At this point, my husband and I have decided that he is going to be a stay at home daddy. There were many reasons we came to this conclusion:
1. He owns his own business: It is easier for him to run things from home. His whole goal this summer was to try to find a reliable enough employee to handle being the job manager so that he could run things from home. While this is proving to be a little more complicated than we had originally thought, we are still hoping to make this happen.
2. I love my job: I found a job that I actually enjoy and I want to keep it! My boss is also very flexible and will probably allow me to work from home a few days a weeks so I still get to enjoy my new baby.
3. Health Insurance: I have health insurance through my job and he doesn't. I know that we could get private insurance but that's going to cost way more than what I'm paying now.
4. Security: I have a job with a stable income and he doesn't, especially during the Winter months. He has the option to do snow removal but it doesn't snow every day so we need to make sure we have a steady income.
5. He wants to: My husband is really looking forward to staying home with the baby. I think this will be the easiest thing he will ever have to do. He loves to play with kids and I think he will have such a great time with ours.
I have no doubt in my mind that my husband will be a great father. He is a little scared because he doesn't want our children to act the way he acted when he was a kid. He was bad! But hopefully our kids will have a bit of me in them and be responsible like I was as a child.
Although I think my husband will be a great father, there are a few things that worry me. That is why I'm starting a new blog series called "7 Ways to be an Awesome Dad." The article is provided by Parents.com and describes different ways Dad can be his best. I will go over each topic day by day as I did in my last blog series.
I hope that some new dads get to read this and really think about what the article is saying. I know that my husband will nail some of these on the head and will need work on some others but that's ok. It's all a learning experience!
1. He owns his own business: It is easier for him to run things from home. His whole goal this summer was to try to find a reliable enough employee to handle being the job manager so that he could run things from home. While this is proving to be a little more complicated than we had originally thought, we are still hoping to make this happen.
2. I love my job: I found a job that I actually enjoy and I want to keep it! My boss is also very flexible and will probably allow me to work from home a few days a weeks so I still get to enjoy my new baby.
3. Health Insurance: I have health insurance through my job and he doesn't. I know that we could get private insurance but that's going to cost way more than what I'm paying now.
4. Security: I have a job with a stable income and he doesn't, especially during the Winter months. He has the option to do snow removal but it doesn't snow every day so we need to make sure we have a steady income.
5. He wants to: My husband is really looking forward to staying home with the baby. I think this will be the easiest thing he will ever have to do. He loves to play with kids and I think he will have such a great time with ours.
I have no doubt in my mind that my husband will be a great father. He is a little scared because he doesn't want our children to act the way he acted when he was a kid. He was bad! But hopefully our kids will have a bit of me in them and be responsible like I was as a child.
Although I think my husband will be a great father, there are a few things that worry me. That is why I'm starting a new blog series called "7 Ways to be an Awesome Dad." The article is provided by Parents.com and describes different ways Dad can be his best. I will go over each topic day by day as I did in my last blog series.
I hope that some new dads get to read this and really think about what the article is saying. I know that my husband will nail some of these on the head and will need work on some others but that's ok. It's all a learning experience!
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