https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 09:03:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent/page/2#post-1082011 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:07:06 +0000 Boheme 1082011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, he really enjoys both his jobs! Plus they give him days with DS while I'm at work. I love knowing that when DS is a little older they can have fun daddy days and go fishing, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent/page/2#post-1082005 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:04:16 +0000 avivoca 1082005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If he had to, he would, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't happen unless he lost his job. He loves to work and be outside. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent/page/2#post-1081997 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:02:27 +0000 bunnylove08 1081997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH wants to be a SAHD, if I made more money I would totally let him do this. He hates that he is missing A's milestones and loved the 3 months paternity he spent with her when she was 2 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent/page/2#post-1081971 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:55:00 +0000 yellowbird 1081971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! He did it for three months after we moved for my job. He just found something last week and cried because he missed our LO!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent/page/2#post-1081965 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:52:36 +0000 immabeetoo 1081965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ditto to what @mrsjyw said. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent/page/2#post-1081959 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:50:54 +0000 mrs. wagon 1081959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think he would do a great job, but in the big picture would not be fulfilled and that would trickle down into deeper things like self esteem and marriage relationship dynamics. And he's not the type to complain so he'd clam up about it until it all boiled over and he had some sort of mid life crisis to re-examine his life. No thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent/page/2#post-1081950 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:47:28 +0000 mrskc 1081950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think he would consider it. He watched DS all day while I worked all summer since he's a teacher. He was so much better at staying home than I was while on maternity leave. He accomplished way more in his day than I ever did. I think he would make a great SAHD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent/page/2#post-1081698 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:29:27 +0000 blackbird 1081698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui, him and me both lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081672 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:20:04 +0000 pui 1081672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: You know what I mean ;) childcare and taking care of the home is not the type of work he'd want to be doing all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081649 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:14:15 +0000 mrsjyw 1081649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! If we were able to go financially without his income, he would do it in a heartbeat. But, he's the breadwinner so that won't be happening. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081648 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:14:12 +0000 LuLu Mom 1081648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I don't think he would be able to handle everything that it would include. Last night I left them for 2 hours to help a friend register for her baby shower, and I came home to a mess; dishes in the sink, toys and stuff everywhere, and there was still water in the bathtub that he didn't drain. He's great with her but I would come home to a War Zone every day and that would not be good for our marriage! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081640 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:10:42 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1081640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's already done it for two years and did a great job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081638 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:10:37 +0000 su9su9 1081638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He would, but honestly I don't think he would be very good at it. He's not good at cooking or feeding the kids. But he is pretty good at playing and teaching them things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081627 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:07:06 +0000 MapleMoose 1081627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I married a workaholic so I'm going with no on this question. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081616 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:04:08 +0000 Silva 1081616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He would love it and wishes he could, but unless I get around to writing that best seller his MD will always make more money than my MSW! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081610 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:01:01 +0000 GrapeCrush 1081610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think he would. i don't know if he'd like it for long though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081596 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:54:44 +0000 blackbird 1081596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both thought he'd enjoy it, but now that she's here....no :P</p> <p>@pui, SAH parents don't babysit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081595 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:54:15 +0000 loveisstrange 1081595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. DH would LOVE to be a SAHD. He's talked about how much he would love to several times.</p> <p>He's going to be a student/SAHD starting in May. He's excited. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081591 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:52:57 +0000 MrsTiz 1081591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He'd get bored, he has to constantly be moving/doing something </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081545 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:35:42 +0000 pui 1081545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, he's too much of a workaholic, and not the babysitting kind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081544 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:34:44 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1081544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband would do it, but I don't think it would be a wise choice for us long term. He would loose traction in his career and I think he would do the bare minimum as a SAHD (meaning, bills, cleaning, shopping, appointments, would still fall to me). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081540 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:32:49 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1081540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If we could afford for him to stay home childcare would be the last thing he would want to do. He would throw himself into his hobbies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081535 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:30:05 +0000 NavyRN2012 1081535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH is a SAHD. It works well for us. I love my job, and am actually not a very good SAHM. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081442 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 05:52:21 +0000 LovelyPlum 1081442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! If we home school, he'd do it. But I would worry about him missing out on work interactions-he is shy and doesn't meet others easily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081436 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 05:47:15 +0000 Dandelion 1081436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH has always said if I made the money he did, he'd stay at home. But, he's better at working, and I'm better at staying home, lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081424 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 05:22:32 +0000 artsyfartsy 1081424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. He wouldn't be able to handle not working. It's just not for him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081415 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 04:44:11 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1081415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Heck no! It would kill him. Like literally, DD would drive him insane! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081386 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 02:12:40 +0000 lamariniere 1081386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely not. My husband was made to work outside the home, that is for sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081381 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 01:44:53 +0000 Pepper 1081381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If money wasn't an issue, he'd lovvvve to stay at home! Before we had LO, he always joked he was going to quit and be a stay at home cat dad, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-your-spouse-ever-consider-being-a-sah-parent#post-1081344 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 01:02:20 +0000 ALV91711 1081344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH would be good at this although I don't know if he could not work. </p> <p>He is going to try and work shorter days so he can be around more. Then when I go back to work he can do daycare drop off and pick up. </p>