Sahm moms or working moms?

jessamommy2 · November 2010

Who works and who stays at home and are you happy w your decision? I work part time because I have to but I do like my job. There are days when I want to stay home all day with my little guy and days when I'm like wow can't wait to get to work LOL...but I have always been the one who loves to keep active and working.

KBabySmiles · November 2010

I SAH and I totally love it. I always knew this is what I wanted to do with my life and feel very blessed to have the opportunity to stay home with DS and our future children.

mbritto4 · November 2010

SAHM. I worked PT from home until DD was a year old (would go in Fridays) but once she got mobile and dropped a nap I never got any work done and she started tearing apart my cousin's house who watched her Fridays. Looked into daycares I'd consider sending her to and if I'd gone back FT would've been my whole paycheck.

Haven't looked back since leaving unless its a REALLY bad day, and then I remember some adults I worked with whined worse than my 3 year old.

broncoalum97 · November 2010

sahm & i keep busy, blessed we have the means to do it

someone on the detroit nestie board posted a poll today about sahm

https://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/44923922.aspx

jsmo · November 2010

Best of both worlds for me- I work part time from home for a financial advisor and 2 days a week at a swim school. My mom watches DD while I am at the school. My shift is 3-8 so I still have a lot of the day with her. It's nice to have that break and I really love my jobs. My boss of my other job is the BEST, most generous person. I'm really, really blessed.

JandR07 · November 2010

I work full time. I love my job and for me I would constantly be coming up with craft projects or just online shopping for me if I was a SAHM. I would also spend a ton on art projects/clothes/more toys for DD. I can't sit at home all day so i would be hitting the mall probably 3 times a week. It isn't even about DH being able to support me staying at home - I am just not cut out for it. I am independent and like contributing to our family and using the degree that I worked hard for.

DD also love daycare and they do so much with them. DD has so many playmates at daycare. My mom has offered to take over babysitting next year but I will still put dd in daycare two days a week. They learn so much from other kids and all the activities provided.

dstceo41 · November 2010

I am a working mother and I LOVE it! I love the balance that having a satisfying career as well as coming home to my family brings. I could not imagine staying home all day every day with my child or future children. I would be bored out of my mind. Also, I do not have a career that I could leave, even for a couple of years, and then come back and pick up where I left off. So many things in my field change on a yearly basis, it would be impossible.

Additionally, I have no desire to rely on my huisband for an income when I am perfectly capable of working. I make an excellent salary and I love all the plusesmy salary brings. I could have been a SAHM, but that means I would live in a smaller home, have less entertainment options, less savings, less retirement, etc.

God bless the SAHMs, I think that is a wonderful experience for a child, but in this day and age, especially with this economy, I can't really see choosing to have less income.

MrsRenee · November 2010

I'm a working mom. I give credit to the SAHM's, but that's just not my thing. I'm on maternity leave now and I'm going crazy. Not to mention we can't afford for me to stay home. When I get bored, I like to shop

mgfit1 · November 2010

I SAH for 15 months and then went back to work because I needed to. I have been working for 3 years now. I honestly think working part time would be the most ideal. Being home was not planned (I got laid off right after maternity leave), but it was a great gift to spend that time with my son. I did however miss working, using my business mind, interacting with people about things that were not kid related, dressing up in a suit/business attire etc.... but I loved spending time with my DS. Once back at work (my industry only offers full time work - no job share/part time is available) I missed my son, was overwhelmed at getting everything done, gained weight (no more time to work out), feel like I am always flying by the seat of my pants (and I am a very organized/planning type person). I am in the process of starting my own business so I can work as much or as little as I want. I think part time is the best (at least for me personally).

goofysdazy · November 2010

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I work full time. I love my job and for me I would constantly be coming up with craft projects or just online shopping for me if I was a SAHM. I would also spend a ton on art projects/clothes/more toys for DD. I can't sit at home all day so i would be hitting the mall probably 3 times a week. It isn't even about DH being able to support me staying at home - I am just not cut out for it. I am independent and like contributing to our family and using the degree that I worked hard for.

DD also love daycare and they do so much with them. DD has so many playmates at daycare. My mom has offered to take over babysitting next year but I will still put dd in daycare two days a week. They learn so much from other kids and all the activities provided.

I'm the same... although I have to work full time for financial stability....But I dont mind working full - time. I do love my random days at home with my little guy and spending my evenings with him but I also love being busy and working. I also love our daycare and the activities he does there Even at 2 months old. If I were a SAHM I would constantly be looking for things to do and going out and what not Which would also be fun... maybe one day But once he was in school full time I would go back to work full time...

BabyBean · November 2010

I'm a working mom. Until DD was about 2 1/2, I was in the office three days at a week and at working at home two days. Now I work four days in the office and have a three-day weekend. It was an ideal schedule at the beginning--when my DD took two naps, and I could get a lot of work done. As she got older, the change in schedule was necessary. I hope to go back to three days in the office when DS is born (and put my DD in daycare 5 days).

I like working. I love my job. My husband is self-employed, so I carry the benefits and the stable paycheck. I would work, in some capacity, if finances didn't matter too. I like the idea of "having it all" (besides a clean house) and showing my daughter she can have it all too.

I also think daycare has been incredible for my DD's development.

shouldbworkin · November 2010

I'm a FT WOHM and I love it for the most part. Wish there were more hours in the day so I could spend more time with my kids, it's getting harder as they're getting older, believe it or not. But, I love my job and things were in balance until DH got a new job this summer. We're working toward getting them back in balance again, but it's taking some time.

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