Oooh...welcome all WOHP's!

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Good evening!

Thought I would start a new thread in the new topic. Feels a bit strange though! Might settle in with a

Who's glad Friday is over and its a bank holiday weekend? I've just started a new job with new challenges so the last couples of weeks have gone fast but loving it! Have been working since DS was 9 months and full time when he was 2.

Are we all WOHPs with a WOHPartner/Husband or is anyone's the SAHD? My partner is a qualified professional but has been SAHD since DS was 2 and will return to work when DS goes to school in Sept. Although his first 2 weeks at school are going to be half days which will be difficult to manage if he isn't at home so I think he will wait until DS is settled full time.

Any plans for this weekend?

OK thanks for the tip by the way, are the separate whom/ sahm threads because of excessive bunfights? Have we been separated until we learn to behave?

Not excessive bun fights, no, not really.

A poster asked on a Site Stuff thread if there could be a SAHPs topic. Well, she actually asked for a full time mums topic which irritated some people (including me) as they felt that it was a misleading name. Lots of other SAHPs then said that they feel unable to discuss things in other topics as often threads got derailed by people criticising their SAHP status or being defensive about working out of the home.

So, MNHQ created both these topics for a 3 month trial to see if there is actually a need/use for them.

Oh I must have missed that completely! Good idea!

I am a WOHM

I am also a single parent to three dc 7 and under

I work 30-40 hours per week

Childcare is nursery and family

Hi all. I'm a WOHP, single mum with a 12 and 16 year old. Currently working term time in a school but considering changing to a full time office job. No idea if that's the right thing to do or not though. What do people do with 12/13 year olds in the holidays when working FT? Also worried about finding time for their medical/school appointments etc. House is already messy - used to that part! Could probably almost double my annual income if I do this, it's a difficult decision...

Think it's a great idea although haven't been flamed for working full-time yet on the boards.

Back to work next month after second mat leave and have just hired a mother's help to help two afternoons a week with household stuff so I get more time to spend with the kids. I'm very lucky but hoping it will also mean I get more time with DH.

I have found my people!

I work, technically four days a week but I'm self employed so that never happens. DS (3.5) goes to nursery three days a week, is at home with me on Tuesdays when I'm working (that's fun, not) and on Wednesdays which is supposed to be my day off. When his nursery funding kicks in in Sept he'll be going to nursery on Tuesdays too.

And then my newborn will arrive and I'll be back to having a baby at home while I work.... and so it goes on! Luckily I'll only have 7 months of them both in childcare before DS goes to school. DH works FT from home and I work from home at least twice a week so we hope we can make it work with the two children.

Ooh, I hadn't spotted this topic! I'm a soon to be WOHP, I have a month left of my mat leave with DD1, I'll then be returning full time. My DP will then become a SAHD, so all change for us!

I'm a bit apprehensive of going back, my job is quite demanding and to make things even more complicated I've applied for a promotion!

Looking forward to hearing how others cope with a busy careers and family life, I hope I can get the balance right...

hello people, my first week of having dd in full-time childcare, and it's a bit of a killer... didn't manage to find my SAHM dream-job whilst on maternity leave, so am back to the grindstone (work) and already thinking about the next maternity leave (HA!).... how do people cope, I mean I don't expect everyone feels as inadequate as me, but with the feeling that you're not doing right by your child, husband and job all at the same time...? It would help I suppose if I loved my job, I'd probably be able to shut off at least some of those crappy feelings, but I don't, I hate it, it is soul-less and I really felt complete when I was at home for the year with my lo...