I've been in the great position of working part-time so if anyone tries to suggest to me that being a SAHM (which I will be for the foreseeable future) is an easy option, I don't hesitate to put them right and say - look, I've done both and let me tell you working is darn sight easier than staying home. Of course, there's exceptions to that. I think if you were working a very stressful job with very long hours then it would be very difficult but certainly in my job which was a professional but not high-stress position, the working day was much less exhausting than dealing with a very active toddler.