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Old 04-15-2015, 05:40 AM
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wheresthefun
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Things you may want to take into account, before deciding on your final number, are the additional costs that will be associated with going back to work, and putting your child in daycare. Think about commuting expenses, clothing, money for lunches... It will not only be the cost of the daycare.

Before my son was born, I was a professional musician, on the road five days a week. After (my now ex wife) became pregnant with our son, I knew I would need to leave the music biz. At the time, I really wasn't qualified for anything that would pay all that well. After looking into daycare, had I taken any of the daytime jobs I found, I would have basically been working to pay the daycare bill, in other words, I'd have been working for someone else to raise our son. So, it just made sense that I would stay home during the day, and get nighttime jobs. Which is what I did until our son started school.

That said, everyone's situation is different.
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