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[quote=Anonymous]Hi!  I have a 13 month old daughter and returned to work after a 3 month ML last fall.  While I wasn't thrilled about going back to work, we found an awesome nanny share (on these boards!) and love, love, love our nanny.

As time has passed and my daughter has gotten older, my desire to stay home has increased exponentially.  For what it's worth- I'm not really into my job.  I know that staying home isn't sunshine and roses, but it's a "sacrifice" that I'm willing to make... I just feel like I won't get this time back with my daughter.

The issue that we run into is, of course, financial.  My husband has an excellent job, but we have a hefty mortgage and other debt.  In doing the math, once we cut out the nanny, dog walker, maid, etc we are only coming up short by about $700/month.  I work in government contracting and am just afraid that being out of the workforce for 5+ years (we are looking to add baby number two in the next year or two) is going to mean that a career that has never really taken off (I'm young- 28) will never leave the ground.  Obviously, there are a lot of unknowns- who knows if I'd even want to go back to work once the kids are schoolaged?

I also don't want to stay at home and not be able to vacation, go out to dinner, etc.  In that line of thought, does anyone have ideas about how to make a little extra money on the side?  We live two blocks from an elementary school, so I've thought about advertising for a few hours of before/after school care during the school year.  I don't need to make a TON of money, but I'd like to be able to contribute a bit while still having the time with my daughter that I so desperately want.  I know there's got to be a way to make this work without stretching ourselves so thin financially.  Thoughts?[/quote]

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