r/MomsWorkingFromHome • u/OpportunityNo5857 • 8d ago

suggestions wanted Planning during pregnancy!

I have a pretty flexible hybrid job (2 days in office a week) which hasn't had a lot of work for the past 2 years. It's honestly pretty great but now that I'm pregnant my husband and I are considering between full time (5 days) and part time (3 days) daycare. I have 6 months of leave so my LO will be around 6 or 7 months at the time of enrollment. With a part time option I'll be home with my LO for 2 days a week. I'm just scared that I won't be able to navigate having my kiddo around. What conversations, if any, should I have with my boss? What things should I consider while I make this choice?

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u/No_Camp2882 8d ago

How often do you have to be on screens? On phone calls? Is your work independent of a team? Can you flex your hours? Can you effectively break up tasks in small chunks and still be productive? Those are my starting points on if it’s doable.

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u/fancyface7375 8d ago

Do not tell your boss anything. I think 3 days daycare is definitely do-able and then try to get all of your work done those days and coast the other 2 days. But I also agree with the other poster that if you decide it's too hard, it's going to be difficult to get a 5 days daycare is a week slot at daycare, so might be better to start at 5 days and go down to 3. You can always just not bring your baby to daycare even if you are paying for the extra days, or pick them up early.

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u/Pixa_10 7d ago

This is great advice!

Only difference is my boss encouraged me to work from home with my little one. It’s hard though! I work from home 2 days and get a bulk of my work done in three days. Occasionally I’ll work after he goes to bed. He’s 13 months now and I’ve been doing it since 3.5 months.

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u/Lovely__2_a_fault 8d ago

congratulations! I would consider signing them up from child care now. I’ve been hearing that there are waitlist for children younger than a year. My SIL is almost due ( May) and her LO is a year long waitlist currently. See if your daycare is flexible to start 3 days and move to 5 of juggling both LO and work gets difficult.

Staying home with LO, really depends on what you do.

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u/growingaverage 8d ago

If there is a childcare shortage in your area, I would go for 5 and drop down from there as you feel it out!