Hey Ladies!
I will try to keep this short. I recently have found out that I am pregnant and my husband and I decided to go to private so that we could accommodate all of our existing clients (as licensed your own children count towards the numbers). We decided to do this sooner than later because we figured why wait, we wanted/need the extra cash, plus it would save the families money as well. Plus, we wanted to do the transition before one of my families other child starts with us so that we could save the family the headache of registering her with the agency. I am 2 weeks away from being private and I'm actually pretty excited. Everyone has decided to stay with me and have all been super supportive.
Well.....my husband is in the military and everyone knows what type of life that involves (aka moving every couple of years) however we are very unhappy with this lifestyle and my husband has a chance to have an interview with a company this week that could really reset our whole life AND it could bring us back to all of our family. It really could be good for our family. Especially with baby #2 coming in January. We have obviously decided to not say anything until he for sure gets the job and we know the details of him leaving the military for obvious reasons (there's no point in getting everyone worked up if it doesn't happen - however I have a feeling that it will and that when it does it will happen fast. Probably by October).
My question is: what would you say or do? When would you tell the families if it does happen? How much details would you give them?
I hate this because I would have never gone private if I would have known this would happen. Plus, one of my families and I had made an agreement that they would send their oldest child full time in order to hold a space for their youngest who will be starting in September because I was losing the income by keeping the space open. So I feel EXTREMELY guilty about the possibility of not being able to follow through.
I know that I ultimately have to take care of me and my family first (they would do the same). I also know that they would understand. But still.
I'm tempted to just say that hubby was posted to save from any questions as they know that that is all part of his job and know that it's out of our hands. However, I hate the thought of telling a white lie to people that I truly care about.
Thoughts? Advice?
(I know, I should just deal with it, if and when it happens but I gotta wrap my head around this and have an action plan if it does happen).
TIA