re: Married men of the OT, how many of you are single income HH?

We tried to have my wife stay home when my first child was born. We didn't need the wife's income, so she didn't work for ~6 months. Wife has her masters degree and had her own aspirations, so I think it ate at her a bit. Plus we were in a new city and not a lot of connections for socialization with her and our son. It became a situation where happiness for all was probably better with the daycare option.

For us, I think daycare 100% helped with socialization for our children. We've always been pretty involved with the daycare. Wife volunteers for everything. We still regularly see and talk to teachers and managment when we see them in the community, even when the kids have moved on. We have always had full confidence with where we left our kids and it has worked for us.