For currently stay at home moms, how long are you planning to stay home with baby?

Question

Before my son was born my husband and I discussed and decided it made sense financially and we both wanted me to stay home with baby the first year. As we approach the year mark we are still doing well financially on one income and I’m having a hard time coping with someone else watching my son if I return to work. My husband is now onboard for me not to return to work for a few years especially since we are wanting to ttc again in 4 months. How long are you sahms staying at home??

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I plan on staying home until my kids are basically grown. We plan on having at least 1-2 more. But even after they're not babies anymore, I still plan on staying home. Cooking, cleaning, taking kids to/from school, to/from activities and lessons is very time consuming. I can't imagine wanting to go to work for a few hours while they're at school.

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Probably until my son is old enough to begin school and goes daily —this is in the event I don’t become pregnant between now and then. Raising children is a very large portion of the day and if starting back to work would take too much of your energy in areas that are going well in your life right now, then consider maybe waiting a bit longer at home. If you and your husband defiantly agree this lifestyle isn’t a struggle on you financially or unless you’re unhappy being home then I say stay at home and love every minute of it. So many mothers I know work because they have to when they’d so much rather be a full time stay at home mom.

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At least until they start school, maybe longer. Not sure.

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Until my youngest is at least 6 or 7 then my husband will be a stay at home parent until
I’m finished school. We will be homeschooling our children so it’s necessary for at least one of us to be home but we should be in a financial position to allow my husband to take a few years off work while I’m at school around that time.

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I’m hoping till my youngest is in grade 1, but we will see. Ive been a SAHM now for 3.5 years and my husband just started a new job but had to take a pay cut due to the old company shutting down. I’m not sure if we can make it 5 more years on one income at this rate.

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Until she’s 3 or 4.

For currently stay at home moms, how long are you planning to stay home with baby?

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