Should I go back to work?
37 and recently had my third baby. My first two are older (5&7) and will be in school full time. Starting over is hard, I have a work from home full time job and make 67,000 a year. The extra spending money is so nice to have but for the pay my job is so demanding and stressful. My bosses constantly zoom me all day I will be on calls with them for over 2 1/2 hours straight my one co worker/boss is such a talker it's exhausting . They are alarmists and everything is such an emergency my nerves are always shot I have a more admin role and i kinda hate it.
I really just refuse to do daycare I had an awful experience with it with my first so I'm thinking of trying to find a babysitter to come morning/? My husband prefers me to stay home (we can afford it) but then I lose my job and money and what will I do in 5 years when this baby goes to school? I'm at a loss but man I do not miss workingu on this mmaternity leave! Would you go back to work for my future and money or stay home and enjoy time off with the new baby?
Posted Mar 5, 2026, 11:48 AM UTC