Will You Go Back to Work or Try to Stay Home?

on February 7, 2009 at 6:55 AM

work or stay home with baby Cafe Cynthia just mentioned in a post that, unlike a friend of hers, she really likes her job, and doing without a second income isn't an option for her family anyway. So to work or not to work isn't a question. And it's the same for me. But I do feel torn sometimes.

Since I like my work, too, I never imagined staying home might be something I'd really want to do. Until I met my babies. They're pretty fabulous company and, like all moms, working or not, of course I always want to spend more time with them. We've made some changes that have allowed for that a little, but working is still very much in the cards.

It's hard to say how you'll feel until you meet your baby, and sometimes it all comes down to budget -- but what do you think you'll do, and are you happy about it?

Comments (5)

snailteacher

on Feb 7, 2009 at 4:38 PM

It is nevery easy, but I do have summers off, and vacation time! So, we do what we need to do!

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theitalian3721

on Feb 7, 2009 at 10:31 PM

I still consider myself a stay at home Mom, but when my daughter turned about 10 months old I had to get a job... the best way for my to do this was to get a job from 10pm to 2am. It's only part time, and the hours are miserable ;), but I am able to be at home with my husband once he gets off of work and I am still able to be at home with my daughter all day and evening. She goes to bed at 8pm and never even knows I'm gone. That's very VERY important to me. I plan on working days again once she is in school and the hours I work aren't ideal sleep-wise, but for me, they are exactly right. I've never had to use a babysitter (aside from grandparents now and then for date nights) and I am very proud and very thankful for that.

antigravity_x

on Feb 8, 2009 at 2:48 PM

I'm sure once she is here, I will go back to work very reluctantly. I do LOVE what I do, but I honestly don't know how I'll feel once she is here.

It's kind of a mixed answer between a financial necessity and being happy about going back.

smtwngrl_27

on Feb 8, 2009 at 4:27 PM

I have been staying home since my 3rd baby. I worked untill he was about 6 months old. I just wanted to spend the time at home with all of my children and plus I was a bank teller. I hated my job. Now I am pregnant with my 4th baby and I will be staying right at home with this one. I enjoy it so much. I know that if I went ack to work that we would have more money to do things but I just love raising my kids myself instead of a daycare or babysitter.

tyheamma

on Mar 4, 2009 at 12:27 PM

I worked for two months when DD was two months old. I was finishing school and worked until I graduated, moved so DH could get a good job, and have been home ever since.