Go back to work or stay home?

Re: Go back to work or stay home?

• jennygirlmt member

  June 2015

  First, there's a big difference between a housewife and a stay at home mom
  
  I really think only you can choose which is right for you. Choosing to stay home was absolutely the best decision I ever made for so many reasons.
  
  But many women are so much happier working and a happy mom is a happy family.
  
  If you can afford it and would like it then go for it. I think you are actually in a great, no risk situation. You can look for opportunities and in the meantime stay home with your LO. If you eventually decide you love it, quit looking. If you realize you don't, hit the job hunt full force.
  
  I will say being a Stay at home mom got so much better by the time LO was 10 months. We were enjoying libraries, music time, playgrounds. It was very different than the first 6 months (those were lovely too of course)!
  
  Good luck making a decision!

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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• ali0608 member

  June 2015

  I agree that this is a personal decision. I feel my quality of time with my son is better when I'm working. I am much happier to get spend my day with adults (and high schoolers).
  With that said, I could easily stay home when they get older like 2 or 3. This age to 6 months would drive me crazy! But that's me personally. I also know I have a great daycare that has taken care of my 5 year old son.

  

  

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• saric83 member

  June 2015

  I've thought a lot about this as my company has been going through rounds of layoffs, so there is always a chance I could be next.  Longer term, I'm definitely not someone who would want to be a full-time SAHM, but if I were let go, I would absolutely take advantage of it and use that extra time to be with DS since you can never get that back, and, of course, I don't think anyone can take as good of care of time as me or DH.  

  
  

  We priced out the difference between my salary minus daycare versus no salary and no daycare costs, and while I still make much more than what we pay for daycare, the difference is something we could easily cover for an extra six months or so.  Also, all of our health and dental insurance is through DH's work, so we didn't need to think about that.

  
  

  If you can swing it financially, I would just take it as it comes and don't give yourself a specific timeframe.  Just enjoy your time with your little human and keep an eye out on jobs.  When you find something that would really be of interest to you, start applying.   

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