Stay at Home Moms...

KKMichie · February 2015

To answer your question, yes I always wanted to be a stay at home mom. But I also wanted a career. I chose my career based on something I love but can also do as much or as little as I want. I am now staying home 4 days a week and working 1 day while my in-laws watch DS. Once we are done having kids, I will have kept my foot in the door and be able to go back full time once they are all in school.
It isn't for everyone, but I love being at home!

0ashley · February 2015

I also would have way too much jealousy to ever let H be a SAHD. He wouldn't clean or cook or play with the kids, he'd just sit in his recliner and watch what he wanted on TV all day. And then I'd hate him when I got home. So I'll never let that happen.

I am terrified about how we'll get by paying for two in daycare for a few years but we just have to make it work somehow because we can't make it with just one income. I pray that he finds a better paying job or picks up some extra hours to help but I can't ask him to since he's also a FT student.

gotdiesel2007 · February 2015

I'm a sahm and I hate it, I've always hated it and I wish I could go back to work but the price of after school care and finding after school care would basically have me working to pay for child care. So until we move sahm it is.

Ckorines · February 2015

Took a one year maternity leave with my first and will take 6 months with my second. I have a super supportive and hands-on husband who works night shift ( he's an officer) to ensure that one of us is home with the kids and so that they are not in daycare. If I didn't have his support and help it would not be possible. I never imagined being a working mother, but I love my job, it's easy and my kids will be home with their daddy. It's the best of both worlds for us. Although he and I don't see eachother as often as we would like, we always have a sense of "dating". We miss eachother and look forward to the days that we are home together. It works for us!

JHaworth84 · February 2015

gotdiesel2007 said:
I'm a sahm and I hate it, I've always hated it and I wish I could go back to work but the price of after school care and finding after school care would basically have me working to pay for child care. So until we move sahm it is.

I have two daughters and work part time (well 30 hours so still quite a lot!). I do earn more than I pay out in childcare but for the amount of stress and juggling we have to do for me to go to work I have wondered whether to quit after baby number 3. I guess the thing that keeps me going is the investment in the future. I would find it difficult to return to my job after a career break and I'm still accruing a pension etc... I do find it very draining on my days home with the children but I think both work and home are better for doing a bit of both each week to give a balance. Hopefully I won't look back on this time and feel I've missed out xx

AndreaBWatts · February 2015

I will be a stay at home mom. I may work a little here and there, thank God my husband has a huge family and 3 sisters so we wouldn't have to worry about daycare or anything. I would love to work from home just to bring a little money in.

mers90 · February 2015

I'm a SAHM! We decided it when I got pregnant with my son! My husband took an extra job and changed to night school because we both tought it was better for the baby! Also, I didn't feel comfortable with any of the daycares around here! I'm gonna tell you that I totally love it! I'll probably start my own business when both my kids are a bit older and I don't have much to do with my time at home (I have a stay-in maid so luckily I don't have to clean anything) but I enjoyed those first 3 years playing all day long and after that there's a lot of activities I can do at preschool with my son and he loves seeing me there, it makes him feel confident ... But this is MY story, I've friends who hate being SAHM, it's completely up to you! But if you want and can do it I totally recommend trying it.

twindlej · February 2015

I want very badly to be a SAHM, but it's not financially possible for us right now. My mom and mother in law plan on taking turns watching the babies when I go back to work. I'm hoping that in the future I can get a WAH job, but don't want to switch jobs right now while pregnant. I'm only 17w5d and the idea of going to work without my babies makes me cry!

leash214 · February 2015

It doesn't make financial sense for me to be work for what I would be bringing in after daycare full-time. I would love to work from home but it seems like any work from home ads I see seem to be spam so I have no clue how to even begin to work from home.

lilweenie · February 2015

I have no choice, we need to full time pay checks just to pay our mortgage and bills. We are having family watch the baby for the first year or so, with perhaps finding an at home daycare one or two days a week. After a year, or 18 months, we will most likely put our child in day care mostly so he could develop his social skills. Even if we could afford for me to stay home, I dont think I'd want to. I have worked way to hard in my career to want to give it up, and my industry is forever changing, that even if I stayed home for a few years I could be out of the loop and may never get hired elsewhere in my field. You have to think about that too, if you do ever plan on going back to work some day

o_so_in_love · February 2015

Boo0512 said:
I WFH part-time which I find to be very stressful. I don't feel like I have enough time to get my work done because my DD (18 months) is always all over my laptop and screams her head off when I'm on the phone.

We planned this from the beginning but it's a lot harder than I thought it would be. I didn't realize how to isolated I would feel. I definitely recommend to anyone becoming a SAHM to get involved in a baby class or play group (when you feel up to it and have somewhat of a routine). That being said, I'm very grateful for the amount of time I get with DD.

When we have #2, I plan to send the kids to daycare two days a week so I can get more work done. I think it'll be great for my sanity lol.

Have you considered in home care? I worked a few days a week for a mom who worked from home. This was about seven years ago and I believe I got paid around $8/hr. Baby was BFed so I didn't have to do much. It was a good arrangement for her and me.

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