CBH CPW: Work after kids

Flamingo86 · September 2013

What is your planned work schedule after you have kids?

ILoveRedVino · September 2013

I'd love to stay at home. With or without kids.

But realistically, I will work either part or full time.

sparklingdiamond · September 2013

I would love to be able to stay home, but I know I will have to go back to working full time. Then again...depending on how long it takes to get pregnant, maybe I will be able to just work part time.

MadeOfAwesome · September 2013

Two of those options apply to me. I work full time while DH is a SAHD.

Sewilson33 · September 2013

As much as I want to be a stay at home Mom or work Part Time... I will probably end up working full time once my baby is a couple months old. If everything goes planned I could probably stay home for 3 months then work part time 3 months then return full time.

LuckyAngel07 · September 2013

We can't afford to lose an income, so I'll still be working FT as will DH. So long as we stay in our current area, we shouldn't have to pay for daycare either, since my dad and his mom don't work.

The hope is that I'll at least be able to work a few days a week from home, though,

seahorse01 · September 2013

I have zero interest in staying at home.

Edit: Unless I can send all kids/pets to daycare and have the house to myself all day to lay around/drink booze. Then I'm in.

Uptowngirl2009 · September 2013

I'd love to stay home but it's just not feasible for us.

brij2006 · September 2013

I will be going back to work. My view is that I didn't pay $60k for a degree, to stay home. I also really enjoy my job, and we like our lifestyle. If one of us stayed home, then we would definitely have to cut back on a lot of things. Neither one of us wants to do that.

Aimothy · September 2013

We've talked about the possibility of me taking a one year leave to stay home while said imaginary baby is young and impressionable. But honestly, I do love my job, so I don't know that I'd want to stay away for a year.

I'm hoping my ovulation schedule works out so that we can have a baby in April or May, then I'd take the rest of the year off and have the summer tied together.

iwalktheline · September 2013

I'll be a SAHM. I don't make a ton of money and daycare is ridiculously expensive in our area. I would basically be working to pay for daycare, so it really just wouldn't make sense. I'm also extremely lucky to be in a situation where DH can support us financially.

cinderin · September 2013

I couldn't stay home. It isn't in me.

Pt work would be ok with me, but right now we need me working ft.

ecinereb · September 2013

I'm in Canada so we get a year of maternity leave (it's not fully paid but we do get some). Then I'll go back to work, probably F/T but possibly slightly reduced hours. I'm really lucky that my schedule is really flexible and DH's is 4 on/4 off so we'll likely only need P/T daycare.

poppies717 · September 2013

We could make it work if I stayed home. I think I will use FMLA for a year of ML and see how I feel after. I would love to stay home for a few years and then get back into teaching, but I love the school I'm in right now. I know FMLA doesn't guarantee that I'll have the same position there (which grade I teach), but it's nice to know it's an option.

spin25 · September 2013

I'll be back at work FT. DH will likely work PT (his schedule is pretty flexible). Child care will be a combo of us and his parents.

lilliesandvino · September 2013

poppies717 said:
We could make it work if I stayed home. I think I will use FMLA for a year of ML and see how I feel after. I would love to stay home for a few years and then get back into teaching, but I love the school I'm in right now. I know FMLA doesn't guarantee that I'll have the same position there (which grade I teach), but it's nice to know it's an option.

Doesn't FMLA only cover 12 weeks?

abt8113 · September 2013

Part of my would love to be a SAHM, but another part of me would know I would go crazy if I was. I would love to do part time. We will see what happens. We really love our lifestyle, so that would be a factor. With DH's career change last year, it might actually be feasible for me to work part time.

callitcompulsive · September 2013

I'd LOVE to be a SAHM. Second choice would be to go back PT.

Then reality hits me and I realize it'd probably be the best if I just sucked it up and went back to work FT. I really would like to work bare minimum FT though. Or I could find a job that I love doing so I wouldn't want to stay home, lol.

fajita814 · September 2013

I work 1/2 time (11:45am-3:30 pm) but I am the primary breadwinner. I can work extra if I want to, but am not required. I plan to keep this schedule & DH will keep working his schedule (6:45pm-7:15am, 3 nights a week). This will allow us to have very little daycare.

Flamingo86 · September 2013

We are planning on me being a SAHM. I adore my job, but I make peanuts compared to my H and daycare just wouldn't be worth it. We don't have family close enough to watch a child regularly. I hope to possibly work PT once my kids enter elementary school.

PinkinProvence · September 2013

seahorse01 said:

I have zero interest in staying at home.

Edit: Unless I can send all kids/pets to daycare and have the house to myself all day to lay around/drink booze. Then I'm in.

Couldn't have said it better myself!!

poppies717 · September 2013

lilliesandvino said:

We could make it work if I stayed home. I think I will use FMLA for a year of ML and see how I feel after. I would love to stay home for a few years and then get back into teaching, but I love the school I'm in right now. I know FMLA doesn't guarantee that I'll have the same position there (which grade I teach), but it's nice to know it's an option.
Doesn't FMLA only cover 12 weeks?

A woman in my district used it to get a year. I don't know how it worked, but I checked with my union rep, and she said it can happen (unpaid, obviously).

GoodWolf · September 2013

We've waited a while to have kids so that we can be in the financial position for me to SAH. I don't make enough for it to make sense to do daycare unfortunately. I might be able to swing PT WFH, but I'm still new at my current job so I haven't really tested the waters yet and don't know what options there are.

transponster · September 2013

I'd go insane if I were a SAHM. I'd have to work at least PT, but would probably love FT.

Xan921 · September 2013

I'll keep working and depending on what job Dh has at the time (he tends to bounce around) he will either keep working too or else be a stay at home Dad. My income is enough to support us so it really depends on daycare costs as to whether Dh's job would be worth keeping or if it'd make more sense for him to stay home.

While I think I'd enjoy staying home for a while I know that I need my work...I love what I do and have busted my butt to get where I am.

blueeyedblossom · September 2013

I can work my 40 in 3 days. So I might be doing that.

nfp147 · September 2013

I would get a year off at full pay, so I would take that. I think I would go crazy staying at home longer, and I like my job. We could survive with only DH's salary, but we wouldn't get to have as much fun as we would with two salaries.

PinkinProvence · September 2013

nfp147 said:

I would get a year off at full pay, so I would take that. I think I would go crazy staying at home longer, and I like my job. We could survive with only DH's salary, but we wouldn't get to have as much fun as we would with two salaries.

Another reason I need to move to Canada. That is amazing and in a perfect world that is what I would want to do!

nfp147 · September 2013

PinkinProvence said:

nfp147 said:

I would get a year off at full pay, so I would take that. I think I would go crazy staying at home longer, and I like my job. We could survive with only DH's salary, but we wouldn't get to have as much fun as we would with two salaries.

Another reason I need to move to Canada. That is amazing and in a perfect world that is what I would want to do!

Not everyone gets full pay, but I'm (very) lucky to have a job where our salary is topped up to 100%. The one-year maternity/paternity leave is country-wide, but I think employment insurance pays only about 50-60% of your salary (and there's a cap).

caseyandlizzie · September 2013

We're still trying to decide what to do about this. I really am not attached to my job, aside from the whole paycheck/health insurance thing. I'll at least be going back part time, and my MIL will help out with childcare somewhat, and DH and I will be working more flexible hours and some days at home since daycare is flipping expensive. I'm thinking the part time hours will make me hate my job less, so that'll be a win.

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