Working Mums vs. Stay at Home Mums

When i got pregnant it was a bit of a surprise, To find out i was going to be a single mum was an even bigger surprise to me and threw my world upside down. I soon came to realise that actually all that matter was my child and being able to provide for him. I worked all the hours possible in my pregnancy to try and build myself a little rainy day fund, in the hope that it would see me through for a while after my maternity pay ended. As it turned out i made the decision very early on to stay at home with my DS long after my Maternity pay ended. I knew this would mean relying on Benefits to support us both but it was a hard decision to make at the time but ...  Read the complete review

When I fell pregnant with my son (unplanned but a happy thing) I was working full time in a childcare centre that took children from 12 weeks old to 4 years. We opened form 7 in the morning till half 5 ,5 days a week and was open all year around. This was a great place to work I had so much fun with ''my'' children spending more time with them then my own husband really! The one thing I did not like was the fact that most of the children were with us 7-5:30 Monday to Friday , from 12 weeks old I understood their parents had to work to bring in the money but this just seemed a little to much for my likening. (in my opinion). I think what did it for me ...  Read the complete review

When I was expecting my daughter I knew at some point I would have to return to work because moneywise we had no choice. This was not an issue until I had actually given birth to my daughter. Once my daughter had been born I knew that returning to work was going to be hard, I felt extreme guilt and also felt that I would be missing out on watching my daughter grow and learn and obviously the cuddles and giggles and just general Mum stuff. So my daughter reached 8 months and money was really tight the maternity leave was about to stop so I knew it was time to go back. The first week was awful and one of the hardest weeks of my life so far. I ...  Read the complete review

Staying at home or going to work as mums-this is probably one of the most difficult decisions many of us have to make, and there are no right answers. I want to talk about this from the perspective of a mum who has brought up two sons and two daughters, the youngest of whom is now 17. In the 1950's this was never really the massive issue it has become today. Women in many cases just expected to be at home raising children, and of course caring for the home. The choices for child care were limited, and for many it was a dream to become a mum and a housewife. I remember vividly being a bridesmaid for my cousin when he married in the early 70s. His wife was ...  Read the complete review

So, here I am, poised on the brink between being officially a "stay at home mum" and a "working mum". Yes, it's back to work for me tomorrow, after 3 years of being mainly at home and not actually doing the job for which I am trained, I'm going back to work by choice. I have, however been working each and every day over the last few years, whilst being part of the 43% of mums of under 5's who are stay at home mums in Britain, according to the latest National Statistics. Being a mum at home is hard work. Going back to work does make me ponder the working mums vs. stay at home mums issue. My main thought is that in actual fact to say mums ...  Read the complete review