LittleBug wrote: I can't stop thinking about how little I will get to see her and how many "firsts" and stuff that I will miss since she will be in daycare so much.

I went through the same thing when I went back to work.  Amazingly though Michaela saved heaps of her firsts for when I was at home.  She was 5mo and had already started talking and commando crawling by the time I went to work but she didn't crawl properly until one day a couple of months later when I'd pulled a sickie to go Christmas shopping.  She took her first steps when I was at home too.

Whether you're there to see the firsts or not though what you need to remember is she will only be in daycare for a while whereas you will be her mummy forever and she's in daycare for a good reason, you're studying to get a good job so your family can have a great life.  In a sense you're making a huge sacrifice for the good of your family and that's an awesome thing to do. 

Hey Highlander.  My DH, Busymum's DH and Lilfatty's DH are all SAHDs.

Although my DH now works fulltime too he looks after Michaela for 6 hours every day from 6:45am (when I leave for work).

When I first found out we were moving up to Waiouru I thought I would but the boys into daycare fulltime. However I have now decided against that. And now Andrew is doing Kindy (5 mornings a week) and Josh will do 3 full days at daycare. That means that I have 3 mornings to dedicate to study without children around. The other 2 mornings I can fit in some study if Josh sleeps and then the afternoons Josh is at daycare I can still study if I entertain Andrew with playhouse disney .

I am doing it from home now that it is too far away for me to get to uni.

It is possible just dedicate time to study, baby and housework.

hey im doing my Bachelor health sciences at uni and ive got one semester to go but will be spreading it over 2 as theres only so much i can handle with a 1 year old and being pregnant! ive pretty much done alot of my papers at home- i thought once i had miss1 i could do sum study at home while she slept and quickly found out i couldnt get anything done during the day and would have to wait til DH got home and weekends was a bliss! its a bit of a sacrifice.  this next semester il be sure to put miss1 in daycare for atleast 2 days a week so i can get some good study done!

i was also looking into midwifery....its another 3 year course though and im just trying to get some more info on how it all works so i can see if it will fit in- it sounds great if its alot of learning from home!

*waves* working mum here.  I reluctantly went back to work when Michaela was 5mo and DH quit his job to be a SAHD.

I am lucky because I work for a company that allows flexible hours so I start early and finish early every day so I can spend some daylight hours with my little lass.

Since September last year we've been tag-team parenting. I work from 7:30am-3:30pm then take over child care. 

We used to literally pass each other in the street and DH would hand over Michaela when DH was working from 4pm - 9:30pm but he has recently increased his hours so starts at 2pm and my MIL (who lives downstairs) now takes care of Michaela for a few hours from when DH leaves for work and I get home.

We've considered child care too, to give DH a break and also because he does some work from home but like Stacey finances don't stretch atm.