Hello,
My due date is in March. My original plan was for DH and I to take our leaves from work separately. I would take my leave (up until end of July) and then he would take his. Then we would put our baby in some sort of day care program. I really want to hold off on day care for as long as possible. Well we just found out that since DH has been at his company for less than a year, he only gets 5 days off.
My boss is very flexible/understanding and luckily I am able to work from home if I need to. Am I crazy for thinking that when my leave is up (end of July), that I can work from home AND take care of the baby? My work is sort of flexible too. If I have to, I can work 4 hours during the day and then another 4 hours after DH gets home from work. I'm a web-developer...as long as I get my projects done in time it doesn't really matter if a put in full 8 hour work day everyday.
I have no experience with babies (this is our first). How much work is a 4 month old? Is this possible to do? If this isn't possible we would put our baby in day care at the end of July. Ideally, I really would like to hold off on day care for as long as possible. Help! I'm clueless!!! haha.