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Hi Fishesh, Got an offer with Remote work is that company will give a permanent WFH or for initial level of joining they just giving remote work and after certain period they will call for office is it like that its small scale company having less that 100 employee. I am thinking of joining because of remote work please suggest something.
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Without knowing the details of your role and expectations it’s hard to say 100% but I would guess no. I do it on occasion if my nanny is sick or there are other extenuating circumstances but I could never do it every day. Also I honestly don’t enjoy it when I do because I feel like I’m not doing my best as an employee or a mom. If your work is very flexible in terms of deadlines or you don’t need to interact with other people and you can do things early morning/night then maybe it could work. I hate to count on naptimes because they don’t always happen. Anyway, sorry if I’m being brutally honest. Good luck with whatever you decide.
I highly doubt there was any real science behind what you read. People like to make lots of claims about what is “best” for babies. Most of it is rubbish and just their opinions vs fact. My opinion? If baby is fed and loved, whatever else you do that works for your family is “best” for the baby.
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Lol D1 so well said. My 7 month old is sick today and home from daycare. It’s been mute/unmute all day, and then he projectile vomited on me mid-call. So OP, I wouldn’t recommend it
No way, I do it about twice a month and it's always rough.
Agree with Director. I think daycare is great at any age and I feel like I did a great thing putting mine in at 3 months. They got sick a lot, but they learned to depend on other adults, they made friends early on and are better for it. I couldn't have given them all of that at home
Get yourself a nanny.
Thanks. I need brutal honesty!
OP, agree. I do it with the nanny calls out and I feel like a crazy woman by the time the day is over. Having a con call while feeding baby, typing with one hand while bouncing him, muting and unmuting the phone. It’s nuts
Agreed. Doable for a day in a pinch, but not on an ongoing basis.
brutal honesty: No. very hard. babies get way too smart and clingy and needy after their 6 months. I wanted to avoid sending to daycare as well until 1 year, but had to cave in at 8 months, when my plan of having grandma watch my son at home didn’t really work. Harder too if you have been breastfeeding and plan to continue post return to work, because then you have to pump, when you could be easily feeding your child and if you start to do that - you are never really away from the kid - and CANNOT focus on work. learnt it the hard way
No way. I got nothing done whenever the kids were home as babies. At the very least, get a babysitter for the hours you are working. The only thing that worked for me was daycare - both my kids started at 3 months, and they are totally stronger for it! Babies are a ton of work, totally worth it, but a ton of work!
I recently read that babies do best when starting daycare at 12 months....And I am a week away from going back...So naturally, I'm being emotional and not rational ;-) Is there really no one who has done this for 3 - 4 months?!? 😔
Absolutely not, and i am pretty sure whoever you are reporting to would agree. Do you have daycare options lined up? Near us there are huge wait lists for any place good.
Noooooo, but I understand it’s emotional. It’s harder on you than the baby.
I worked from home for several months, and my baby was in daycare 4 days a week. On the one day that she'd be home with me, I'd get 1, maybe 2, hours of work done while she was napping, and I had to be VERY strategic about which calls to schedule on the day she's home and when I could schedule them. It's very hard and definitely not sustainable on a daily basis.
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Agree, no
Nope. I went back to work @4mo and started daycare at the height of cold/flu season. I ended up using sick time for almost a whole month because she was sick and it was impossible to WFH. It’s easy when they’re super small because they don’t move and their needs are straightforward. When they get to be 4mo+, it’s harder because they know you’re walking away, and now almost st a year, it’s impossible because you have to watch every second since they’re so mobile. I’d say no way unless you had a nanny
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