The Reputation of a Home Daycare Provider

[KingstonMom]

I quit my professional business job to stay home when my son was a baby, and I am now pregnant again, and will hope to have more kids in the future. I have always wanted to stay home with my kids and take in more kids to supplement my income.
What irks me is the comments and questions from former co-workers, and people in general. I went to my old workplace today to be given sympathetic faces asking "You must be going crazy!!" and "So, are you ready to come back yet??"
Why oh WHY do people this this job is a hellilsh nightmare that NOBODY would want to do?! OH my GOD, I would much rather stay home than send MY child away, only to see him 2 and a half hours per weekday!!
Not like this job is livin the dream, but, really, is any job?? A job is a job. Arguing with 3 year olds about cheerios or fruitloops, or cleaning up a 12 month old from poop that reaches her neck. How is this any more annoying than putting up with that pesty, STUPID co-worker and stories of their jail-bound teenage son, or having to sit through conference calls with the politics of any company, or worse- RETAIL!!

I tell them like I always do: I am LOVING IT!! and then I proceed to ask them about life at the old office, and watch as their eyes roll and then I know I am still in the best job!