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[quote=Anonymous]I stayed home for 6 months with DC1. I wasn't bored, but I was lonely a good deal of the time. 3 months of this time was winter, and I felt very cooped up, especially because I had infected stitches that meant I was super uncomfortable for a long time and couldn't do much walking. I didn't know many other SAHPs either.

DC2 was born when DC1 was almost 6. I stayed home for 2 years with DC2. My days were spent ferrying DC1 to and from school, meeting up with other at home parents, taking long walks with DC2 in the stroller, clanging, cooking, etc. DH was working from home during much of this time, so we had lunch together often and if I needed to run out during naptime, I could. In the afternoons when DC2 and I picked up DC1, we could hang out at the school playground if we wanted to. Honestly, it was one of the happiest times of my life, perhaps in part because I knew it would be short lived.

But I was ready to go back to work when the 2 years were up--I felt like I had given DC2 the babyhood that I wanted for him (I did not like working when DC1 was a baby/toddler--life felt like such a rat race). I went back to a job I like very much--it's interesting, challenging in a good way, and fulfilling, and I have terrific colleagues.

I have a master's degree and was age 31 and 37 when my kids were born.[/quote]

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