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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is your solution.  Have her look into getting a job at Lifetime, either in the child care center or doing something else.  I did this when my kids were small.  Unless the employee benefits have changed, you only have to work a few hours a week, your membership is free and you get free childcare while you are working (plus the additional 3 hours included in your membership).  I worked in the child care center and took my kids with me on every shift.  They made friends, played hard, did crafts, and slept like rocks every night.

I came from the corporate world and the only child care experience I had was taking care of my own kids, and they hired me on the spot.  The hourly wage wasn't great, but the free membership there was worth its weight in gold.

Even if I didn't end up getting a job there back when I was a SAHM, we would have sacrificed other things to keep that membership.  It was literally the only thing that kept me sane, and our location didn't even have the outdoor pool.  I would work out or take a fitness class for an hour, then get a nice relaxing shower and be able to do my hair and makeup.  Sometimes if I was extra exhausted or frazzled, I would take a nap in the lounge and then shower.  Lifetime was a key part of my mental health when the kids were small.  You need to figure out how to make this work for your wife.[/quote]

SAHM here. That would spoil all the fun. Working where you relax isn't a good idea. She needs a break from the kids. [/quote]

Yes, but given the choice between no Lifetime at all versus this, I would do this.[/quote]

NP.  Luckily they have plenty of option to do this, and no reason to do some drastic ultimatum.  OP is just a cheapo. [/quote]

I don’t know.  OPs wife doesn’t want to work, doesn’t want to send kids to preschool, but doesn’t want to take care of them all day either.  She’s rather drive and hour to the gym and out the kids in gym daycare for 2 hrs. That’s half the days of her kids pretty much doing nothing. Gym daycare shouldn’t be the alternative to preschool. OPs kid is 5.  That is too old for this. The 2 yr old would benefit from preschool type program too.  [/quote]

He didn't say the older child used childcare during the weekday mornings. A 5 year old is in kindergarten. [/quote]

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