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Hi all,
I quite my teaching job in order to stay home with my daughter, Marissa. She's now seven months and I'm flirting with the idea of going back -- not teaching (it's too time consuming with all the take home work), but rather school counseling.
I'm wondering what your thoughts and/or experience has been with making the switch from staying at home to going back to work. Marissa will need to go into daycare. How might this affect her? Will it change her personality? (I hope that didn't sound like a stupid question.) It's just that I really love the little girl my baby is becoming, and I wonder if putting her in daycare will change who she is and who she is becoming.
I'd appreciate your comments... whether positive or negative. Don't feel compelled to blow smoke up my butt or try to "make me feel good" about thinking about making this change. (Yikes, I hope I don't regret typing that!)
Tara :) |
| Posted by Tara on 01/06/2008 08:07 PM
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Tara,
My 8 month hold has been in daycare full time since she was Nine weeks old. We had some trouble adjusting early on because my day care wasn't used to careing for breast-feed babies and my daughter was pretty colicy those first few months. Now, it is going great. I feel that she enjoys being at daycare and is always happy to see us in the afternoon and come home. RoseMaire is really friendly and able to adjust to new people very quickly which I think comes from the day care expereince.
I think the key is finding a quality care provider. We feel that working full-time and sending her to daycare works well for us. I wouldn't change a thing.
Good Luck,
Celeste |
| posted by Celeste on 01/06/2008 09:07 PM
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Hello Tara,
I have to say that the answer is most definitely a yes. I was in the same situation, my daughter Amy had to go to daycare for what we thought were important financial reasons. For the first 8 months, I stayed at home. She was the happiest baby that could be, didn't cry, didn't fuss - but once daycare started up, she became much more fussy, didn't sleep well, and just wasn't her usual self. We quit the daycare thing after 4 months and boy are we glad! The money just isn't important. If you have the opportunity - stay home with her!!
Cheers!
Sandy |
| posted by Sandy on 01/07/2008 12:55 PM
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