[zellyn]

Hmmm. You're writing this as if being a stay-at-home mom is pure bliss. It's not. It is completely wonderful to spend a lot of time with your children. But it also has a huge cost in adult self-actualization and development. Some of that is completely silly (the way our culture values people who work more than those who don't, or who are experts at projecting a sense of workplace-type competence). But some is completely legit: striving and succeeding in the adult work world can also be rewarding and exciting. From our experience, looking after a kid leaves very little time for hobbies.

That finances thing is a pain... same situation here :-)

[chime]

Of course it isn't. I've been consulting from home for past 5 years myself and there is good and bad in any option you pick. I keep bringing up part-time because of the self-actualization reasons. I am just saying look into non-full-time possibilities because being away from the baby all day is already stressing her too much.