https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 11:44:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1234833 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:50:10 +0000 Mae 1234833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He gets 2 days. But he can use vacation time so thats what we'll do. He'll probably only take 1 week off though at first, and then a little more time later when his parents come stay with us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1234830 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:48:16 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1234830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: Tell me about it, girl. And mine works in the medical field, which does not *know* holidays. People WILL get sick morning, night, weekend or holiday. It is tough. I truly envy couples with work that STAYS at work. Ya know? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1234820 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:44:30 +0000 delight 1234820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like @Grace:, we have a year to split (well 50 weeks) between us. I'm taking 39 and he's taking 11 at the end. He's a teacher and LO was born in August so he also had three weeks then as part of summer holidays. We are very lucky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1234784 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:35:32 +0000 Boheme 1234784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 weeks, paid as long as he has the comp time to cover it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1234775 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:32:28 +0000 Sapphiresun 1234775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's kind of a difficult question to answer straight because in Canada you get 17 weeks maternity leave that can only be used by a woman that physically gives birth. You also get an additional 35 weeks of parental leave (if you birth or adopt a child) to split any way you see fit between parents either concurrently or consecutively, and in my husband's case, his work tops his salary up to 93% for the entire period. </p> <p>So, he COULD have up to 35 weeks off if I was willing to go back to work when LO was 17 weeks old. BUT I think we're going to choose for me to take either the full year, or at least 11 months and he'll take the last month maybe? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1234734 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:12:36 +0000 yellowbird 1234734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He could have taken 3 months unpaid with our LO, but we decided on one week after the birth and then he stayed home with her for a month when I went back to work. It was great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1234668 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:50:43 +0000 rattles 1234668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Three weeks paid </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1234666 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:49:33 +0000 Penny Lane 1234666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>nothing paid. pretty much as long as he wants unpaid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1234662 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:47:52 +0000 artsyfartsy 1234662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>H e gets 3 months off if he wants but it's unpaid. He has vacation time to cover a month though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1234659 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:45:59 +0000 apis 1234659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got 1 week paid leave, and then took some extra days of vacation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1234376 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:30:27 +0000 MrsScottish 1234376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Together we get 1 year paid on EI, but in his job it is difficult for him to take (retail store manager). He will use his holiday time, and just go in when he has to do business things- schedule etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1234363 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:26:30 +0000 sarac 1234363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any vacation or pto he cared to use. He was offered the chance to work from home doing a training right after I delivered, so he took that after one week (which my daughter spent in the hospital). It was barely better than having him at work, and it really, really sucked. No one was taking care of me. </p> <p>If we have another, we'll do it very differently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1234004 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:21:36 +0000 LindsayInNY 1234004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4 weeks paid because he works in a mandatory leave state. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1233959 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:10:28 +0000 luckypenny 1233959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 weeks paid / 6 weeks unpaid through FMLA (but he doesn't take this one) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1233957 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:09:30 +0000 twodoghouse 1233957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Wow, that's amazing! </p> <p>My husband's work offers 2 weeks paternity leave, unpaid, any time within the first year of the baby's life. He plans on taking those, as well as using up a good chunk of his vacation since we don't anticipate doing much vacationing next year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1233955 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:09:04 +0000 Running Elley 1233955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He can use vacation or take unpaid days. Unpaid isn't an option for us since I'm a SAHM but he's taking a week of vacation. He'll be off tomorrow through the Sunday after thanksgiving so 10 days total. We didn't think he had vacation time left (just found out yesterday) and thought that he'd only be able to take 1 unpaid day (all we can afford) so 10 days feels incredible to me!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave/page/2#post-1233953 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:08:33 +0000 yin 1233953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH had to use vacation, and he only has 10 days per year. Boo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave#post-1233937 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:04:53 +0000 MrsH 1233937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just vacation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave#post-1233144 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:18:01 +0000 Dandelion 1233144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's not technically paternity pay, but they will let him take a few vacation days when LO is born. Luckily, with a planned c-section, it'll be easier to work out with work.</p> <p>When we lost S, his job was amazing and gave him 2 weeks paid off, without taking away any vacation or sick days. He works for a great place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave#post-1233138 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:16:31 +0000 bunnylove08 1233138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 weeks paid and he could take vacation on top of that </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave#post-1233129 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:14:51 +0000 cascademom 1233129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He unofficially took off about two weeks of work. It's an unofficial thing with his company. I don't think it counted against his PTO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave#post-1233128 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:14:46 +0000 MapleMoose 1233128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 weeks paid </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave#post-1233116 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:13:07 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1233116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now that we work at different companies, he can take up to 12 weeks. But, I think he's going to take 3 weeks off - yay!! (he only took one last time) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave#post-1233113 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:12:28 +0000 regberadaisy 1233113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He just started a new job and I highly doubt he gets any. Any time off he takes will be unpaid or vacation time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave#post-1233098 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:10:44 +0000 su9su9 1233098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He took 3 weeks off, but unpaid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave#post-1233088 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:10:02 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1233088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We gets 6 weeks paid. He says he probably won't take it all because it's frowned upon. He may take two weeks off three times throughout the first six months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave#post-1233079 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:07:37 +0000 lamariniere 1233079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4 weeks paid. And he's going to take a about 2 weeks of vacation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave#post-1233040 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:01:12 +0000 lawbee11 1233040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had her 2 weeks before his semester started, so he got two weeks off. She was also two weeks early--if she had come on my due date he wouldn't have gotten any! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave#post-1233013 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:57:00 +0000 blackbird 1233013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our work doesn't have paternity leave. He took about 1.5 weeks off (sick time, we get a lot) and worked a few days from home. By week 3, I was doing pretty well by myself, plus he was home by 3pm every day </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-time-does-your-so-get-off-for-paternity-leave#post-1232894 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:39:35 +0000 hellocupcake 1232894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He gets 3 weeks paid and the option to take 3 unpaid, but he took nothing. We got home from the hospital Thursday and he went to work Friday :( </p>