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I have just recently decided that I really don't want to be a full time SAHM anymore. I work some from home, but I need to have full time hours if I want the kids to go to daycare, and working at home with the kids here is becoming very difficult.

I always wanted to be a SAHM but it just isn't working for me. I have had a really hard time connecting with other moms due to scheduling conflicts with naps etc, so I am basically alone all the time. There are a million other reasons too, but basically it comes down to the fact that I think I am going to be a better mom when I have more quality time with my kids and less quantity. My son started going to a daycare 5 days a week this week from 7-1, and then he comes home and naps. We still have the afternoons together, and I get some much needed time to do things I love. I really miss doing work I care about, and it is really nice to be doing it again.

I think if I had found a great group of friends and had a kid with less demanding sleep needs or had a child who isnt constantly into everything everywhere we go, it might have been easier for me. But I hate being stuck in the house, and going places is just so hard sometimes.

All that to say, it comes down to what is going to make you happy with your life. I have come to terms with the fact that me working means we will make just above the break even for childcare, but I see it as doing work I love and providing my kids a safe wonderful place to be while I do it. When they start public school the childcare expense will be gone and we will get a huge raise