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    1.5 hr Commute 1x a week

    @naila 1 day a week: yes. I am currently commuting 1.5 hours each way 3 days a week...we will be moving in 3 months closer to my job but in the mean time I'm driving. I will admit that 3 days is way too much. But one day. Thats a 3 hour vacation each week. Get audiobooks, podcasts, silence. THE...
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    SAHPs who work out, how and when do you do it?

    @halo235689 I can't leave the house. I have realized a little exercise is better than none. So I do MadFit on YouTube. I have a playlist that lasts about 25 mins. I either do it during nap time or work baby crawling as round me.
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    Considering quitting to SAH- looking for perspective on kid in full-time daycare

    @billyli Yeah, it's tricky. It's all about priorities. I have friends who would have loved to stay home for a few years but they had jobs they loved and it would be too big of a risk to give up their spot. Sounds like that risk isn't as strong for you which is good! It's hard to make a...
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    Considering quitting to SAH- looking for perspective on kid in full-time daycare

    @billyli I always ask what type of work do you have (you don't really have to answer). I'm in a field I can jump in and out of relatively easily. Both in getting a new job and in not "falling behind" or getting "mommy tracked." Other professions wouldn't be so easy. So, if your plan is to...
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    For those of you who had options, what made you pick the SAHP life?

    @kristajunee I agree with this. My friends and I who did some time as SAHP all have jobs you can easily jump in and out of.
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    Fair Distribution of Labor?

    @monique77 This sounds like a lot. Sleeping until 845 when he didn't get up over night alone doesn't seem fair. I am the STAP and when I did night wakings my husband woke at 6 to do childcare. I would say he should be waking up while you sleep in. I also think grocery shopping is a great...
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    Those who do Santa Lite... tell me your ways

    @traceyn We never said anything about santa until she did. She is almost 4 and this year started talking about santa. So we told her santa is pretend and pretending is so much fun. She will run around excited saying "i cant wait for pretend santa to come and give us pretend gifts" 😂 We don't do...
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