Question

[ilovecandy]

Since I am being a post whore anyways
Who plans on be a SAHM and who plans on being a WM? Just curious.

[ilovecandy]

As of right now I plan on being a SAHM (though once they reach 3-4 they will go to preschool a couple half days a week). Unless I find a job I love, and if it can support us financially then H will get out when his enlistment is up and be a SAHD. He feels super strongly about having a SAHP cause he has always had one, i am meh because even though my mom was home during my childhood she ran an afterschool/before school care program out of the home while we were younger then went back to work.

[sunflower22]

I'd like to stay home for at least a year and then maybe just work part-time. That's an ideal situation though, not sure if it will work out that way.

[changedname]

Kind of both.. In June 2011 I opened a wedding planning business hoping that it would get off the ground by the time I have baby #1 so I could stay at home. Right now that is still the plan and of course tttc has allowed me to develop the business more which is probably the only positive to tttc. ;D

[Cheesecake]

Working mom, for sure. Not just for financial reasons. I think being a SAHM would drive me nutso. Will likely go down to only working 4 days though (and so will H, which means only 3 days in daycare ).

Sent from my phone, please disregard typos!

[G22]

I think my answer is evident. But definitely SAHM. At least until our kids start school. Then well see I suppose.

[lola]

I plan to work! I work now, and I love it, and I don't plan to give it up.

[KaraOrNot]

I will be a working mom. Staying at home is not an option.

[rugbywife]

I will be a working mom and DH will (hopefully) be a PTSAHD. We are both teachers but I want to be an administrator - there is no part time option for that. But DH can work any % we will budget out for what we can afford and he will take as much time off as he can (also based on what works for daycare).

We get a year mat leave here and the plan is that I will take at least the first 5-7 months and then he will take the rest (I have to take at least the first 17 weeks, he can take the remaining 35).

[berbles]

I would loooove to SAH but HCOL makes that umpossible for us.

[Cheesecake]

Where are you located, rugbywife? I'm soooo jealous of a year of mat leave which you can actually divide over both parents. that's my dream scenario.
Maternity leave here in NL is decent, 16 weeks paid in full, and legally both parents have the right to add onto that for a max of 1 year FT divided over the first 8 years of the child's life (unpaid) but really, the right to unpaid leave really wouldn't help out all that much, as for a lot of people the reason both parents work is money, right?

[jewel]

Financially, I could stay home.

I plan to work, though. I like my job. It's fairly easy and flexible, and I like having the extra money to spend. I like having the adult interaction, and I think my kids will benefit from the instruction and peer interaction at a good day care. Ideally, I'd work 2 -3 days a week, and stay home the other days, but it's not an option in my job.

I reserve the right to change my mind once I actually have kids

[thoseareradishes]

I'd like to work part-time, possibly from home. I'm looking forward to being home with the kid, but I think it will need interaction with other kids and adults too. So I think part-time would be ideal.

[rugbywife]

Jan 8, 2013 15:00:42 GMT -5 Cheesecake said:

Where are you located, rugbywife? I'm soooo jealous of a year of mat leave which you can actually divide over both parents. that's my dream scenario.
Maternity leave here in NL is decent, 16 weeks paid in full, and legally both parents have the right to add onto that for a max of 1 year FT divided over the first 8 years of the child's life (unpaid) but really, the right to unpaid leave really wouldn't help out all that much, as for a lot of people the reason both parents work is money, right?

We are in Canada. We get 52 weeks, 17 weeks must be taken by the mother, it is called pregnancy leave. The following 35 weeks is called parenting leave, it can be taken by either parent. You get 55% of your salary up to a total of about $1000 every two weeks, so about 26000 for the year max (55% of your pay might be more than 26k but you won't get anymore than 26k for the year, that's the max). It is awesome.

[daisy24342]

Probably SAHM for a bit, and then I'd like to go back part-time. But that would probably on happen if I can find someone to take baby part time daycare. Probably someone out of their home, since daycares in our area make you pay full time. If tht doesn't work out than I'd stay home, since I would be paying more for daycare than I make at work.

I think I am the type that needs to work at least a little, but who knows how ill really feel when it happens.

[bronxgirl]

I work part time 3 days a week. It's a great balance.

[statlerwaldorf]

I stay at home. We moved to the middle of nowhere for dh's job offer. There aren't any jobs in my field out here.

[murdock]

WM. Ditto staying at home is not an option.