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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're borrowing from savings while netting 1k a month from your job, I see disaster if you quit.[/quote]
 
If she's borrowing from savings, then she's LOSING money by paying the nanny/daycare. It makes sense for her to stay home. Especially with such young children.

I was in a similar boat: Work to pay the daycare with a little bit leftover, Work all day THEN have to do all the other stuff (cook dinner, bathe kids, etc.) at home. DH is a great helper, but has to travel 4 times a year and he's gone for a week each time. That means everything would fall on me during that time frame.

In addition, we live too close to school (2 miles) for bus service, but too far for DC to walk. So one of us had to drive and pick up DC to school (our schedules are NOT flexible, so pickup wouldn't be an option- that would mean after school care for older child. It just made better sense for me to stay home since DH made more than I did. Our house was paid off, so our only outstanding bills were for cars.

You need to weigh all the pros and cons. Unfortunately, women are still punished (in some areas) for having to stay home and take care of their children. I don't see how most people can afford NOT to have one parent stay home.

We decided that spending quality time with our children is more important than "stuff," although they have plenty of stuff- almost to the point of being spoiled. They are the only grandchildren on either side of the family, so they get plenty of "stuff" from relatives.[/quote]

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