The secret life of at-home moms: quitting your job to care for your kids full-time can be a scary transition, says Danielle Crittenden, author of amanda bright@home. Here she uncovers the hidden highs and lows experienced by stay-at-home moms and the reward that can make it all worth it. (one woman's view).

Redbook | May 1, 2003| | Copyright

my weeks-old daughter, Miranda, was crying and crying. As I tried to soothe her, I found myself yearning for my husband to come home and talk to me intelligently about world events. I wondered what had happened to my former self--the journalist who'd fly to foreign countries at the drop of a hat. I asked myself, Why didn't anyone warn me that this would be my new life?

It was 1991. Like many modern-day women, I never expected to be what the newspapers were just starting to call a stay-at-home mother. I expected to take care of my baby for a few months, then arrange ...

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