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Balancing Parenthood: Why Taking Time Off Matters


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being 100% on is a lot. Being a full time childcare caregiver for one child and even more if it's two the next time is just a really hard thing. And I think we both realized you kind of alluded to that also, but I would rather spend the money to be able to go back to work after three months and have the first three months be both of us.

And so very appreciative that we even had that time off because I know not everyone does. But I now remember that I was kind of like, wow, if I wait three months and then you go back to work, I'm 100% on for three months straight. And that might be harder than I thought.

And I think the early glimpses I got at it were that