My marriage is not in a good place right now. We argue more than we get along and just generally we don’t seem to be on the same page most of the time. This has been since midway through my pregnancy. We’ve had to pause marriage counseling due to financial strain and that’s just made things even harder. Our son is almost 2 and we rely on my mom and a neighbor for childcare while we search for a daycare. We think we’ve found one but our son cannot start until he turns 2 in a few weeks. My mom lives out of state and leaves us Saturday to go manage some things back home. Our neighbor is away until at least after Labor Day but possibly longer and I cannot take the time off to care for our son. My husband just took off a few unpaid weeks off to care for him because our neighbor and my mom weren’t available. So my idea is I can either let my mom take our son with her or I can go with them and work remotely until my son can start daycare on Sept 16th. My husband is completely against the idea and feels like I should either take time off or work from home with my son. I tested the WFH with my son Monday and Tuesday while my mom was out. When I have no meetings it’s fine but when I do it’s a disaster and I can’t structure my schedule to only have them during his nap or before he wakes up. My husband’s main issues with both plans are because of some arguments he’s had with my family recently and his feeling that he’s made most of the sacrifices with respect to caring for our son. There is some validity to that but he won’t acknowledge the reason behind that which is I am the breadwinner. I have to stay secure in my job for the wellbeing of our family and taking time off right now is not a good idea as it’s a critical time for my team. So I’m thinking of just going with my mom and my son anyway. I figure of the two options this one at least alleviates his concerns around our son being without either of us (he’s never stayed overnight somewhere without one of us). Does this sound like the worst idea? Am I possibly about to blow up my marriage by doing this?
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I think its your only real option to be honest, he is needing to be flexible and not make it personal, you'll get support and then you can go home when he starts, it might be the breathing space you both need

I think your Hudband is being unreasonable.
It honestly seems like the best option and your son will have you there while you head to your mom's but have the needed support.
I work fully remote and days daycare is closed is sooo hard to get any work done 🙃. Last time daycare closed due to wheather... I lost my wedding band ring 🥴 (still missing). I discovered LO has learned to pull objects to use to stand on to give a boost. And got into my jewelry box. I am currently 33 weeks pregnant and my rings are getting too tight so I have stopped wearing them for now. But sucks I have like a $2k ring I love missing 😭. I know I will come across it but its my fault ultimately because i was distracted in a meeting.
With toddlers you need the support to watch them especially if you have meetings and my job has a lot of meetings.... Its too much.
And i tots get when you can't take time off. Like i am in count down and I have projects that need done before I leave. So yeah.. He needs to be open minded here.

If you are the breadwinner, then I'm sorry, his thoughts have to come second right now. And I'd say the same for me - my husband is the breadwinner, so my thoughts when it comes to his work/our financial security also come second. We have to do whatever we have to do to ensure our income. Because my husband is the breadwinner, I have also made the most sacrifices when it comes to childcare, but that's just a part of the territory! As long as you and your baby are safe, it shouldn't be an issue for you to do what's best for work right now.