I wasn't planning to come back, but still wanted to leave my options open. I figured I might go back when the baby was a year old or so.
Well, once I finally did the math in my head this week, I realized that having two infants and a 2-year-old in daycare at the reasonably priced center my DS goes to now would cost about 90% of my take-home pay.
So ... SAHM it is! At least until I can get my DS in kindergarten. Now I just have to figure out how we're going to afford this!
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Re: That solves that!
story of my life here in california!!!
Daycare is so darn expensive that no matter what I would just be working to pay for daycare and there would be no extra money... so its pointless..
Thus me being a SAHM.
Holy crap. Yep, definitely not worth it.
During my 1st pg, I was vague and noncommittal leading up to my maternity leave even though I pretty much knew I wasn't going to come back.
The reason being, is you really don't know what could happen during that time (DH getting laid off, deciding not to be a SAHM). I didn't want to screw myself out of job by resigning before since I knew they would hire someone right away.
I really don't feel bad about it plus it was nice getting 6 weeks paid
SAHM to two sweet girls, both born at home; Baby #3 in 2013!
Yay! (and congrats on the twins -- I missed the announcement!)
I was thrown into SAH full-time when I was laid off from my part-time (3 days) job in April. I've been looking, but nothing pays enough to justify childcare for two...let alone three! Somehow we've been making it work.