Stay at Home Mom advice??

Thank you both for your advice. Being away from work for a while was a concern of mine should I seek re-entry. Also, I just wasn’t sure what I would do all day but I do think children would keep you busy. Can you tell this is my first kid? lol. The dependency thing is another good point. Like katie frost said, I will probably have a better idea when I stay at home for a bit during maternity leave.

Being a stay at home mom is so much more rewarding than I ever thought it could be. I have 3 kids and I have not worked since the day my oldest (he’ll be 8 in 6 days) was born. Believe me, you will never run out of stuff to do. You’re baby will surprise you with how busy he/she will keep you. The only reason I would advise against it is because of the economy…As for getting a job later, it really depends on how long you’re out of work. In January I looked for a job because I was thinking of going back to work. I worked as an accountant right before I quit and I applied for 3 jobs as an accountant…I got offered 2 of them, ultimately I decided I would rather stay at home until my youngest got into school.

I can tell you that there is not a job that is more important than taking care of your children. I heard somewhere that if they ever put a dollar amount on how much a stay at home mom would make it would be around $200,000.00 a year.

Being with your child 24/7 means that you will not miss any of those precious “first” times, you will have a very close bond with your child since you will basically be it’s only caretaker. Just make sure that you take time for yourself also because you can/will get burned out easily. Try to connect with other moms in your area so you have someone to turn to when you need them, connecting with other moms is important because they will also understand what you’re going through.

Good luck and congratulations on your pregnancy :)

I think it’d be good for you to stay at home with your child for a while. After that you can probably decide what you want to do a bit better.

You want to seriously consider this. Because once you’re out of the job market, getting back in is difficult, more employers do not look at gaps in your resume favorably. Also, can you afford to stay at home with the economy the way it is? You also become entirely dependent on your partner (balance of power tends to shift when one person is doing the earning). I’ll leave it up to the stay at home moms to give you the positive side of it. My parents worked out of the home, so that is another alternative if it is possible in your case? Or working part time either now, or later on when your kid is a little older…