I have two LOs who are in daycare while I work FT. I will probably stay at home (or work PT...if possible) when we have a 3rd LO.
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I have one Lo now and sah. Will continue if/when we have another.
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Hopefully our in-home daycare can take her or we'll put E in a center and keep #2 in our in-home.
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I don't think we will have another LO until my parents are in town and can help with child care. I guess technically we could put another LO in daycare and get by, but I don't think we'd want to stretch things that tight.
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If we have another, that would mean DD will be in daycare while I'll be at home with the new baby. Daycare isn't available until age 1 here, so a new baby always means being home bound for at least a year. It's not a complaint, just the reality.
If we're crazy enough to go for it, then I'm making DH stay home with me for a heck of a lot longer than he did the first time around. His company has really great paternity leave bonuses that he didn't take advantage of before.
But I honestly doubt it's gonna happen. I'm starting to feel old (as opposed to just being old) and we're getting too comfy having a minute to ourselves again.
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@SugarplumsMom: You aren't old!
I think I'm a year behind!
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@sugarplums: Daycare isn't available until age 1 in your area? Where are you?
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I'd have to hire a full-time nanny again if we had a third. That would be a lot of money!
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Wouldn't change! If we had 3, then I would stay home, but for 2? Still worth it for me to work.
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It wouldn't change if I had a 3rd!
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Well, that's a good question! We have no idea if we can afford to have two at daycare, or if we will change to a nanny, or if I will SAH for a few years. We have to figure it out soon if we want to TTC #2 sometime next year.
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I think we'll probably go back to a nanny when we have #2. I cannot handle getting 2 out the door by myself (usually) and even worse, having 2 getting sick and then getting the other one sick- NIGHTMARE! H has only been in daycare for a week and a half and the perpetual runny nose that she got literally on the first day caused her to have an ear infection (which made itself known with a 102 fever yesterday and today) , AND she has a red throat, and today a loose cough showed up. I have to keep her home tomorrow (on the 2nd week of my brand new job!), and I have briefly doubted my decision to put her in daycare at all. But I really think the socialization is good for her at this age. So we're trying to find a nanny for 2 days a week and just put her in daycare so she can socialize the other 3 days. With another LO (or 2 more!), they can socialize amongst themselves, so no need to take a dip in the germ pool every day! We'll get a nanny!
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I don't think it would change for two, but if we had a third I guess it would depend on whether L was in school yet or not.
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It wouldn't change for 2. But when we have 3, I will work part time and put them in daycare part time. We will have all our debt paid off and most of our house, so DH said I can do whatever I want.
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I have no idea! Right now DH and I have different work schedules and then our moms help out 3-4 days a week. Team Grandma is getting older though, and I don't know if either of them could really handle two at once!
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Wouldn't change - I'd still stay home!
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It would stay the same... SAHM til the youngest can go to pre-K. Perhaps work PT after that!
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No change- we already juggle child care between the two of us as it is, while adding another will add stress and keep us busier, I don't plan on changing my part-time work schedule.
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@SugarplumsMom: same here, daycare is very scarce for babies under 1 since women have a year of maternity leave. I think we will try to hire a part time nanny when the baby is around 6 months. Ds will continue to go to his regular daycare.
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@Katrocap: It's a country wide policy. I'm in Sweden.
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I work FT, so #2 would go to day care as well.
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I really don't know! One of us would probably reduce hours to at least part time if we had a second child.
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Preschools in our area start at 2, and are SO much cheaper than daycares. We'll make sure our second isn't born until #1 is 2, so we'll only have one daycare bill at a time.
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Our two are in daycare right now, but if we had another one, I would either stay home or we would have to look into a nanny.
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Ours won't change. MIL decided not to go back to work and help me with LO #2 instead
I feel super grateful! We couldn't have afforded any other childcare
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We are about to have #2. Our first has been in daycare. He will be 20 months when number 2 comes along. I really wanted to get a nanny and send LO#1 to preschool part-time, but its just too $ so they will both be doing daycare. I don't want my near 2 year old to miss out on the socialization/activities that he's used to!
I think I'm a year behind!
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