My DD (now age 10) started daycare when she was 8 weeks old. At the time, it was purely financial--we had no savings, credit card debt, and were not making that much money (no college degrees). When my son was born 4 years ago, we had a little money in savings and my hubby was making a decent income with benefits, so I decided to stay home with him. I was a SAHM for 18 months. I went back to work, partly for financial reasons, and partly because I missed working--I have worked since age 15.
My daughter is school age now and my son is in daycare. He has a great preschool and I don't feel like "someone else is raising him". I feel good about my choice to go back to work and I feel good about the people I chose to watch him while I am at work. Someday, maybe when he starts kindergarten, I would love it if either I or hubby could be home when they got out of school.
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