https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:05:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-stay-at-home-dads-in-the-mix#post-14419 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:33:53 +0000 808love 14419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband stays at home with the baby, 4 out of 5 weekdays and it's mostly me on the weekend. He was given the flexibility of his work at home, evening and weekend schedule, opposite mine so I'm very grateful not to depend on childcare. I'm very attached to the baby and want to hear her every move. The more I hear about SAHDs becoming more common (like my brother), I am tempted to have my husband stay at home all the time and quit his 40 hr job. I get so tired and sometimes we are grouchy or argue in the limited times we overlap. I think it would be easier. The other day I said, why don't you just stay at home all the time. He said NO, I like what I do. Then the next day, he said....I've been thinking about it. That's where we left the conversation a few days ago. I make a little more money and have a great job, though I'm so looking forward to formally retiring one day. Really, we should both work if we want to afford to travel, decent discretionary money, give gifts, save for college, a car and retirement. If we can do without those things, then we can make it on one (my) salary. And that would be lovely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-stay-at-home-dads-in-the-mix#post-14196 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:12:29 +0000 mommacommaphd 14196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband is a SAHD. We relocated for me to take a job. He worked remotely from home for several months- staying home with our daughter and working during nap time/evenings.</p> <p>Back in Sept the company ended the remote work, so now he's a straight up SAHD.</p> <p>So far it's working out well. In this economy it would be hard for him to find work in his field- and would probably require a long commute/crappy scheduling. Add to that the cost of childcare-- in terms of finances and quality of life, him staying home makes most sense.</p> <p>I'm definitely jealous of all the time he gets to spend with our daughter and would really love to switch places with him. However, my work pays much better than his would.. </p> <p>It's been a little hard for him to adjust to being home all the time and not contributing financially, but I think he's doing a great job all around. He's really picked up a lot of the chores and duties I used to do when we were both working. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-stay-at-home-dads-in-the-mix#post-12671 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:11:16 +0000 MaisyMay 12671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We wouldn't do a SAHD as Hubs would be unable to work from home and he makes more than me. We will try to arrange it so that he has at least one day off different than me, and I'll probably go down to part-time. Not sure yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-stay-at-home-dads-in-the-mix#post-12630 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:41:08 +0000 BSB 12630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If everything works out, my husband will be a SAHD. We'll see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-stay-at-home-dads-in-the-mix#post-2029 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:28:02 +0000 KansasPrincess11 2029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LaneyBugsMommy: I think I would feel jealousy as well. My husband is a full-time student and we've looked into me trying to get more flexibility at work w/a laptop and I'd just work mornings, then he could go to school in the afternoons or vice versa and I think that would help with the jealousy I would feel if I were just working all the time and he were home with the baby... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-stay-at-home-dads-in-the-mix#post-2017 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:51:08 +0000 Rock n Roll 2017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband isn't a SAHD, but he works the late shift and watches our daughter while I'm at work during the day, so he kind of feels like one sometimes. It makes him really happy to know that our daughter gets to spend all her time with one of us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-stay-at-home-dads-in-the-mix#post-1976 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:16:01 +0000 Laneybugsmommy 1976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My hubby is a stay at home dad. His job cut back hours drastically while I was pregnant and the cost of daycare pretty much would have cancelled out his paycheck so we decided to just keep her home with him for a little bit. Sometime between when shes 2-3 we'll look into putting her in school and him going back to work but for right now he is enjoying his time home with her. I won't lie, its definitely hard for me and I get jealous from time to time but I know that its whats best for her and that's what matters. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-stay-at-home-dads-in-the-mix#post-1970 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:58:41 +0000 tequiero21 1970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i would love to hear about this too. my husband could never be a sahd. he's too traditional - women should be at home, barefoot and pregnant kind of traditional *rolling eyes* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-stay-at-home-dads-in-the-mix#post-1958 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:00:10 +0000 mrbee 1958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been happy to see a lot of mentions of SAHDs on Hellobee!</p> <p>Would love to hear from any SAHDs or their SOs, with more details on how you guys came to the arrangement! When I was younger, a lot of guys seemed to be resistant to the idea... but honestly, these days it seems more and more common! </p> <p>Would love to hear how things evolved for your family. :-) </p>