Dh doesn’t think I should work for another 4-5 years

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i have a newborn baby. I’ve only ever had low paid jobs in shops/restaurants/receptionist. So I guess childcare would cost more than I earn. I worry if I’m out of a job that long, it’ll be really hard to get a job. Dh thinks I should wait until DD starts school. If anyone else did this, was it hard to get a job? Thanks.

I had an 8 year ‘gap’ on my cv. I included on any job applications that I was raising children and noted that that experience gave me skills x, y and z.

If you can and you want to, why not?
As another poster said, you can use the time for developing skills and learning or training so you’re in a good position in 5 years time to get back into work.

A female employer will think that she also raised her DC and worked as well