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[quote=Anonymous]Why is it "all or nothing"? There are compromises.  Can one of you go down to part-time and find a loving caregiver 20-some hours per week?

I find these decisions are often only looking at the immediate and made in a hormonal, passionate state without at all thinking about the future.

By working very limited part-time schedule when mine were infant/toddlers- I stayed in my job and in a position to only work when they are in school now that they are in elementary school.  I also WAH-- an option that only came up after my first was one.  I would have missed this opportunity had I just up and quit after the birth of my first.  I am so glad I didn't.  My kids thrived and the little bit apart was good for all of us.

I have friends that SAH and have not been able to break back into the work force. They are bored to tears  now that kids are older, out of the house during the day and not as needy. THEN-- some of the SAHMs that were the loudest about could only take jobs once kids were I elementary with very little flexibility.  Ironically, they now have to use extended care and babysitters.

Babies and toddlers do fine-- when kids get a bit older and aware it is harder to leave them in somebody else's care.  Under 4 have no recollection if a sitter watched them---as older children they will remember whom picked them up after school, etc.[/quote]

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