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First baby? I would do all 6 upfront for bonding, adjusting to new normal, and it’s easiest to transition off and back on at work once. If you had more time, I would suggest splitting. My husband took 2 weeks upfront and will take 16 later but 2 and then 4 wouldn’t be as helpful in terms of delaying childcare.
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What's your wife's leave situation? With my first, I liked having my husband home the first week (would have preferred 2 and will do that this time). Then he went back to work and took a chunk of leave once mine ran out to extend time before we enrolled in daycare.
Maybe consider doing 1 week in the back end because around 12 weeks is when it starts getting easier and baby is more social / smiling. My husband took the last week off with me and it was nice to have that bonding time as a family when the baby was more of an actual baby (vs newborn)