To be honest, I think my wife would love nothing more than to be. As it is, the finances aren't there, and she also loves her work(she's a nurse coincidentally).
With that said, I've known a few families with multiple children where it was an easy decision for one to not work at least when kids aren't still in school. Depending on age and quality of the facility, childcare can run $300-500 a week. For 3 children, one at say $500, one at $400, and one at $300, that's $1200 a week or $4800/month. That's right on the edge of what my monthly take-home is. We're fortunate that we save a lot of money by only using daycare 3 days a week-between my wife's 3 day a week(varied) schedule and family(mother in law and sister in law) who fill in the gaps it works out fine for us, but that equation might change if we went to 5 days a week.
With that said, I've known a few families with multiple children where it was an easy decision for one to not work at least when kids aren't still in school. Depending on age and quality of the facility, childcare can run $300-500 a week. For 3 children, one at say $500, one at $400, and one at $300, that's $1200 a week or $4800/month. That's right on the edge of what my monthly take-home is. We're fortunate that we save a lot of money by only using daycare 3 days a week-between my wife's 3 day a week(varied) schedule and family(mother in law and sister in law) who fill in the gaps it works out fine for us, but that equation might change if we went to 5 days a week.