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I don't get sick leave at all and have to use my vacation hours if I or my son get sick. My husband does get sick leave to use for himself, children, doctor's appointments, etc so as often as possible, we try to work it where he will stay home with the baby when he is sick instead of me.

My son was born in mid-February and has been in daycare since 8 weeks old. He's been sick and had to stay home for about 6 days. He's actually home sick right now. My husband stayed with him yesterday, I'm with him today, and probably tomorrow my husband will be with him again.

I don't get paid vacation either. Since my LO started day care at the end of last year, I took 5 days straight in January and then another 5 days straight in April for her sickness. The summer was a lot better since there are a lot less illnesses during those months but I still had to take off a few days here and there because of 24 hour bugs. One time she fell down at day care so I had to leave work early. And then she had a skin condition so I had to take off a few hours once a month to go take her to a dermatologist.

There are also the regular wellness checks which are monthly for quite some time when your LO is young so yes .... this is why parents always talk about using up vacation and sick days.

I was worried about this going back to work, which was partly why we decided on a nannyshare over daycare. So far, so good. I haven't had to take any days off for my son being sick yet and he's now 15 months old. I do plan to take one day off this month as he's having minor surgery, but I scheduled it for the day before my holiday break so I can be home with him for the full week afterward without taking time off.