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<blockquote data-quote="SearchingForRainbows" data-source="post: 394069" data-attributes="member: 3388"><p>Jena,</p><p></p><p>I worked for a large company until my entire unit was laid off. My shift started at 3 p.m. At the time I was laid off I was pregnant with easy child/difficult child 3. I was ready to head right back out and try to find another job. My husband suggested I take a bit of time off, at least until a couple months after I had our third child. </p><p></p><p>Once easy child/difficult child 3 was born, I was still spending almost full days at Early Intervention, running from doctors appointments to specialists, to having in-home evaluations, etc.., etc., etc.,... Through it all, I was totally sleep deprived with a new born and two very demanding toddlers. I didn't go back to work until easy child/difficult child 3 was in kindergarten.</p><p></p><p>husband has always been self-employed. I guess this made it easier for me because I was able to work in our business. I've been luckier then lots of people because I'm able to have a flexible enough schedule that when I need to take time off for doctors appointments, IEP meetings, etc., etc., etc... I can. </p><p></p><p>The down side to it is that I spent lots of time working from home. I tried to get as much done as possible while the kids were at school but once they got home it was impossible to get much, if anything accomplished. There were way too many evenings after I put the kids to bed that I was up until almost mid-night getting work out. I was exhausted!!!</p><p></p><p>It is so understandable why you can't work right now!!! Scratch that last sentence - You are working!!! And, the type of work you're doing in my humble opinion is harder than anything else!!! Raising difficult children is a full time job!!! Just imagine if you got a paycheck for it... You would have more money then you could ever spend, given the number of hours you put in, the difficulty of the job, etc., etc., etc.,</p><p></p><p>As you already said somewhere in this thread, you accomplish so much more from raising a difficult child than from anything you can accomplish in a job outside of the home... SFR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SearchingForRainbows, post: 394069, member: 3388"] Jena, I worked for a large company until my entire unit was laid off. My shift started at 3 p.m. At the time I was laid off I was pregnant with easy child/difficult child 3. I was ready to head right back out and try to find another job. My husband suggested I take a bit of time off, at least until a couple months after I had our third child. Once easy child/difficult child 3 was born, I was still spending almost full days at Early Intervention, running from doctors appointments to specialists, to having in-home evaluations, etc.., etc., etc.,... Through it all, I was totally sleep deprived with a new born and two very demanding toddlers. I didn't go back to work until easy child/difficult child 3 was in kindergarten. husband has always been self-employed. I guess this made it easier for me because I was able to work in our business. I've been luckier then lots of people because I'm able to have a flexible enough schedule that when I need to take time off for doctors appointments, IEP meetings, etc., etc., etc... I can. The down side to it is that I spent lots of time working from home. I tried to get as much done as possible while the kids were at school but once they got home it was impossible to get much, if anything accomplished. There were way too many evenings after I put the kids to bed that I was up until almost mid-night getting work out. I was exhausted!!! It is so understandable why you can't work right now!!! Scratch that last sentence - You are working!!! And, the type of work you're doing in my humble opinion is harder than anything else!!! Raising difficult children is a full time job!!! Just imagine if you got a paycheck for it... You would have more money then you could ever spend, given the number of hours you put in, the difficulty of the job, etc., etc., etc., As you already said somewhere in this thread, you accomplish so much more from raising a difficult child than from anything you can accomplish in a job outside of the home... SFR [/QUOTE]
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