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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your infant takes a 2-hr am nap and a 2-hr pm nap, and sleeps like 11-12 hours a night, then your infant is only awake 9 hours a day.  All these folks saying, well my nanny only spent 3-4 waking hours with my kid...I mean, I get that "3" and "4" sound like small numbers, but it is a full 30-40% of your child's waking hours.  That's of course a meaningful difference in what you could be spending if you stayed home (and again, that's assuming you have a very good napper).

I'm a FT working mom, btw.  [/quote]

Me again - also what is this talk about 3 year olds going to preschool 5 days a week from 9-1?  The majority of the SAHMs in my area send their 3 yr olds to preschool for [b]3 mornings a week[/b] (pick up at lunch).  Haven't you heard of the "3 days 3's"?  It's very silly to make up all these numbers and schedules.  Certainly pre-ES, of course SAHMs spend an appreciably larger percentage of their kids' waking hours with them than do most WOHM (at least those with fairly typical schedules).  How silly to pretend otherwise!  [/quote]

Yes it is true most SAHM's that are wealthy and poor send their kids to 5 days of preschool because of the value it adds. For the poor it's free and for the wealthy it's not a big deal.

But if you give up an income and have to skrimp I understand you can't send your kids 5 days a week and that's fine, they will be fine. [/quote]

I live in a UMC suburb.  The wealthy SAHMs here do "3 day 3's" -- preschool 3 mornings a week.  They don't see a value beyond that amount of preschool time for a 3 yr old.  [/quote]

Our SAHM do preschool 5 days and aftercare 2-3 days a week (easier than playdates which have to be planned). Aftercare just ended up being easier than trying to figure out playdate in the middle of dinner. [/quote]

I find this very hard to believe!  Here (again, wealthy area with lots of SAHMs) the typical schedule is:

3yr olds - preschool 3 mornings a week (typically 9 to noon)
4 yr olds (i.e. "pre-k" year) - 5 days a week  (typically 9-1)...some families do "enrichment" add-ons until 3ish one or two days a week
Then no aftercare once in ES, but some after-school ECs, playground meet-ups, etc.[/quote]

+1
Our preschool was around 3 hrs / 3 days for pre-3, and 4 hours / 4 days for pre-K. Anything beyond those hours typically falls under the daycare umbrella.[/quote]

My kids went to Langley Pre-K 3 five days a week. Then we moved and they went to another private for Pre-K 4 five days a week.

But I guess those schools are really masquerading as daycares. [/quote]

The consensus on this thread seems to be that if you're a SAHM, your children are probably napping most of the day. Yet if you happen to work full time and your children are at Langley, they're fully awake and engaged in advanced academic pursuits from drop-off to pick-up. [/quote]

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