oomis1105, thank you for saying that. I’m a stay at home mom now, not because we don’t need the money and not because I like being home, but because this is the right thing for me to do. Truthfully,it is intellectually stifling for me, but my shitta is you do what you have to, not what you want to.
I have seen a huge difference with every child the longer I kept them home. My youngest, who is now two years old, has never gone to a babysitter until a week ago and was there for two hours. Boy, do I see a diffence between this child and the others I sent out to babysitters four weeks after they were born, because I was working.
I have to say though, that I do need to get some space now that my son is two years old so I started sending him to a babysitter for a few hours a week.