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Stay at Home
I am a stay-at-home mommy. Because I am blessed and have a wonderful husband who supports me, I am free to do this. I believe very strongly that it is my job as a CHRISTian, a mother, and a wife to raise my own son and not have someone else do it for me. I believe the child's needs always come before the parents', hence, my desire for a career comes second to Ley's needs. I don't want a day-care to raise my son.
***NOTE***
I was brought up in a single parent home, so I understand the difficulties of single parenting. I am in no way demeaning you or putting you down. You, instead, deserve and get my praise (and prayers if you let me know to) because your road is a rocky one and you need support and probably a vacation -- but, at the least, do know I am not against a working mother if you have no alternative. Bear in mind that a two parent family in which both parents work -- one for extra money for "stuff" -- sorry, you don't have my support. Babies come before T.V.'s. Just make sure you put God first and follow His wisdom. You won't go wrong that way! I PROMISE YOU THAT! Be a Wise Woman!
Discipline
Before I say anything let me stress one point: It is extremely destructive to discipline without love. *NEVER* punish your child when you're angry -- 99% of the time the punishment will be too harsh. My husband and I discipline our children in different ways. We try to make the punishment fit the crime. We do believe in spanking. We believe in time out. We believe in taking toys away. Because Ley is just two he tends to throw himself down sometimes and pitch a fit. When he does this we look away. He sees that he doesn't have our attention and it stops. There was a period of time when Ley did this quite often. He wouldn't quit even when he saw that he didn't have our attention. Then he got a spanking, and was put in his bed for about five minutes to calm down. There's an example of how we handle a problem. After Ley receives his punishment 99.9% of the time Ley and I have cuddle time. He knows that he will get in trouble if he is naughty, but he also knows that we love him no matter how he behaves.
When I have a stressful week and don't get to spend as much time with Ley as usual, he tends to act up a lot more for my attention. If your child does this, try to spend more "good" time with your little loved one. Then he/she won't feel the need to act out to get your attention. To a child bad attention is better than no attention.
My first rule of parenting is that Ley's needs ALWAYS come before my own.