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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I tried to go back and see how this subthread topic started...but I'm wondering, do you think that if you SAH, your kids would have an even more emotional attachment to you than they already do? Is that what you are concerned about when you responded the way you did to , I think, wytchy?
I realize that your marriage has different dynamics than mine - or obviously, anyone else's for that matter. But as I'm sure you know, having a healthy and somewhat equal emotional attachment, doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the work status of either parent. Not that you said it did, but for many SAHMs, it is not something we have to worry about. Nor does our marriage suffer in some way b/c one person is WOH/WAH and the other is not.
I personally would have waited the 6 weeks, and probably would have waited a couple of weeks longer.
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Yes, that's right.
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Edited 1/30/2006 11:54 am ET by mom34101
Well, maybe, but the likelihood that you would be unable to nurse later is not very great. Most women whose babies won't take a bottle find other ways around it, like Lois did.
And my original point was that breastfeeding was a critical part of nursing a breastfed baby. If you stop breastfeeding, then it's not critical anymore.
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