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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so happy at home. I have a very well paying job so it is hard to give up. But I am happier, my child is happier and calmer. I am so happy to be home and wondering if anyone else is contemplating quitting after this. [/quote]

OP here - my kid is 2.5 and I feel like I’ve missed the last 2.5 years. He’s so excited to have me home it feels sad - like he shouldn’t be so excited to have his mom :([/quote]

I think that maybe you're giving him a little extra attention and he likes that. Take this lesson with you when you go back to work! Carve out more "Just Mommy" time. [/quote]

That’s a good idea but I work really long hours and a few times a week I’m home 9/10 pm. And when I’m home I’m harried. I also travel a lot for work and I feel like it’s a constant battle to keep my head above water. I have a running list of things I want to do with him that never get done and I focus all my energy on play dates and classes on the weekends. But this has given both of us a time to breathe and just be with each other and not be so harried. I’ve started to think “quality time” is a cruel joke (for us). [/quote]
He missed you. I would reconsider play dates and classes for a 2.5 year old on weekends and focus on family time. [/quote]

He’s just home with one relative during the week so I thought he needed to see other kids so I’ve been very proactive in that so he’d get to socialize. [/quote]

Any way you can send him to preschool or daycare some of the time to get socialization? And then spend less time at work and spend time with just him after you get home at a reasonable hour?  Do you need to work those hours? [/quote]

He will be going into preschool in sept so they will take care of some of the socialization. I do need to work those hours - they are not elective. [/quote]

What do you do for a living? Do you need the income? [/quote]

K Street. We have a nice lifestyle my $ contributes to. Pretty sure we could keep it up on DH earnings but could not get better (v old house in nice neighborhood, we’d like to update etc). Also slightly unsure of DH earnings in this new world. My worry is that DH is emotionally abusive and I will get caught without having a means of escape. But missing my only son’s childhood seems so much more of a tragedy to me now. BTW I have no family income to rely on so it’s just me. [/quote]

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