My DS is 5 months old and I have just gone back to work 1 day per week. My DH stays at home on that day to look after DS. They have great fun together. Even before we had kids, DH always said he wanted to be a SAH dad.
I have potential to earn a lot more that DH and at the moment we desperately need more money. I am seriously considering asking DH if he would want to swap roles. I think I would enjoy being at work, even though I would miss DS alot. But I have the following concerns...
- If I go on maternity leave in the future we really would be skint (we'd like another baby in about a year) as DH doesn't have the sort of job he could just go back to
- Would DH get bored? I meet with other mums at least twice per week, and I dont think he would build up this kind of support/company network, even though i know the other mums would welcome him along to things
- Is the grass greener... would I go back to work and then just wished I'd stayed at home??!
- Should we just take the plunge and try it and see what happens
Are there any other things we should be considering when trying this sort of thing? Anybody with comments, experience of this, or any other observations etc please post as I would appreciate hearing other people's opinions!