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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?
Stay At Home, is the best!
Posted by:
ofhenderson
on Tue Feb 26, 2008
If you could do it, financially and mentally, go for it.
It has been the best three years of my life (so far). I hate to say it but he is my best friend. I get so many compliments on how smart and polite he is. I think it is because I am there to give him the one on one he wouldn't get in day care or with a babysitter. Sure I don't get a lot of time to myself, but each day with him is like a new day. To experience the world from their view is wonderful. Everything is new to them! There are days when it is hard, I can't lie about that, but even after a stessful day and constant correcting, when they come up to you and hug you and tell you how much they love you, you heart melts. I think that people that don't have that constant contact with their kids, miss so much. I see parts of my personallity and my husbands personallity in him and not a stranger. I have been there to see everything, all small steps and big steps. My husband is jealous of me, seeing he only got to see the changes after they happened and not during. He would come home from work and see he was crawling, walking, saying new words . . . while I was there helping him crawl, walk and talk.
I miss working, but wouldn't have traded the time I get with my son, for anything, no matter the money, no matter the hours, no matter the perks.
It has been the best three years of my life (so far). I hate to say it but he is my best friend. I get so many compliments on how smart and polite he is. I think it is because I am there to give him the one on one he wouldn't get in day care or with a babysitter. Sure I don't get a lot of time to myself, but each day with him is like a new day. To experience the world from their view is wonderful. Everything is new to them! There are days when it is hard, I can't lie about that, but even after a stessful day and constant correcting, when they come up to you and hug you and tell you how much they love you, you heart melts. I think that people that don't have that constant contact with their kids, miss so much. I see parts of my personallity and my husbands personallity in him and not a stranger. I have been there to see everything, all small steps and big steps. My husband is jealous of me, seeing he only got to see the changes after they happened and not during. He would come home from work and see he was crawling, walking, saying new words . . . while I was there helping him crawl, walk and talk.
I miss working, but wouldn't have traded the time I get with my son, for anything, no matter the money, no matter the hours, no matter the perks.
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