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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 mom
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4 Ratings
Done both want to be a sahm
I only have to go back to work caus of money situation else id stay with my ds
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3 Ratings
SAHM with a little dabbling of being a working mom
I really enjoy being home for my kids, helping my daughter with her homework right after school, making dinner and being there for all of my son's firsts.
I started substituting on a casual basis at an infant toddler childcare centre that I worked at before I got pregnant the second time and I really like it. My son comes to daycare with me and I'm always home by the time my dd gets home from school. I like that there's work for me if I want it but I'm not commited to any set schedule.
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1 Ratings
Worker Bee
Since we live in an area of extremely high housing prices, we both needed to keep working or chose to live in a small apartment with a long commute for my husband's job.
We purchased our home last year in a good neighborhood close to our employers. We have a great yard and friends close by. My son goes to a sitter just a couple miles from my office, and we're just about 15 minutes from home this way.
I am fortunate that my employer values family and allows me a great deal of flexibility to take care of my son. As he gets older and is joined by siblings, (?!?!!) I'll be able to do the field trips and class parties my mom always did for me. The bonus is my son will have the stability of a permanent home he might not have had living in an apartment, and we are able to save for college and retirement.
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3 Ratings
Stay at home mom to twins
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1 Ratings
BEING A WORKING MOM
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2 Ratings