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This post has me curious of how many SAHMs miss th...

2012-02-08T12:51:27.823-06:00

This post has me curious of how many SAHMs miss their former jobs. I always thought that I wanted to stay home, but not that I have a baby and have gone back to work after my leave it's hard to know if I liked the idea better than the actual job. Does that make sense?

I know lots of moms go back to work because they have no choice, but I do have a choice and I'd love to connect with more moms like myself. Anyhow, not really related to your post, but I just thought I'd let you know it got me thinking. :)

I am currently struggling with the decision to go ...

2012-02-02T20:20:55.040-06:00

I am currently struggling with the decision to go back to work (just a few days in), so don't feel capable yet of linking a full post regarding the decision, as I'm still not sure it's working. It's helpful to read your decision-making process and makes me question my own in good ways. The blog is one of my coping mechanisms, I guess.

And I can tell you that as the mommy even if you were back at work there are still no spontaneous happy hours, as either day cares closes or the nanny has to leave, and mommy has to be there to get her baby...but truly there's no place I'd rather be at the end of a work day that home in time to pick up my baby.

I love this post -- and the idea of linking up wit...

2012-02-02T11:35:02.074-06:00

I love this post -- and the idea of linking up with other moms who went through the same decision-making process/struggle. I have 20 days to tell my boss whether I'm coming back next year or not...and leaning towards not. Thanks for sharing your insight!

Well said!! Thanks for sharing!

2012-01-30T20:51:03.438-06:00

Well said!! Thanks for sharing!

I'm also a SAHM and I'm late to the linky ...

2012-01-29T21:37:15.836-06:00

I'm also a SAHM and I'm late to the linky party. Boo! Sometimes I think going back to work would be so much easier than staying home- kids are not easy! But I know I was meant to be a mommy and my son needs me daily. My husband is a lawyer but the school loans are eating us alive! Another post for another time. Go SAHMs!

Dissertation-level indeed! Golf claps all around. ...

2012-01-29T18:36:07.385-06:00

Dissertation-level indeed! Golf claps all around. Great job at covering the psychology behind "being your own boss" and all that jazz. I also abhor talking about money, hence the lack of any mention in my post :)

Love this post! We're wrestling with the decis...

2012-01-29T16:47:16.863-06:00

Love this post! We're wrestling with the decision right now. Thanks for your thoughts and how you two make it work!

This post hits so close to home for me! Not with b...

2012-01-27T17:44:25.559-06:00

This post hits so close to home for me! Not with being a parent thing, because I am only 17 but being the child who benefited from my parents decision. Both my mother and father went to law school and became lawyers (law school is where they met). They worked really hard and set a first step for their life. They had my brother and not long after they had me. That is when they made the decision that my dad and his friend were going to open a practice together (still doing it and very successfully at that) and that my mom would stay home and take care of my brother and I. I am so glad that is what my parents choose because my brother and I both benefited tremendously from the situation. Picture elementary school kids in the nurses office throwing up. We could call our mom and she would pick us up within twenty minutes and would be driving us straight to the doctor because she had already made an appointment. It is so good that y'all had talked this through and decided because your child will realize later that us kiddos are a job of our own!

We are the same person 2000 miles apart. I will t...

2012-01-27T11:53:44.412-06:00

We are the same person 2000 miles apart. I will try to write a post on how we came to our decision later this evening.

Such a great post!!! I think every SAHM should rea...

2012-01-27T09:53:58.987-06:00

Such a great post!!! I think every SAHM should read this because every word speaks to me!! Thank you!!

This is a well done post. I also liked the articl...

2012-01-27T09:44:14.269-06:00

This is a well done post. I also liked the article you linked. One comment stuck out to me regarding finding a balance in the workload to keep the women's talent they've developed engaged. In an field (tech) that is always evolving, one thing that I fear about staying home is become obsolete or lagging behind if I chose to take a time out. I know I could catch back up, but it still is a fear.

I love the newborn pic of your crew!

I have absolutely nothing to add to the stay at ho...

2012-01-27T09:07:27.324-06:00

I have absolutely nothing to add to the stay at home mom decision, but I want to know more about you and the husband starting out dating long distance, as I may be embarking on one of these relationships myself. I need details of how this all happened. I thought you and AH met in law school??? Or did I make that up.

I have done long distance before but it was a boyfriend who moved away after we were already dating. I MAY be (I hesitate to even say that because I feel like I'll jinx it) dating a guy who lives in NY now and I feel like it's really awkward because I have no idea how things are to proceed when we live a flight away!

And I just vomited something totally irrelevant in your comments. GOOD TIMES.

I did love reading this post though! haha

Great post, as a working mom I still go back and f...

2012-01-27T08:24:35.414-06:00

Great post, as a working mom I still go back and fourth about staying home. Both are very hard decisons and should not taken lightly. Love this post though. Perfect explanation.

I appreciate this post. My husband and I are a fe...

2012-01-27T08:13:31.224-06:00

I appreciate this post. My husband and I are a few years away from having kids, but we have a lot to think about. I had a stay at home mom and I agree with you and think I benefitted enormously. R's mother always worked and so he did the daycare from 7 am to 7 pm thing when he was a kid-- and turned out fine. I hope we can come to a decision that we BOTH feel good about.

We are the same person... I'm sure of it. And...

2012-01-27T08:08:38.685-06:00

We are the same person... I'm sure of it. And I'm jumping on board with this next week [when I actually have some time to sit down and devote to it!].

Thanks for sharing - I think it's so fun to see what the method to our madness was! ;)

Happy weekend.

And - I absolutely loved all of the photos in this post. Blessed indeed, friend....blessed indeed!

This post is so completely spot on and one I wish ...

2012-01-27T08:02:12.897-06:00

This post is so completely spot on and one I wish I'd had the benefit of reading 3 years ago. Going from a corporate job to being a stay at home mom is a huge step and certainly not to be taken lightly.