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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My wife wants to send our child to daycare at 4 months so that she can go back to work. If she waits an entire year she’s worried they won’t hold the job for her and she’ll have to start over again, and she likes her team. She works in education administration earning around 40k/yr. I make 250k. So we don’t depend on her salary and most would be eaten up by daycare costs, which would be about $1500/month in our area for an in home daycare. I’m okay with daycare but worry that 4 months is too young for our daughter as I’ve seen most advice suggest starting at the 1 year mark.

Interested in hearing people’s thoughts on this. [/quote]

I did the same, and it kept my sanity.  Despite what everyone says, being a SAHM is not for everyone.  In fact, for a couple of years, with 2 kids, we paid more to day care than what I was bringing home in income.  You have to do what works for everyone in the family, which sometimes means short term sacrifice for long term gain[/quote]

My husband and I alternated leave so our son wasn't in care until 6 months, but I went back around 5 months.  I tried going to groups and meet ups and such but I found maternity leave incredibly isolating.  My PPA didn't really improve until I could get back into my routine. Being home alone I'd spiral thinking about bad things that might happen.

My kid is a happy healthy kid.  He never got the promised daycare illnesses, my husband and I both working means both of us get to spend a lot of time with our kids because we don't need to push for OT.[/quote]

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