I need some advice about going back to work or staying home..

So I'm a teacher at a Catholic school. I resigned from my job teaching kindergarten at the end of the school year last year because the leave I'd get for maternity wasn't very long and the cost of me going back to work and child care basically cancelled each other out. I didn't want to go back at 8 weeks pp. I'm so thankful for the opportunity to stay home. I really am. But after these last 8 months I'm dying to get back into he classroom.

I have an opportunity to go back to work in the same school different position though. Not my ideal job. And the pay is still peanuts because it's not public school. My husband and I would have to make up 1300 dollars a month in order for me to go back / afford daycare.

What we did in the past is we saved my income so we could live off of it as if I still had my job this past year. We weren't able to do that this year.. only able to save about 3 months at a time.

Now idk what to do. I'm afraid if I stay home again I'll risk loosing the opportunity to get back into the school system and stay current. Im afraid to stay out of work too long because you can become outdated. But If info back to work I'm basically working for daycare money. When my little guy is ready for school and I am not longer needed at home I want to be able to work again and I'm not sure that a possibility if I'm out of the field for that long.

Money is tight as it is with our family so I want to make the right decision.

I'm having a hard time letting myself send my baby to daycare when I know I could stay home if I had to..

Please no negative comments. I know I'm lucky to stay home with him. Can anyone relate or offer any advice as to how they decided on what to do if they had a similar circumstance?

Thank you!