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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you a Mary Poppins type SAHM right now?

I say this as someone on maternity leave who loves it. But I'm not engaging baby 100% of the time. It would be overload for us both.

That said, no reason you have to go back to work of you'd rather be home. This is just one of many examples of not "having it all" and the nonstop decisions that come with parenthood.[/quote]

Op here. Yes, I actually do think I am the Mary poppins type right now while I am on leave. We do a bunch of activities everyday- 20 min pool time every morning, lots of floor time, face to face chats, house tours, walks. I do leave the baby in a baby holder when I eat but aside from maybe 20 mins a day twice, baby isn’t just sitting a bjorn. I also incorporate quiet time for baby to process everything but do this on the floor so baby can work on movement etc. I read a lot about baby development and incorporate that in what we do. I just don’t know if a nanny would ever be this invested. I get that benign neglect is good for kids and I’m not in baby’s face 24/7, but I’ve seen too many nannies on their phones in parks while their charges just sit there for 30 minutes in the stroller. [/quote]

I was a nanny for a period of time in my life and I did all that. The rare times I was on my phone at the park I was responding to the parents of my charges.

It seems you want to stay home with your child there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.  You don't need to justify it or bash nannies and daycare to bolster your desire.

Stay home with your kid.

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