Did any of you “quit” being a SAHM? How did that go, and why?
Hi there!
I would like to hear some stories from former SAHM’s who became working parents or who switched their children to a daycare/childcare setting. How did that go?
I’m a SAHM of twin boys that are almost 2 years old and I think I’ve reached my limit. When I first found out I was pregnant I wanted to put them in daycare but the costs, combined with other factors made my husband and I decide that I should stay at home, so I quit shortly after my kids were born.
Fast forward to now and I’m wondering if I made the right decision. The screaming, constant fighting, not listening, and overall toll of childcare is starting to affect me mentally and physically. I feel like I can’t do this anymore. Taking them out of the house is a disaster, they run in opposite directions and don’t listen so I tend to stay at home but there they just destroy the house. Outside of that I feel like I have zero identity unless it concerns the children.
It’s gotten to the point where I want to place them in childcare but I feel guilty. I feel like I’m failing them.
So, people that are in a similar boat as me and chose the childcare option, how did that go?
Thank you all for reading .