Anyone decide to be a stay at home Mommy??

char4656 · December 2015

Just wondering what everyone is doing as far as time off with LO and whether anyone has decided to stay at home??

angelinthepit23 · December 2015

My sister is watching LO while I work, so I don't have to factor in daycare costs so I'm keeping my job. Hopefully by February I will be working from home so that will be nice.

SJFTCA · December 2015

In order to maintain the lifestyle to which we are accustomed, I will need to continue working. I teach, and while the salary isn't stellar, it's still too much money to give up, especially considering that we won't be paying for childcare, as my MIL and my daddy will be spliting responsibility of watching baby H while I'm at school. My mom (also a teacher) has said that being a teacher is one of the best professions to get the best of both worlds bc we get so much time off. I'm taking 12 weeks off, but I'll actually have 14.5 weeks off bc Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks are already paid holidays. I'll go back to work for 12 weeks and then be off for 10 more weeks for summer break, so I guess I'll survive!

sacrazy · December 2015

I want to stay home so bad. My husband is working on getting his Project Manager certification, so once that's all settled, and he's able to find a job that would be the equivalent of both of our incomes now, I should be able to quit and stay home with our daughter. I hate the idea of someone else watching her, but hopefully it will be short lived.

nmwheel1 · December 2015

When my oldest daughter was 3 months old I told dh I would cry everyday if I had to go back to work (I'm in Canada and had a one year maternity leave). We sold our downtown city condo and bought a house outside the city so I could stay at home. DD1 is 2 years old and DD2 is 1 month and I do not regret staying home. The economy sucks right now but hopefully I can continue to stay home until they start school!

doodleoodle · December 2015

I was planning to stay at home, but being 6.5 weeks PP I'm starting to get lonely. DH works 2nd shift and he's up for only a few hours before he has to start getting ready for work and by the time he gets home from work LO is down for her "big sleep" for the night and I'm asleep as well. I feel really guilty for feeling this way, but I'm starting to feel jealous that DH gets to go to work. We gave up my car in order to make me staying at home more affordable so I can't go anywhere during the day. Not that I'd actually be able to take LO anywhere since she's going through the 6 week fussiness right now and is basically crying if she isn't asleep or eating... And I'm just rambling now...

rachswi · December 2015

I've chosen to stay home and I love it so far. I'm thankful that I'm able to be flexible with baby. I'm thankful that I can take naps when LO does. My husband works next door so I'm lucky in that I usually get to see him during the work day (he usually comes home for lunch). I'm enjoying the freedom to love on Zeke.

There are days when I miss regular adult interaction. And sleeping in a bed. And me-time.

char4656 · December 2015

rachswi said:
I've chosen to stay home and I love it so far. I'm thankful that I'm able to be flexible with baby. I'm thankful that I can take naps when LO does. My husband works next door so I'm lucky in that I usually get to see him during the work day (he usually comes home for lunch). I'm enjoying the freedom to love on Zeke.

There are days when I miss regular adult interaction. And sleeping in a bed. And me-time.

It does get lonely from time to time. I've decided to cut my schedule in half so that I still have some income. So after 13 weeks I'll go back to work and just for two days. Hopefully that'll be just enough adult interaction to maintain my sanity. Unfortunately, LO has to go to a home daycare with my two year old on those two days :-(

solitude1984 · December 2015

We've decided that I'm going to stay home, at least until our LO (and any future kids) start school. Daycare is ridiculously expensive in this city. I agree that it does get lonely sometimes though. I figure it will be a lot better when he is older and we can more readily go out and do things.

chelseaepley · December 2015

I stay home. Main reason being is I'm young and don't have my degree yet so I wouldn't generate much income. Probably just enough to cover daycare for 2 kids. It's almost pointless because wed have to get another car. But I've been thinking about getting a little weekend something because I'm getting a little nuts having to stay home all day alone. My husband is a welder so he works 12-16 hours and were usually I bed or close to it when he gets home. I moved to a new town when I married him and know no one. So I have no adult interaction.

char4656 · December 2015

@chelseaepley A weekend job might be a good idea! At least one day, so that you're able to interact with adults and then the other day at home to spend with your family :-)

urby87 · December 2015

I've definitely been considering it, especially if I keep getting the runaround at work in regards to advancement. There have been vague talks of opportunity for well over a year now, but still nothing concrete. I think we save enough between gas money and not eating out as much that it's possible we could swing it.

queenwog · December 2015

I've been staying home with DH's daughter for the last eight years, so no change there now with LO here. We may not have a lot of money but we get by. I volunteer at a local school's library to get out of the house and when LO is big enough (and vaccinated more!) he'll be coming with me.

kwaldy · December 2015

I would kill to stay home... but the extra income is necessary... paid maternity leave is such a massive tease.

mlfitch · December 2015

For those that feel lonely check to see if there are ECFE classes in your area. A great way to interact with other parents and give the kids some playtime. I too would love to stay at home ans i am holing some.miracle happens and we can make it work. But for now i go back in a couple weeks. I am so sad.

RaisingJulian · December 2015

I stayed at home for almost 3 years with my first. & I loved it! I'm actually very sad to have to go back to work but we just can't afford for me not to work right now.

Ceridwen77 · December 2015

I never thought I'd want to stay home, but now that LO is here, it's going to be tough to go back to work. However, I really love my job and to give up my salary would be a big financial hit, and we love to travel and do things that we may have to give up if I stayed at home. LO will be part time in daycare and part time with my mom, which I think is a good balance. It will be tough to go back but I'm trying to mentally prepare. This week is my 6th week off so it's the 1/2 way point.

AmoLovesAud · December 2015

I'm self employed; I run an Etsy shop and sell at Arts & Crafts shows & anime/gaming conventions. I put my shop on hiatus when LO was born, and I'm planning to "go back to work" in the spring by opening my Etsy back up, and start doing shows & conventions again in the summer. I'm kind of just winging it, but I'll probably need to put her in daycare only one day a week, and occasionally on a Thursday and Friday when I leave town for a show & DH has work. I was really only making the "fun money", so I don't have to go back if I change my mind, but its nice to have dinner date & vacation money!

brownloveone · December 2015

I'm staying home this time because I worked like a dog and payed off my house when my first two were younger and I was a single mom. This time my hubs works the second shift and my teens are in school all day and I'm taking college classes online and taking care of lo. I'm also older 37 and couldn't imagine being this sleep deprived, exhausted and still having to work. Many props to you guys that are.

ShianeNicole · December 2015

I stay at home and I feel so lucky to be at home but it is a HUGE adjustment. I went to school full time and worked two jobs. I just graduated college in August, got married in October, and started a job in my dream field. Then got pregnant in March (not planned) I knew I wanted to be, and we always talked about, me staying home. I sometimes feel like I worked two jobs to pay my way through school and now I just do nothing. I know being a mom isn't nothing. I honestly would say it's harder then two jobs and school. It's just hard to get used to the change and never leaving the house. It is lonely. My husband works all the time and I miss my friends and coworkers. Also I feel like people think I'm lazy because I am a young mom and don't work. When I say I'm a stay at home mom and people say "Ohhhh..." I don't even tell them I paid my way through school and have my degree! If they want to judge me, they don't deserve to know!

GoogleMD · December 2015

My health insurance is amazing, and we enjoying eating out and traveling too much so I will be going back after work after 10 weeks. I really enjoy my job so I don't think I would want to be a stay at home mom, but I might talk them about going part time soon (I have a promotion coming up as soon as I get back so I'll wait til after thst.)

smnewby · December 2015

ShianeNicole said:
I stay at home and I feel so lucky to be at home but it is a HUGE adjustment. I went to school full time and worked two jobs. I just graduated college in August, got married in October, and started a job in my dream field. Then got pregnant in March (not planned) I knew I wanted to be, and we always talked about, me staying home. I sometimes feel like I worked two jobs to pay my way through school and now I just do nothing. I know being a mom isn't nothing. I honestly would say it's harder then two jobs and school. It's just hard to get used to the change and never leaving the house. It is lonely. My husband works all the time and I miss my friends and coworkers. Also I feel like people think I'm lazy because I am a young mom and don't work. When I say I'm a stay at home mom and people say "Ohhhh..." I don't even tell them I paid my way through school and have my degree! If they want to judge me, they don't deserve to know!

I would kill to stay at home. I worked my way through school too and came out of undergrad wo any debt but racked up some nice loans thanks to my doctorate. I swear my student loan payments are the only reason I am not going "full time mom." Part time may be an option at some point in the near future.

rox7777 · December 2015

I lived overseas for the first two years of marriage and have moved four times in the last year and a half so going to work would be a joke. I am putting my three year old in preschool part time though because staying home with me has seriously stunted his interaction with other kids his age.

kmd91 · December 2015

I was a housewife before baby. I have watched a few babies and toddlers out of my home, but as they've all been army kids so it's been either until their spot opened at the on post daycare or until their parents were onto their next duty stations and it just so happened that my two most recent little ones finished their time with me about two weeks before my son was born. If I can find a more preschool aged child to watch that isn't quite as high maintenance I may take that back on. But otherwise I'm not getting a "real job" at least until my husband's next duty station when my baby will be a year old.

gipfish · December 2015

I am staying at home. I became pregnant during my last semester of college, so I never got a job to have to give up. I'd love to earn a little something from home, though.

SweetTooth126 · December 2015

I am still deciding. My maternity leave goes until August, so I have a while to decide.

KeHill08 · December 2015

I'm staying home, and will be until DH gets out of the army in November unless he gets terminal leave before then and I find a job. Until then I'm going to be finishing my masters and working with Younique. I'm so glad I get the opportunity to stay home with our little man, and that when I go back to work, DH will be in school/a stay at home dad!

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