So Brian will be staying home with Erika during his paternity leave? If that's the case, he's in for a rude awakening!
Both working outside the home at a paid job and staying at home to take care of baby/child is WORK. Both are demanding in their own ways, but staying at home requires you to be 'on' 24/7. When Cai was a newborn and I was home for 5 mths, there were days I resented L. coz he got to trot off to work and had a separate sphere. And then when I became a SAHM, one of the harder adjustments was that I couldn't just zone out for 15mins and waste time online - I was at a toddler's beck and call (well, within reason). So having been on both sides of the fence, I'd have to say Brian is WRONG!!!!
I remember our ped in Houston -who had her first child when Cai was a few months old - told me that motherhood was way harder than medical school, residency or anything else she'd ever done, LOL. That story always makes me chuckle.
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Date: 2010-08-27 07:03 pm (UTC)Both working outside the home at a paid job and staying at home to take care of baby/child is WORK. Both are demanding in their own ways, but staying at home requires you to be 'on' 24/7. When Cai was a newborn and I was home for 5 mths, there were days I resented L. coz he got to trot off to work and had a separate sphere. And then when I became a SAHM, one of the harder adjustments was that I couldn't just zone out for 15mins and waste time online - I was at a toddler's beck and call (well, within reason). So having been on both sides of the fence, I'd have to say Brian is WRONG!!!!
I remember our ped in Houston -who had her first child when Cai was a few months old - told me that motherhood was way harder than medical school, residency or anything else she'd ever done, LOL. That story always makes me chuckle.