@sara – I totally agree with you! Regardless of whether it’s a host of The Chew or a clerk at a discount store, it is so selfish for a new mom to go back to work and earn a living so that she can provide for her child. I mean…sheesh…diapers, clothing, bathing items, other necessities? Ahhh….screw it. Baby can do without. And the saying of giving your child a better life than you had – way overrated!

So Sara, what if you have to leave your baby behind (as you put it) because chasing money is a necessity when raising a child? You sound completely ignorant by making that statement and you had to know on some level that other moms not including myself are going to want you to explain yourself? No mother should be made to feel guilty for going back to work. It’s not easy but it is definitely a part of life.

Seriously? You don’t know what hard is until they turn teenagers.

she is SO cute!! and sara, you SUCK!!!!

Omg Sara you need a reality check. Some mothers need to go back to work. Not to mention, just to have some time to yourself, which all new mothers need. Also, the US doesn’t have much of a maternity leave as far as I know. Stop judging already.

@nuny…Babies ARE hard. So are teenagers. Different types of ‘hard’, but both challenging nonetheless. Get off your high horse. People like you annoy me.

Sara.. please keep yur stupid a comments to yourself. Some of ushave to go back to work to make money to support our children. She may not have HAD to but your comment lumps us all in one category.

@Hey and @Sara I am a therapist who works with children with autism in a highly specialized field that requires a lot of education and training. Should I be denied the right to have my own children just because I enjoy and value my career? Since the majority of therapists in the field are women should we all just stay at home and raise our own children and leave children with autism and their parents just fend for themselves? Some of us work to contribute to society and not just to make money.

She is so pretty…..Her dad seems like he was an amazing dad.

I understand what Sara is saying, my mother (fortunately) was able to stay home with my brother and I and I never wanted for attention, because she was always there to give it. However, I know SEVERAL young adults who grew up with mothers who had careers (that they didn’t “need” to put food on the table) and left the kids with nannies/babysitters or in the teen years basically left the kids to fend for themselves. Almost all of them turned out to be complete train wrecks. Doing anything and everything to get attention because they never got it at home, because their parents were too busy chasing a dollar.

If you don’t believe me, look at this generation of kids and look at generations from decades ago and tell me the difference.

It’s one thing to work to put food on the table, but if you’re working because you’re trying to “climb the corporate ladder” or whatever you want to call it, chances are your kids are gonna be attention hungry and they will resent you for it. Just my opinion.

I tend to agree with Sara to a point. Although I don’t think that this mom was “dumping her child,” the fact still remains that way to many children are left with sitters and not raised by a mom or dad at home. Necessity to go back to work to provide for the child is one thing, but to be selfish and go back for reasons of more $$$$ or fame is just that: SELFISH! Women have been duped into thinking that raising a child is not as important as “fulfilling” a career goal. DO IT WHEN THE CHILD IS GROWN ENOUGH!! …or wait and have the child when you are finished working on yourself and ready to be beholden to someone else. Also, HAVE A RESPONSIBLE FATHER WHO HELPS RAISE THE CHILD!! Better for the child and better for you!

@ISeeYourPoint-I know a multitude of people whose parents worked and they were happy, well-adjusted kids and now productive adults. On the flip-side I know many people whose moms stayed at home with them and they were constantly in trouble and and are still having the same difficulties in adults. Research has repeatedly shown that how one parents and teaches their children the skills they need to be successful in adulthood is the determining factor in how children “turn out” rather than whether or not a mom stays home with her kids full-time.

@shap196-lots of women receive public assistance; not just minorities or those ‘in the ghetto’ as you mentioned. Get over yourself. Some people have been laid off, are disabled or have handicapped children and need help. I have a friend who delivers papers in the wee hours of the AM because that’s the only free time she has: she has 3 kids, one of whom is severly autistic. Her husband works during the day but he doesn’t earn alot of money & they have to make time to balance work & watch their kids. They’re minorities and people jump to false conclusions like you did–all the time. Sometimes life is hard; not everyone that is poor or lazy is in the ghetto. Lots of welfare recipients live in nice neighborhoods and put on fake personas to appease the masses. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

I see Sara’s point. Obviously if you gotta work to pay bills, you go back to work. But the honest truth is that the person/persons who spend the majority of our children’s time with them are the ones raising them. I have a friend whose husband makes well above what they would need–up in the 6 figures. And they were dying to have a baby and couldn’t. It was heartbreaking. So, 2 ivf rounds later, a beautiful baby boy. And what does she do? She goes back to work. She pays for daycare and sees the child a total of 2 hours a day. I just don’t get it. How badly did she wanna be a parent, anyway??

If motherhood is so hard then dont have sex stupid.

She seem having a great family, happy for her!