How many are going to be a SAHM?

[SunShineSally]

I was wondering if anyone else eighter is or are going to be stay at home Mama's? I am right now with Ds and I was planning on going back to work while he is in school in september buuut my soon to be Dh just said that he is okay with me staying home until this bean goes to Kindergarden!:: he knew how I felt and such and he just agreed for sure last night that he thinks that would be best!!!! so anyone else??? it will be strange because that means I will have been home for almost 10 years by the time I will go to work we still need to get a place of our own as we have been with my mother for about a year. But we are looking! There are some nice town houses the next town 1,000sf over and they have a belcony can you just imagine nurseing out in the sun Okay I just rambled real bad so anyone else staying at home!

[nina_yyc]

I don't know if it will be me but somebody's got to cut back on hours after this baby. Part of the reason for me working f/t right now is to qualify for the maximum EI benefit. I like my job but DH is gone a lot and I'm stretched pretty thin on the home front. I'll probably either cut my hours or start a business from home....or I have also considered flat-out telling DH I want him to be a SAHD. He says he'd last longer than I would as a SAHM and I wouldn't mind accommodating all his hobbies on weekends if I didn't have to deal with daycare dropoffs, pickups, and dinner every night.

Daycare for two would run me $1400 a month . If I actually found a daycare close to home where DH could share in the transportation, it could be even more.

[homestyle]

I really want to stay home, at least until our kid(s) are into school. I also would like to homeschool the first few years ... so it is all a plan in progress.

I recently graduated with my Ph.D., and it has been such a crazy mind-trip to realize I don't want to have the lifestyle that comes along with the job for which I have 12 years of higher education. But I really want babies ... and I don't want to give them to someone else to raise. And now here we are! Finally preg. When my lectureship ends in a month, and if this baby sticks:, I won't really be looking for anything else. Here's hoping that my husband gets a better job soon!

[Andee]

I would love to be a SAHM. The hope and dream is for DP to get his own tattoo studio going. If we can somehow accomplish that, I'll be a part-time co-owner, and full time mommy. :

[DJ's_Girl]

Me! I am a SAHM right now and DH has told me that I am not working until all of the lil ones are in school. I him!! This is our last baby so I guess I will be getting a job in about 5 years lol. Well, that is if there are any jobs in 5 years!

[SunShineSally]

Originally Posted by DJ's_Girl

Me! I am a SAHM right now and DH has told me that I am not working until all of the lil ones are in school. I him!! This is our last baby so I guess I will be getting a job in about 5 years lol. Well, that is if there are any jobs in 5 years!

right I was sseriousely thinking that today what if there are no jobs for me in 5years??!! we are going to have like NO MONEY but I will be there for Ds and this one he doesn't have a car he uses the bus for work so it is only one van he does want to get a little beater so I do not have to pick him up ever or take him places ever but ehh I don't really mind cause it will save us money for him to just use the bus for work and cut down on Gas and insurance. I was also thinking how weird will it be to go back after 10 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WaitingForKiddos]

I'll be staying home. Dh isn't crazy about me working as much as I do so he's looking forward to havng me back at home.

[htcamommy]

Well I am a sahm with no plans to ever be anything but for another 18 years it seems. We are committed to homeschooling so I do have quite a plate full with the 4 I already have and I don't know how my schedule will look when # 5 comes the same time #3 starts homeschooling. Anyway there are days where "work" sounds like a paid vacation. My grandmother always said she was always looking for her time clock because she was sure it was time to clock out.

[Brisen]

Originally Posted by htcamommy

Well I am a sahm with no plans to ever be anything but for another 18 years it seems.

: We're homeschooling, and likely aren't done having kids, so I'll be a sahm for a while. I would still sahm while we had kids at home if they were in school, though, assuming we were financially OK.

[MamaZoZo]

I'll be a WOHM, as I am now. I would like to stay home, but it's just not financially feasible at the moment. Maybe in a few years. The nice thing is that I get to take a full year off with the new babe, which will give me a chance to help DD transition into her first year of school : It will also give me some at home time with her before she starts her scholastic career...

awww.. now I'm sad about my baby girl growing up.. yay hormones!

[thelocaldialect]

I'm the breadwinner in my family and DH is a SAHD. :

I can't say it'll always be like this, but I probably wouldn't last too long as a SAHM. I'm looking forward to having a nice break when this baby is born though.

[SilvanaRose]

Well I am not legally allowed to work until we are married and my papers and stuff go through, and by that time I will be like 8 months pregnant so no one will hire me anyway lol. I am thinking that I will be a SAHM. My DP is totally ok with that and says that he makes enough to support us. I have always been the bread winner and came from a home where my mother was the breadwinner too. The woman in my family are like that and I feel somewhat strange right now not working. I am quite happy though, I always make sure DP has something to look forward to when he gets home )

We are hoping that in another year I can go back to school p/t because I really want to get into teaching. Possibly Waldorf.

Also, thelocaldialect I took a look at your blog and noticed where you are. We were planning on going to China (and most likely Yunnan province) to teach English this year but it didn't work out. We are learning Mandarin right now too and we love the culture...hopefully it is still a possibility. You have insipired me to keep that open. )

[thelocaldialect]

Originally Posted by SilvanaRose

Also, thelocaldialect I took a look at your blog and noticed where you are. We were planning on going to China (and most likely Yunnan province) to teach English this year but it didn't work out. We are learning Mandarin right now too and we love the culture...hopefully it is still a possibility. You have insipired me to keep that open. )

You'd love Yunnan I'm sure, its a great place. We're in Beijing now but planning on going back to Yunnan in June or July. I've been living in China for 6 years now and still have very little desire to return to the States, which has to say something! If you ever have any questions about living out here, feel free to ask!

[cloudbutterfly]

I'm already a SAHW (stay at home writer), so I'll continue staying at home when the baby comes.

[speculaa]

I'll be a SAHM for the first 12 months, and pick up my studies after that. Not planning to return to my job after I take maternity leave.

[fresh_veggie]

I'll be SAH - I've got an internet business, and I'll have my RD (finger's crossed!) so that I can do private consulting and teaching to those who are in need of a dietitian. (My focus is in vegan/vegetarian nutrition!)

[Andee]

Originally Posted by fresh_veggie

I'll be SAH - I've got an internet business, and I'll have my RD (finger's crossed!) so that I can do private consulting and teaching to those who are in need of a dietitian. (My focus is in vegan/vegetarian nutrition!)

That's way too cool!

[SoCaliMommy]

I'm already a SAHM and will stay one after the new baby is born

[ursusarctos]

Well we're both still studying (master's level) so we're probably both going to be part time students/workers/SAH parents, juggling childcare as our schedules demand and depending on what kind of work we can get. Fortunately I shouldn't have much left to do by the end of next semester but write my thesis, which I can do in bits and pieces. Right now I have been translating part time from home and I'm hoping to get something similar after the baby comes. We're both skeptical about getting steady, full-time jobs because those seem to be in short supply over here, and we aren't getting the most practical degrees.
Lucky for us, we live in one of the lovely European welfare states, which means we get some financial support and subsidized housing from the government when studying and healthcare is relatively cheap. This makes everything a lot less stressful, obviously, and in fact the student benefits are so good that we are seriously considering one of us getting a second degree. By the time DP is done studying DC would be about 1 and a half and I could go back to school part time, this time to study something employable like nursing maybe.
ETA: Oh yeah, college is free here, which is actually why I moved here in the first place and why I could consider getting a second degree.

[bananabee]

I'm still waiting to POAS...I'm a SAH wife now, recovering slowly from work-related injuries to my arms. I can't type a lot due to that, but I definitely will be a SAHM. My husband and I really enjoy our life together this way more than we could have imagined. Some day when our kids are grown, I'd like to work in foster care.