我覺得自己日日如是：起床，早餐，送返學，返工，接放學，煮飯，um瞓覺。根本就係兩份full time job。weekend就係車兩隻野ice skating，sports practice，再唔係就係birthday party，playdate。跟本就冇自由。我C6仲要返shift。連d同事都話我係part time single mom。不過，我好彩，d年輕女同事有時會babysit。我媽一年來3個月幫我，其他時間係食自己。
We don't got any help from anybody in here, and we always didn't have any lucks of hiring nannies. That's why I'd been hesitating to have another kid ... Til about 3 yrs ago, I decided to give it a try and see if God wanted us to have another kid. Not sure if we were lucky or unlucky ... I was pregnant with my 2nd kid immediately. And I was shock and unprepared ...
So they are 9 years apart! In these couple years, I've been looking for nannies and part-time helpers but don't have too much luck ...
Now my p/t helper will quit starting from next week and I still don't have any good candidates!
Anyway, if u decide to have another kid, I think the best time might be when your kid has started preschool. Maybe 4-5 years apart is good ... and don't wait too long. Otherwise, you'll start everything over again!
I also don't like "strangers" staying at our home ... That's why I insisted not to hire a live-in nanny, although it's the cheapest (per hour) and can provide the most help for us!
The problem with p/t helper is not stable ... and it's the most expensive and not easy to find one!
Don't know where you live ... If u live in Bay Area CA, it'll be even harder if you live in the Silicon Valley in CA! It'll be a little easier and cheaper if you live in East Bay or S.F.
I completely understood your struggle .... coz I'd been gone thru it for 8 years! But having one kid only (especially boys) is really not good for the kid himself!
I would suggest you to plan having another kid when your kid has started preschool. When yr second kid is born, your older one can go to preschool full time! If u think u can't handle it, just hire a f/t live-out nanny for the first couple years. Once your husband got home from work, the nanny can go home so he won't see her at home!
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