How much time did you take off from work to spend with your child?
How much time did you take off from work to spend with your child?
blogger / pomegranate / 3300 posts
I stopped working completely and my husband took off two weeks. My job would have let me take FMLA but not maternity leave.
honeydew / 7916 posts
Not me personally, but - in grad school I had a professor who took a year of paternity leave when he and his wife adopted twins. I thought that was awesome and set the bar high for my future husband!
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
3 days. We bonded beautifully despite my work challenges. We had no option, since M's birth was unanticipated. I did take a month in the summer where I only went in part time.
blogger / nectarine / 2010 posts
I was planning to take my full 12 weeks, but couldn't stop there. I left my job to stay home with him.
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