Is it wrong to want to…?
stay home with your child the first 2 – 3 years of their life?
This is what I want to do, I especially don’t want them going to a daycare/babysitters until they can talk and tell me about their day!
Yes, I know that with another income that life would be much more comfortable, but what is important to me is being there to see those first cute things they do and say. Do you guys believe that it’s true that the first few years of a kids life and how they are raised during that time make them who they are going to be when they grow up for the most part?
I’m not saying that I’ll continue to stay home even if we are about to go bankrupt, but just that I would sacrifice that extra income to spend those first years with my baby.
Does anyone else feel this way?
It seems that lots of ppl think I’m crazy for not wanting to go back to work a few months after the baby is born bc of the second income. It’s just hard for me to agree with them, I guess.
Sorry forgot to mention that my fiance and I are getting married this Summer, we don’t have kids yet, but he has a steady full time job that pays pretty good!
My fiance says that it’s "unfair" that he has to bring in all the income so that I can stay home all day with the kids. But you know, I’m not going to be staying at home to be lazy, I want to raise my child. He says "there are grandparents and daycare." I don’t want that though. I also said, well what if you are making enough but he is convinced that he won’t be making enough for us to live comfortably without me working. Any ideas how I should approach this subject again? It’s really bugging me. He says I’m being selfish, but I’m just trying to be a good parent bc look at how messed up this world is these days. My mom never worked, my dad always did, and I cherish that so much, having a full time "mom." AH, I dont know!