I need help thinking clearly on the decision to make regarding work as a stay at home mom to a one year old.

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Hello I a mom to a one year old daughter. I work full time remote (although remote my job requires me to be at a desk the 80-85% of time). Everyday work looks a little different. Some days I am able to give my daughter more than 3 hours of my attention. Sometimes only 2. I don’t need anyone bashing me about this because we are trying our best here.

Work however has become extremely stressful and completely draining. And since I am also caring for a baby and a house wife with responsibilities each category is suffering in its own unique way. For work I recently made an extremely huge mistake that caused a domino affect and it emotionally and mentally affected me in such a bad way. I was ready to quit. I also have the guilt of not giving my child enough time and the guilt of not being able to focus on cooking and maintaining the home.

With this said I am at the point where I’m really considering quitting. The burden is so heavy on me. I’m thinking of just focusing on my child and home and if possible doing social media in hopes it provides some money to keep us afloat. Quitting will take a huge hit in our finances and goals so I have to find a way to still being in some income. BUT at the same time I am troubled if this is the right direction. I have huge guilt to quit and leave my husband with all the responsibility to maintain us. He already stresses so much about finances it worries me I will make things even worse for him (even tho he said I can quit).

I really really don’t know what to do. I have prayed about this and have not received a reply from God since my daughter was born. I just feel lost on what to do.

Posted Jul 20, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC

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