I am being crazy lol

I am very conflicted. I enjoy being a stay at home mom but I’m also at the point where I feel like I’m not contributing. Is it wrong to feel jealous of someone who doesn’t have to pay for daycare and goes to work? But I’m also not sure if I want to leave him to go back to work and put him in daycare….
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No it’s not wrong. Your feelings are valid ❤️ do what is best for you and your family. There is also the possibility of working remotely or even just partially remote. Good luck mama!

I feel the same way. I love staying home with our girl, but i also hate not being able to contribute financially. The only thing is, if i were to go back to work, daycare is so expensive I’d be working just to pay for that. I think i just miss the adult human interaction more than anything tbh.

What you don't realize is that in a round about way you ARE contributing financially by saving the household money on services you'd end up paying for. I think what you're actually craving is more autonomy in your life because children cause chaos and we as moms crave order.

I dream about going back to a job every week after I'm totally spent with my toddler, but we would just end up using my salary to pay for daycare, and essentially you're just working to pay someone else to raise your child for you.

You can always do a side hustle in the evenings. There's tons of ways to make passive income now, like data entry, or verifying orders, graphics, online etsy shop, etc.

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