My wife worked for the first year. She was a teacher and we had our son in January, so she was only back at school for a few weeks when summer came. She decided to go back the following year as there was a daycare in her building. That lasted through the following winter break and then she left for good. I make a good salary and we didn't need hers all that badly. It was nice to max out her 403b. However, once we payed the daycare and maxed the 403b, she didn't come home with more than a couple hundred bucks. While the daycare in the building sounds nice, they treated it more like a babysitting service. It was run by a company, but b/c most of the teachers that had childred in the daycare were at that school, if something was wrong, etc... they would just waltz into the classroom. If it wasn't on site, they couldn't have done that (and shouldn't). The last straw was the day that she went in to get him and asked for his empty bottles and they the daycare ladies just looked at each other. They never fed him all day. That was about the end of it. She stuck ito out until the break and left. She would have had to leave in a few more weeks anyway as I took a new job out of state. Now, she stays home. She tried a few evening jobs such as being atech at a sleep lab 2 nights a week, but the $10 an hour for 8 hours a week wasn't worth the gas, etc... She may go back and teach in a few years.
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