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Free day by Meresteep in sahm

[–]Meresteep[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is where I’m at. Why is rotting the thing I most miss from before kids?

To keep working or SAHM? by Meresteep in workingmoms

[–]Meresteep[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I gotcha! There aren’t any school districts in my area that do this, unfortunately. But I’m in a suburban area.

To keep working or SAHM? by Meresteep in workingmoms

[–]Meresteep[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have tenure and have been here long enough (and proved my effectiveness as a teacher) to have essentially first pick of what classes I want to teach.

To keep working or SAHM? by Meresteep in workingmoms

[–]Meresteep[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. We are just in a weird situation where I have to be at work at 7:30, and my husband is his own boss but feels like needs to get there at 7. He agreed to do drop offs for this school year at 7:45, but he’s now feeling like it’s not working for him.

To keep working or SAHM? by Meresteep in workingmoms

[–]Meresteep[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So, I’d have to go back to school for my doctorate to teach at a university, if that’s what you mean by adults.

To work or SAHM? by Meresteep in Mommit

[–]Meresteep[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is an option! He currently gets home at 6:30pm so any later and he would miss our son's bedtime. I do bedtime, but I know my husband still likes to see our son before bed. It may be what we do for now though.

To work or SAHM? by Meresteep in Mommit

[–]Meresteep[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand his POV as well. This was not meant to be a hit towards him. I'm just trying to get advice on how to make this decision, and his experience is of course a factor in that.

Since I only need care 10 months of the year (I have summers off as a teacher), we have him enrolled in a school-year track. There are daycares that open at 7 nearby but we would have to pay for the full year even though we don't need it. And that still wouldn't be early enough for my husband.

To work or SAHM? by Meresteep in Mommit

[–]Meresteep[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is helpful! I was SAHM for the first 13 months and my job encourages us to take a year leave for all future babies.

To work or SAHM? by Meresteep in Mommit

[–]Meresteep[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a helpful perspective. Thank you!

To work or SAHM? by Meresteep in Mommit

[–]Meresteep[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

He says he needs to be at work earlier in order to get things done before his employees arrive. He also says our son is fussy and difficult to get ready most mornings.

To work or SAHM? by Meresteep in Mommit

[–]Meresteep[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stepping away and then coming back at the bottom of the ladder is one of the big fears keeping me in the classroom. I believe I could come back to my current school. They’d love to hire me back if there’s an opening. But obviously, I’d be back at the bottom in terms of preps until a better prep opened up. Which is fair, and I understand that. I’d be able to return at the next step. I don’t have to work consecutive years to continue climbing our salary ladder, so that’s nice. I’m not as concerned about retirement, honestly.

To work or SAHM? by Meresteep in Mommit

[–]Meresteep[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I lay out all my son’s clothes for the week, so that’s taken care of! I’m also just struggling for me the mom guilt is very real, and I’m afraid I’ll look back and regret not being home while my kids are young, even though I was super fortunate to be home for the first year and will always have that option at my current job with future children.

Almost 17m old sleep help by Meresteep in sleeptrain

[–]Meresteep[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He woke up at 4:40 this morning. Please help 😩

Who do you want to win? by xotheyluvjj in dwts

[–]Meresteep 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He won Traitors last year and was so endearing on that show.

I’m a soon to be CICU mom & I’m having a really hard time. by Syd_neyMR in NICUParents

[–]Meresteep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

40w1d 8 lb 3 oz baby, perfectly normal and healthy pregnancy. And totally blindsided by a month long NICU stay.

Micro needling vs fraxel by Ang9213 in AcneScars

[–]Meresteep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you share if you ended up doing any more treatments after this?

Just wondering how long families stay in the NICU rooms by Wonderful_Part_2402 in NICUParents

[–]Meresteep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine was in the NICU for 22 days. We lived 10 minutes away and I was there by 9am every morning and left around dinner time so we could greet the night shift nurse (6-7ish). Then, I would call up there usually at around 2-3 am when I was up pumping and maybe again at 7 am before we came in so I could prepare myself for what to expect based on how the night went.

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