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I love being home. But honestly, I would love being at home even without kids, I'm a homebody

I have always planned on being a SAHM and am so grateful that our circumstance in life allows for that. I have multiple degrees and have nearly 10 years of experience working in my two career fields, so I definitely don't feel as though I'm missing out. On the very odd occasion, I sometimes miss the adult interaction and feel as though I'm becoming a bit stagnant intellectually, but then I look at my DD's face and I know I couldn't bear the thought of being away from her every day.

I will go back to work once the kids are in school full time, but for now, I want to enjoy every second with my LO. I know she is going to grow up so fast and I don't want to miss a thing. I also wouldn't trade our bonding time for the world - the time we have together, just the two of us whilst DH is at work, is the most precious time for me.

I would like to work part time. I love working but I also love being home. I think part time would be the best of both worlds.

I feel very lucky that I do have the option to be a SAHM, and I love it!

I'd rather work. I found while I was out on mat leave that I really need to be intellectually stimulated and challenged every day; which I just don't get from caring for a baby. I also think it's better for LO to be around other babies and kids for a good chunk of each day - she's very social and she LOVES to watch the older babies. She just loves to watch them eat and crawl; and then tries to mimic their actions. I don't think she would interact the same way if I were there as a distraction for her (like, via mommy-and-me groups). So, for both of us, I think it's better that I work.

I would like to be a SAHM. We could do it, fairly easily. But the kicker is that I have a really good job in sales, and get a lot of perks like a free company car and gas, and the bottom line is that it would just be STUPID to walk away from it.

Plus my job is what allows me to feel totally comfortable doing whatever I want in the way of fun stuff without a second thought - new purse, or something really cute for Harper. I wouldn't have the same leisure if we were just on DH's income. I would have some explaining to do!!!

I can't imagine not working! I love my girls and am a better mom for going to work each day.

So weird, my husband was logged in on my iPad. He is not the stay at home mom, I am!!!

I love my job but hate the commute. I wish I could either do my job FT from home or work PT. Right now it seems there just aren't enough hours in the day.

Not sure yet! I will be a SAHM for at least the first 3 or 4 months, so I guess I"ll figure out which I prefer...

Love being a sahm!

I love staying at home now so I think I'll love being a stay at home mom. My husband has his own business so I can help him whenever he needs it and I handle all the bills and that kind of stuff. I never run out of things to do and I like having the time to cook and exercise and pursue my hobbies.

I'm a SAHM and I'm hoping to return to work. Now if only the job market would cooperate.

I just got a job! So I'll be a PTWOHM. I'm sure it'll be hard and I'll still feel like I'm missing out on a lot, but I think I'll really appreciate the intellectual stimulation and adult interaction. And it's 20 hours a week, so I think I'll still feel like I'm home for most of the baby's life, you know?

There's been an interesting study on working PT: http://moms.today.com/_news/2011/10/24/8470547-do-part-time-working-moms-have-the-best-gig-around?lite

I work, but when we have kids I will SAH! We can do it easily enough, so it will make more sense then pay for day care or a nanny in our situation.

so many factors go into this for me! i LOVE my current job, and it gives me the flexibility to come and go as i please with a pretty good income, so my answer TODAY would be i would rather be a working mom. however, if i was stuck in a job that i hated or didn't give me any pleasure i would then prefer to be a SAHM.

i didn't work the first 6-months of LO's life, and if i had gone back to work any earlier than i did, i didn't think i'd be able to do it. when they're so little and helpless all i wanted was to meet all their needs all day long, and i was so content doing that at the time. but as she got into toddlerhood and becoming more demanding, having a job gives me the "me" time that i need to be a better mom to her! anyway, sorry for the essay... i really think i would be happy in either role, but for now i'm super content being a working mom.

I'm a SAHM and I do like it but I would really love to work 3 days a week. I think that would be a perfect balance. To get out, interact with adults, wear real clothes (not jeans and sneakers all the time like I do now) and to feel like I'm contributing to our finances would feel so much better than I do now. Then the rest of the week, I could enjoy my LO's. I only feel comfortable with my parents babysitting though and they haven't retired yet.

@jedeve: I do think there is a benefit for the working parent (shouldn't just be moms in my opinion) and the family as a while for working part time, but I know from my own experience that companies that say they promote flex time really have a difficult time executing it.

The problem seems partly to be with what you do when you are off and someone needs something from you. How, as a business, do you cover that? Jobsharing sounds ideal, until you try to figure out the hours so that no one works more than 50% AND you have time to download the other person's materials. Someone ends up working for free in this case, and it's not usually in the company's interest to hire two people for 125% when they can just hire one at 100%.

I wish there was some way to get it to work out, but in my line of work, being part time really was a downgrade.