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What is your work situation? After having a child, did anyone go from full-time to part-time, work in the office to working from home, or something else? I am interested to hear if people had made big changes like that, and if your new situation works better for you.
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Genesis 26th Apr
biomom 25th Apr
I
am
in
the
middle
of
a
transition
right
now.
After
my
first
(she's
4)
I
went
back
to
work
full-time
and
struggled
with
being
away
from
my
baby.
Now
I
have
a
3-month
old
and
I
just
came
back
to
work
full-time.
I
am
working
next
week
full
time
and
then
going
part
time
(full-day
tues
and
thurs.,
half
day
on
Weds)
at
my
regular
job
and
teaching
a
class
on
M
and
W
evenings.
I'll
update
when
I
really
start
on
the
part-time
schedule.
I
definitely
feel
like
I
won't
get
enough
accomplished
on
my
part-time
schedule
to
please
my
boss.
IThere
are
some
interesting
articles
out
there
on
working
part-time,
like
this
one
:
http://www.businessweek.com/careers/workingparents
/blog/archives/2007/07/a_new_study_by.html
Krista 25th Apr
After
I
had
my
daughter,
I
brought
her
to
work
with
me
until
she
was
about
a
year
old.
At
that
time
she
was
starting
to
walk
and
was
too
busy
to
be
stuck
in
an
office
with
me
all
day.
Now
she
goes
to
daycare
3x
a
week
and
I
work
at
home
with
her
the
other
two
days.
I
love
being
with
her
and
we
usually
try
to
get
outside
for
lunch
to
break
up
the
day.
Michele 24th Apr
For
my
first
I
was
young
and
didn't
have
a
choice
-
went
to
work
after
6
weeks.
My second and third came later when I was in my career. For my second I took a year off thinking I'd stay at home but went absolutely crazy and got a job again. For my last, it was at a time when my company was restructuring and I voluntarily took a package rather than relocating (could have stayed on but things were not secure). So, I got a really good package with my maternity benefits at four months and stayed at home for a year and a half. I wasn't as crazy the second time around and really wasn't sure if I'd go back or not. I got a call from an old collegue for a consulting job and started working three days per week. After four months, I was itching to be full time again. I really love to work. I'm not so good at the stay at home mom thing. But, having the time off and the second time around with a transition made things easier. If I had another (and NO we are not having anymore LOL), I'd do the standard maternity leave, come back the three days and eventually transition back to full time.
Jan 24th Apr
I
went
from
working
full-time
before
I
had
kids
to
halftime
after
my
first
was
born
to
80%
time
when
I
discovered
that
working
half-time
didn't
allow
me
to
get
enough
accomplished
at
work
to
be
useful.
And
I
wasn't
sorry
to
have
that
30%
of
pay
back
either.
When my second was tiny, I worked a crazy schedule (5:30 to 7:30 M-Th mornings at home, then 9 to 5 M, T, Th in the office) to be able to be home and available more to the kids. I'm pretty much on flex time, so that worked when the baby was consistently needing a feeding at 5 a.m. anyway. Now I'm back to working 9 to 5 M-Th (usually one day a week at home, but I have childcare).
MortonPixie 24th Apr
With
the
birth
of
our
third
child,
childcare
became
cost
prohibitive.
My
husband
and
I
work
opposite
shifts
to
get
the
parenting
and
the
working
all
done.
I
have
a
job
that
lets
me
work
7-2
Mon-Thurs
and
7-5
on
Fridays
so
I
can
get
as
close
to
40
hours
as
possible.
My
husband
works
2:30-11
Sun-Thurs.
He
gets
the
kids
up
and
takes
the
older
two
to
school
and
cares
for
the
baby
until
he
brings
her
to
me
at
2:00
and
then
goes
on
to
work.
I
am
home
when
the
kids
get
home
from
school
and
take
the
evening
shift
of
dinner,
homework,
baths
and
bed.
We
cherish
Friday
nights
and
Saturdays
together
and
don't
commit
to
much
on
those
days
except
being
together.
Works
for
us!
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