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@pentzbar000 The hard parts suck and so you want to complain a lot. But the good stuff is amazing and hard to describe. The little cooing noises a baby makes when they eat. The pride your kid learns to do something new. The joy in watching them grow. Getting to know this fun human. Watching them...

@jwesley That is a very long time for a young child to be separated from one of their primary caregivers. Secure and minimally interrupted care from one primary caregiver is one of the most important things for young children’s development. It’s wonderful that your kiddo is doing well and...

@wisper I tell this to new mom’s so often: don’t base your expectations about nursing/pumping when you go back to work at 3-4 months on what it’s like at 4-8 weeks, because nursing changes soo much in those early months. - you both learn how to nurse and latch more efficiently - baby gets...

@wisper Not sure how old your baby is now, but a 1-2 month old spends soooo much more time nursing than a 4-6 month old. I had my first just before the pandemic. It wasn’t the plan but I went back to work 2 weeks after the world shut down, to WFH splitting shifts with my husband with no...

@pchilde3 Yup

@wisper It’s not legally interchangeable (the PUMP act gives you the right to time to pump in the US, but not to nurse). However, you don’t need to mention it, and also, nursing almost always takes less time than pumping. Nursing doesn’t take so long or happen so often when they’re older. You...

@vlo Tbh I don’t cosleep in hotel beds. Most just aren’t firm enough for my comfort. I bring a portacrib and try to get baby down in it. I sometimes sleep on a blanket on the floor next to baby

@parispandora No idea, tbh. My baby is 8 weeks and I’m in the same boat

@valpal1123 You can’t take them at the same time and double up on pay. Most companies, when they offer “fully paid leave” mean, in CA, that they will top up your pay to 100% during your SDI and PFL, and then pay you during whatever leave beyond that. However, if your company truely doesn’t...