SAHM–stay at home mom

Yeah!  I stayed home with my babies. But it just worked out that way. I do find it hard to imagine the little tiny newborn babies going to day care. That seems silly to me. Six weeks old and they have to get on a routine. Hell, I’m 40 and I don’t want to be on any damn old routine. How do these tiny creatures feel?I know people feel that they have to take their kids to someone else so they can make a living.  For me, it never made sense financially. By the time I got a job, bought all new (bigger) clothes for the job, spent the gas money to go to job, and to buy lunch (i never cook) and pay the babysitter I might as well stay home and do nothing but hang out, change diapers and well, cook.  (i lied i do cook but rather have hubby do it.)In the perfect world there would be daycare at work where working moms and dads could bop down the elevator and see toddly tyke in story time.  Do families think that more money will make things better. I know I vacillate between believing that money would help and that I am fine now. Because of this my husband decided to go back to school to get a better job. WHY? simply put, more school may mean more money.  WHY? cuz little children need violin lessons and dancing lessons and pony rides and private school (or homeschooling.)What is best for the little tykes. Hanging out playing with a tree branch, (because you can’t afford toys) or being picked up at school and rushed to McDonalds then off to soccer. or dance or gymnastics or art lessons or baseball or pageants.  So, right now, my kids play with sticks and boxes and a few toys here and there.  Careers first and family second.