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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been both: WOHM and SAHM. I'm incredibly fortunate to have a Mom who insisted in keeping her grandchildren when I did work.

Leaving my infant with a stranger does not sit well with me. When you add in a day care center where they won't receive individual care and attention...it's not happening. And having a nanny just leaves too much unaccountability  for behaving well towards my child. I'd rather go on welfare and/or move in with my parents than subject my child to that.

IMO, children should be with their parents and/or loving grandparents until preschool. 
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Good lord, you're a moron.[/quote]

Justify it all you want. [b]Seeing infants stuck in a crib, playpen or highchair all day is heartbreaking.[/b] Young children should NOT be warehoused in daycare centers. [/quote]

Once again - DUH.  I guarantee you no parent on this thread has a child in that situation.  [/quote]

Really? I'm sure their infants are in centers. And that's exactly what they do. It's a numbers thing. There just aren't enough workers to cater to your child.[/quote]

So the video monitors lie, I guess.  Just stop, asshole.[/quote]

Of course not and that would be the only way I'd ever consider leaving my infant in a center.

But most centers don't have cameras. [/quote]

Pregnant FTM here.  Out of 6 centers I have visited so far, 4 of them have cameras with live video feed that parents can login to check online.  Even doggie daycares have cameras nowadays.  It's really not that uncommon.

And many of us can find centers in our work building or near our work (I work from home, so I'm planning on finding one down the street).  This means we can go by for an hour at lunch time and nurse and then check-in on the camera throughout the day.  Certain posters on here like to act as if all us working moms are just shoving our children into the arms of some complete stranger we have never met or done due diligence on.

FWIW, this thread has made me feel like absolute crap.  I am planning on taking 6 months off, which is going to be as much time as my family can financially bear for me to be off work.  I thought I was doing a pretty good job researching childcare and maintaining a job that provides great benefits and will allow me to help pay the bills.  According to so many on this thread I clearly do not love my child and am a horrible failure as a mother.  Thanks for the support ladies.[/quote]

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