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SAHM or Working Mom?
Did you (or will you) stop working and be a Stay at Home Mom (SAHM)? Why or why not? Any regrets in your decision, like do you find yourself wanting to go back to work, or in the middle of a meeting do you wish you were home instead? What would you tell other mom-to-bes who are considering being a SAHM - do it or not?

The pros and cons of a SAHM

Posted by: foxxymommy on Thu Jan 10, 2008
I'm a SAHM, and I love it for the most part. I'm with my babies all day so I don't have to worry about someone else taking care of them. That would really drive me crazy. I worked for a couple of months when my son was a little baby. My mom took care of him, but I always worried about if she could care for him the way I did. For other reasons, I quit and have been home ever since. My husband works all night and sleeps most of the day, so he misses almost everything that goes on with the kids. He tells me all the time he wishes he had more time to spend with them. Because they are with mommy everyday, they prefer mommy over daddy and I think that upsets him. But on the flip side, my husband gets to go to work and interact with other adults, and relieve himself of the stresses of just being a parent. I don't work or live by any friends or family, so I get very lonely sometimes. And theres no escaping for me every once and a while. But I guess at the end of the day, it's worth it to me because I know that they have the best care there is. And I'm here always for everything that they need. I'm just fortunate enough to have a husband with a good paying job so I don't have to work. Not everyone has that option. So those of us who do should consider ourselves lucky.
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