Lurker from June 2005 EC, need some info
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| Wed, 06-08-2005 - 3:33pm |
Hi ladies,
I have a daughter who will be 3 in August and am expecting my son the 30th of this month. Currently I work 35 hours a week but a part of me is dying to stay home with my children. When dd was born she came to work with me for 5 months and then my mother kept her until she had to get a partime job herself. DD has stayed with relatives mostly until about 8 months ago, she now goes to daycare. It isn't that big of a deal since husband works there and can check on her often. She is old enough now to tell me what goes on there and I take comfort in that. However, with this new baby coming, I am terrified of sending him to daycare or to a stranger. I will have to return to work after he is 4 weeks and he can't go to daycare until he is 6 weeks. I have no one to keep him. So I have really been considering staying home with the children but then comes the real trouble. I am a young mother and we have low income with both of us working and I don't think it is possible for me to stay home. My dh and I bring in 50% of our income each. So if I stayed home, he would need to double his income for us to make it. So my questions are: Have any of you gone from 2 to 1 income who really couldn't afford to? Is it possible to do this or am I being crazy? I know that 50% is alot for him to make up. Are there things I could do from home to help earn money that won't take away from my children? I know there are alot of gimmick of work from home jobs and such and I don't want to be taken. I currently have experience in pharmacy, secretarial jobs, front end medical work and retail thus I feel so unskilled to do anything outside of that. I have considered keeping children but I have no experience other than with my own and don't know where to get customers. Could anyone help?
TIA
Michelle
| Wed, 06-08-2005 - 9:48pm |

