...what was your employer's response? Did they accept your proposal, flat turn it down, or accept it with modifications.

If my employer will let me work 24 hours with some flexibility to the hours, I can manage a plan without paying for more than $30-40 weekly for daycare (combo grandma care, drop in daycare, and working on weekends when DH is here). After LO #2 is born, the cut in pay would be almost exactly equal to the pay decrease from cutting my hours. I'd love to spend extra time with my kids until I only have one in daycare again.

Anyways, I'm just really nervous about asking since I already have special arrangement for work from home, and none of the other mothers at my company work part-time. The only way for it to be possible is to ask though - just curious how others' requests were received.