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Originally Posted by midlight21
Oh, I could only hope to be a SAHM! We'd seriously have to win the lottery for me to be able to stay home with my son. I'm the primary breadwinner and DH's income doesn't even come close to being able to support us. He's way underpaid for his knowledge and experience.
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Have you thought of having him SAH and freelance? Doing that with my DH enabled him to get a much better job when my job ended. He made some major contacts with some women who were soooo thrilled to meet a SAHD that they went out of their way to tell him about job openings and to vouch for him.
He also made some extra money and got to experiment with learning new things. AND he and my DS have a much different relationship than he has with my other DS (the one I stayed home with).
He also enabled me to better be able to breastfeed and work without using formula. I had bosses that frowned on pumping and refused to provide a place to pump, I had to use the bathroom, so he and DS would come to my office, sit in the parking lot and wait for me to run down and nurse for 10-12 minutes.
Plus, the more dads who "drop out" and SAH, the better the working conditions will become for women. It will no longer be thought of as a default that a woman will have a baby and leave the workforce (yeah, this will take a lot of dads, but it can happen).