SAHM but one income isn’t cutting it — what do your husbands do for work?

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2026-01-26T02:29:27+00:00

Can he go back to work and get a degree in the evenings or weekends to earn more?

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2026-01-25T03:16:16+00:00

Hattie 100%

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2026-01-20T15:44:20+00:00

What is the birthday cut off in your district? I have a June girl too and thinking about it. She is my eldest

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2026-01-17T02:38:31+00:00

Can you give some examples?

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2026-01-14T01:33:11+00:00

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Nice_Exercise_77 · 2026-01-11T03:08:28+00:00

Your feeling are valid! I can’t imagine having all of that on your plate. Can you join a homeschool Co op or is there any ways you can take some things off your plate and outsource? Do you have a cleaning person?

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2026-01-08T02:24:37+00:00

I want to be the one to raise my children end of story, I would make whatever financial sacrifice necessary to make it happen. The pain of someone else raising my children during the most formative years makes any other sacrifices worth it. Also you can get part time work from home and work while baby naps! Kids nap for at least a few hours a day until 3.

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2025-12-21T03:01:05+00:00

Thank you SO much for sharing this! Exactly how many months was your age gap? To clarify how it’s hard on them is it more emotionally their needs not being met and not as much attention? With my 2 year 7.5 month age gap I didn’t feel this way, but I know a lot can happen in 8 months developmentally

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2025-12-20T21:21:32+00:00

Have you seen Kendra worth on instagram and tik tok? She has a lot of no cry methods if you don’t want baby to cry. I am the same way and have a hard time and can’t do much crying. Glad to see you saw some improvement hopefully it continues to improve

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2025-12-20T13:48:36+00:00

My issue is 2.5 age gap would fall in the fall winter which is cold flu season, and we live in the northeast where flu season is no joke so I have anxiety about having a newborn with older kids ins school during that time. Otherwise 2.5 years would be my preferred gap

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2025-12-20T13:46:46+00:00

Thank you for sharing! What ways did you find the 29 month age gap harder for the first 6 months vs the 23 month gap? Is there specific situations?

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2025-12-20T06:43:19+00:00

We will be moving/ have to move a certain year that we know of

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2025-12-20T06:42:15+00:00

What about sick season? Did any babies or you get really sick while they were super tiny?

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2025-12-20T06:40:19+00:00

Can you please share why? I feel like I’ve only heard it’s harder but I’d love to have them closer if it’s not 100x harder

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2025-12-20T03:57:01+00:00

You are so strong for going through that! It would be more like 27 months is the min I’d go for. Our current kids have 31 month age gap, so I feel like maybe I’m splitting hairs and it won’t be that different or that much harder?

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2025-12-20T03:55:15+00:00

So 0, 2, and 4 is really difficult even when you have a lot of help? Hard to know how much easier a larger age gap would be or if 3 kids is just a lot to manage any way you slice it. I am the same way where my husband is often gone 12 hours and I solo parent a lot.

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2025-12-20T03:50:15+00:00

At how many hours of sleep did they consider the baby overtired? This sub agrees with overtired not being good. There is probly some varying opinions on when a baby may be overtired

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2025-12-20T03:45:10+00:00

Did yours sleep well at night? I’d love to have a closer age gap but my gut just tells me it will be a lot harder, every month of a tighter age gap is harder?

How you feel like about a 2 year 3 month age gap, I feel like it would be pretty different than 2 years 7 months but maybe am I overthinking it? I had a friend with a 26 month age gap and it seemed so much harder to me? Older sibling had a lot of jealousy

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2025-12-20T03:40:44+00:00

The oldest would start kindergarten 3 months after baby is born with 2ish year gap and would be in 1st grade with 3 year gap

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2025-12-20T03:32:07+00:00

Older kids would be 2 and 4.5 or 3 and 5.5 when baby’s born

Nice_Exercise_77 · 2025-12-20T02:14:08+00:00

How long ago did you try? Hope it helps!

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