My husband and I were discussing baby names. While everyone has a right to name their child whatever they want, I sometimes wonder why parents give children some of the names they have.
This one couple in particular that we know, named one of their children after a beany dinner and their second child after a state.
This then brought up our next topic of discussion: having a nanny.
This couple also has a nanny to tend to their children, because the wife is busy being a 'career' woman....a 'professional'. While I think it's wonderful that women are thrilled to be part of the work force...when you have children, if you can afford to, why not stay home and be a 'professional' mommy? Why work so you can then pay someone else to watch your child/children grow up?
I'm thankful to be a 'professional' mommy to our daughter...and I told my husband this. It feels good (yet completely exhausting) to spend our entire day together and be the first one to see her when she wakes up and be the last one to see her before she falls asleep.
I continue, "You know, the paycheck I get is far better being a professional mommy than being a professional in any other job I could have..."
"...we're so rich this way...we're given so much by watching our daughter grow and not having someone else getting all the special moments because we're working outside the home..."
Shortly after, my daughter passes an earth shaking amount of gas to which my husband responds, "...I think she just left you some currency in her diaper...must be payday."
Men and women rarely see the romance in things the same way I'm learning.
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A beany dinner? With your husband's devotion to Taco Bell your daughter is lucky she wasn't named Chimichanga, Chalupa or Gordita. :) - John
I'm sure you are a very caring and fun mummy to your daughter.I think when she is older she will look back and remember the care and love she had in her childhood.
The joys and tears of being a professional mummy are priceless.I have never paid anyone to look after my children so I could work outside the home. There were of course times when the money from a job would have been handy, but at what cost? Missing out on their first words? Taking their first steps? No I value these things much more.
I understand some women have no choice but to work but yet, some people I meet act like being a stay at home mum is some how less valuable than other professionals. That annoys me, but luckily they are few and far between.
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