One of those posts had to come...
How I hate them!
I left my baby with a day mother from the age of 9 weeks.
I don't see it as dumping him, and it does not mean, I love him any less.
I cut down on work from 40 to 30 hours and pay 380 Euro (approx 220 pounds) per month for daycare.
I love the fact that he is in a family, he is with other kids and being spoilt rotten.
When I pick him up I am looking forward to spending time with him rather than being fed up and trying to get rid of him.
He goes with me everywhere in the evenings and on weekends and is the most easy-going and happy baby I know.
Nobody expected my husband to give up work, after the baby was born.
Quite on the contrary, he's gone a lot for work, I think he's been home 10 days this year, but that's OK for everybody.
No, the mothers have to give up work, own income, preferably all hobbies and interests other than the child.
They have to live and plan from bottle to bottle, talk about dirty diapers and growth charts, or they are being selfish and doing irreversible harm to their little ones...
WAKE UP people.
We do live in the 21. centuary.
I am not telling anyone how to raise their children.
If a mother or father is happy to be a stay-at-home parent, then all the luck to them. That's fine with me.
But it's also OK the way I do it.
My baby is not lacking anythin, quite on the contrary.
He gets nearly 24 hours of daily love and attention.
I would never be able to give that to him on my own!