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I have been a government civilian with the department of the Air Force for almost 10 years. So I have quite a bit of time saved up toward retirement. But lately I have been considering quitting my job and becoming a stay at home wife and mother. I think contributing to these thoughts is the fact that my husband is a captain in the Space Force. We have to move every 2 to 3 years and I have to look for a new job during that time anyway.

This is not something my husband is pushing me to do. I think he is kind of indifferent about it to be honest. And actually, he probably leans more toward me keeping a job. Because, when the kids are older and out of daycare, and we have more cash flow, he would like to do cool trips like Disney cruises and such.

I just think it would be so nice to have time to do laundry, and not start on dinner at 6:30 at night after a 9hr workday and an hr long commute each way. Also, I got so jealous every morning on my way to work when I see women out walking their dogs, or going for a run lol.

I think the biggest thing holding me back, is knowing how important it is in retirement to have multiple streams of income in order to survive. So, I’m just wondering, has anyone here gone from having a career or a full-time job to being a stay at home parent and not regretted it? Or, in the flip side, has anyone gone from having a career or full-time job to be in a stay at home parent and regretted it?

Hi all, my son will be 3 at the end of September. We have tried potty training once before, but it did not work out well, and we just decided he wasn’t ready and we’d try again in a few months.

We’re trying again now, but it’s basically going how it was before. Every time he sits on the potty, he cries. He goes in the toilet sometimes, but mostly, he just holds it and pees himself after we get him off the potty.

As far as method, we’re reading him books about potty training. We have him sit on the potty about every 30mins and we have this little projector that reads stories that we turn on for him while he’s there.

I don’t know what to do. Has anyone else dealt with this? Any suggestions? Is he just not ready? Should we just try again in a few months?