Comments on: Decision Made!

By: Pam

Pam — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:53:48 +0000

Congratulate yourself on all the work you’ve done to make this possible and ENJOY! I don’t believe you’ll ever regret this decision!

By: Sense

Sense — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:15:56 +0000

I am a horribly waffle-y decision maker, too, but even if the decision ends up being mistake in the end, I can always point to the intense debate that was going on in my head, and say, “I made the best decision I could at the time, given the information I had.” It is nice to know in retrospect.

You’ll be saving heaps in daycare/nanny/other costs and get so much emotional currency in return.

On another note, we need better parental leave policies in the US. In NZ, it’s 14 weeks paid leave, and they are trying to increase that to 26 weeks! They also offer a lot of flex-time and up to 12 months unpaid leave, guaranteed job return (after the paid leave runs out). Investing in children and families early on can only help the state of, well, everything. And I say this as someone who will probably never have a family–that is worth raising my taxes for.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:03:49 +0000

Congratulations and good luck. It is tough work to stay home with your child but very rewarding. It does take time to learn to reduce your spending, change your goals, etc. And you will learn to be creative in your spending, saving and earning to make things work for your family. Enjoy your time with your little one!

By: Cindy Brick

Cindy Brick — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:33:18 +0000

You did the right thing, OFG. You thought this through carefully and weighed all the positives and negatives. I honestly think in the long run, you won’t regret it. One bit.