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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What kind of support system do you have here?

I have 3 kids now but used to have 2 with a similar gap. DH would help with bedtime. He would put baby down while I read books to my 2yo at night. He could play with kids while I made dinner or pick up dinner on the way home from work. DH is a surgeon so not the best hours either. Weekends would be family time.

What support system could be greater than your spouse?[/quote]

I posted earlier in this thread that I stayed.  I had a close group of SAHM friends, parents 100 miles away who came up for the weekend once or twice a month, a nanny (I was working) who was a family member and available in an emergency, and a family dinner prepared by my aunt every Sunday.

My SAHM friends came over during the summer whenever their husbands were working late or out of town, and we would throw something in the crockpot for dinner, then head to the pool for the day.  After school started, a friend of mine came over with takeout for dinner every Thursday when her husband worked an evening shift, and the kids would play together while we ate.  We had playgroups on Friday afternoons.  We all canned, so we would do that together at different times of the year.

It was all together an easier and more social life than I have had since we moved.  [/quote]

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