Heart vs. Head: The work status decision
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Heart vs. Head: The work status decision
| Tue, 01-17-2006 - 1:03pm |
Did you make your decision to SAH/WAH/WOH ft/pt based primarily on objective/tangible factors, or with your heart?

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<<1. When the 4year old attends preschool and the youngest is taking a nap.
2. When the 4year old is on a playdate and the youngest takes a nap.
3. The mother could hire a sitter to come in and watch the oldest while the she and the baby sleep.
Three opportunities right there.
What opportunities does the wohp have while at work to make up sleep?>>
1. - Works if your youngest takes a nap while older child is at preschool. And what about if you have three kids w/oldest in preschool? My younger two do not nap at the same time. I have never had this scenario work for me.
2. My oldest son does not go on playdates yet. Most of his friends from school live too far for playdates to work and the only friend in our neighborhood goes to a different school and then to extended daycare.
3. Not everyone can find a daytime sitter - most babysitters are teenagers or college students who are in class during the day. None of my sitters are available during the day.
As for WOHP? They have an entire lunchhour when they could sleep. Granted, not everyone has a place to sleep at work, but then again, not every SAHP has the opportunities like you mention in your examples either.
Until this year, I had all four of my kids home with me for the greater part of every day. My dd attended half-day kindergarten every day, while my son was in preschool just 3 days a week. Factor in drive times, changing/feeding baby, tending to my toddler, etc - there was no opportunity for naps. And no, we did not do playdates very often. Actually, my dd was the only one who did playdates last year and they weren't even every week. Plus we had to reciprocate.
Fortunately, sleep deprivation was not an issue for me as I don't need much sleep to function well.
Bullcrap. Total total bullcrap.
Any kid that doesn't sleep well for non-medical reasons ... its the parents' fault?
Bullcrap. Total total bullcrap.
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