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Top 10 unusual reasons to stay home with children as long as possible (in no particular order)

Anyone can give you 10 "nice" reasons why they stay home with their children. I won't deny that there are many glorious rewards to being present for all the "firsts." But today I am talking to all the skeptics. This list is for all those people who CHOOSE to work because they see more trouble than reward out of staying home. Each of these ideas revolves around an idea that is perceived to be a negative, a sacrifice that many people are unwilling to make. I am going to show you how these "negatives" aren't really negative at all, they are the biggest positives in the list for why we at-home moms and dads do what we do.

10 Unusual Reasons to Marry a Salesman

know, I know, if you want to make money you've got to be in sales. But it's not all peaches and roses if you are the wife of the successful (or unsuccessful) salesman. It can be a real drag to go through his fluctuating moods and the treacherous sales cycle. Or is it a drag? If you think about it, each of the reasons that you hate the sales career is really why you married your salesman to begin with and why you need each other. Here is my list of Unusual (e.g., at first they appear negative)

How my babies slept through the night and were in their own rooms by 3 months old

That's right...3 months.

When my babies were born, my first goal was getting them to sleep through the night.

And I succeeded.

In less than three months.

10 normal activities that became complicated once I had children

Life before children was so simple. I thought of something I wanted to do and I did it. Now things are more complicated. Oh, I still go about my weekly routine. I have figured out how to work with the little munchkins to keep us all from being miserable. I love the challenge that my kids present, and I love the success of an activity accomplished with only minor inconvenience.

But sometimes my mind wanders to the days of ease%u2026(wander, wander)