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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I have always split the household chores equally.  I want this to change when I stop working after our child is born - I want to do less.  We have a cleaning service that comes in once a week and do a lot of ordering of supplies online.

Basically, I want to do only what a good nanny would do in terms of spending all the baby's waking hours engaged with her and her napping hours either napping myself or doing her chores (baby's laundry, food prep, etc).  I want to do classes with my child, go on play dates and not think about the house at all.

Is this possible?   DH is all for it right now but...   [/quote]

It is possible. DH wanted one of us to be home with our children. I made significantly less than him and so I quit.  I am highly educated, love to be with my kids but I suck at household chores.  I spent every minute with my kids but I continued to employ the cleaning service that we had when I was a WOHM.   There was still some chores left that was split between the two of us.  Later DH and I  decided that if we outsourced more work and if I supervise in the role of a house manager we would have more leisure time.   I have 2 ladies who work for me on hourly rates. They work for me twice a week and I get 12 man hours worth of work from them.  My kids are in school so I can devote some time there.   It has worked out for us and has made our home life and marriage amazing.

However, please remember, our finances allow us to have this arrangement. I have my own money from the years that I worked, inheritance and investments.   I do not know if your marriage has the dynamics that this will work for you. [/quote]

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