That seems to be the question. And not just for me but for other moms I've met as well. One of the moms I've met is supposed to go back to work on Monday and she's freaking out. She doesn't want to go to work and put her baby in daycare but she's also afraid of what will become of her if she doesn't work.
I'm fortunate that I don't have to go back to work at this time but I'm going to have to go back at some point. Our plan is for me to stay home through the end of the year and start working again next year. But what if after spending 12-13 months at home with Courtney, I really don't want to go back to work. I'd think I'd want to go back to work even less after all that time at home with her. But then I think of all the things that I want to do, places we want to go, and how we're going to educate our kids and I think that I'm going to have to work. We can't afford for me not to. Then I think about putting my baby girl in a daycare and I could cry. And then I think we'll have baby #2 and I'll have to work and I won't get these early days at home with him/her. I just don't know how you make life work on one income. I know people do it all the time, can you explain to me how people make it work?
Friday, May 29, 2009
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I think that for only a very people is there a good answer to the question of to work or not - those with no choice what so ever, and those who are so high powered there is also no choice. For the rest it just is a mess of juggling and guilt. MHO.
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