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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I agree with all the posters suggesting a nanny.

If you don't want a nanny for non-financial reasons then I think there is probably more to your question. You definitely can have two careers, and any number of kids but what that looks like depends on your choices. You need to be honest with yourself about what you want. If you want to do everything a SAHP would do [i]and [/i]have two demanding careers, something is going to snap in there at some point. It can't be done unless you also plan to stop sleeping (and if you do that, your health will be the thing that snaps). So, consider whether you are framing the question so the answer has to be "no" because what you really want is to pull back partially or entirely. Those are fine choices and you don't have to pretend you are forced into them by foregoing all household help.

If you really do want two careers, then outsource. I would at the very least get some sort of nanny. I would also get help for any household job that doesn't give you pleasure. That leaves you room to be there for your kids, rather than being some stressed-out mess trying to prove something.[/quote]

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