What do you do when your kiddo is sick? i’m on day 2 of needing to keep my infant home from daycare due to illness and luckily, this this the first time it’s happened but how understanding are employers really? she’s also so young that getting anything done during work day if she’s home is just absolutely not happening so what do people really do

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I had an African nanny when my son was an infant he was extremely fussy. She put him on her back all day in like a sling so his belly was flat on her back. When I came home from work I took over he was completely relaxed and quiet unless he was hungry or needed to be changed. It’s worth a shot. I used a cotton sheet by the way

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It's extremely challenging. My employer was understanding to a point. My kid was sick a ton the first 6 months. I wish I would have pushed my husband more to equally split the load. Most of it fell on me

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Your husband sux for not taking on the responsibility of being a parent and letting you do all the work. I hate to say this, but even though you're married, you're still a single mother and you're raising a manchild too 😞

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I'd say it depends on your boss. When I say work from home, or it's fine, or don't worry about it, I really mean it. I'm a mom of 2 kids, and I understand things happen and come up. And your kids need you. The job will be there, and I never want people to feel like I did - like you have to pretend your family doesn't exist as a woman in the workplace.

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Depending upon if it is less significant like a cold would hire someone from a nanny app to come in for a few hours. was very honest like has a cold so can be cranky but available for any questions. get the same person for more than one day if needed.

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I have 2 home this week, with strep and HFM (thanks, summer camp!). My current boss only cares that the work gets done, not what time. So the last two nights I've worked 2-3 hours plus whatever I managed during the day. My prior boss was a stickler for me working my scheduled hours, so I'd do what I could during the day and then I'd have to supplement the remainder of the day with PTO.

Short answer, I do whatever work I can and remind myself this isn't forever.

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We would split the day one of us took the morning off one of us took the afternoon off; if one of us had a big deliverable, the other would take the whole day

For my large work trips, or conferences, my mother would fly in for up to a week at a time

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This is what we do. Quick look at schedules and meetings for the day for each of us, and try to get an even split so we each get a focused half day of work. Usually morning/afternoon split but if meeting were hard to move then we work around it and just do our best for a fair division when possible.

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