As I’ve mentioned earlier my brother, or should I say, his girlfriend is also pregnant and they are expecting a little girl about a week after me (how nice!!! I love it). My brother is already planning his paternity leave for 6 months and will come and visit for the Grand prix next year. I can’t wait!
In Sweden you get about 18 months paid maternity / paternity leave.
My husband and I are in a completely different situation. The Australian paid maternity leave is not much to brag about and none existent for the fathers. It probably doesn’t help that we are both running our own companies and if we don’t work the companies don’t exist. Anyway it doesn’t bother me that much because I like work and well life isn’t always fair. So get over it.
However, with the current financial crises I probably have to look for a new job and go back to full time work sooner than expected. I know it is probably not ideal for the baby or our new family and feel a bit sad about it.
Some people have such strong opinions on this and find it unacceptable to go back to work before 8-12 months. But what can you do. We live in the real world here.
I heard from one of the ministers on Morning TV the other day that Australia has the best childcare in the world. 1 I wonder what she base that on and 2 what is a good childcare and how do you know?
A friend of mine applied for childcare yesterday and was told that the queue is very long, probably a year. I applied when I was 16 weeks but still a year is a long way away. What do you do if you don’t get childcare? How do you know that the childcare you accept is a good one?
Anyone have any good tips on what is a good childcare? What questions should I ask?
I also feel that fathers are being a bit forgotten in this discussion. I personally think that the father should have the opportunity to stay at home and to take a greater part in the baby’s life. I believe the father is just as important to the baby as the mum but it isn’t the vibe I am getting from a lot of people.
I know for a fact that Craig can’t wait to hold the baby and to create a bond with it. He is making a good effort at the moment teaching the baby the Bulldog club song. Even Louis know now when to bark when we say doggie, doggie doggie – woof, woof, woof. (For the Swedes, the Bulldogs are our beloved football team here and all football teams have their own club song being played when they enter the ground and when they win)
The bond will just get as strong as you make it and we need to give the fathers the chance to create it.
Anyway, we probably have to work along the lines of grandparents, working from home, nanny.... we’ll see how we go.
As promised I have attached the last scan photo from our 34 week scan. A bit more fun than dark work talk...
It is sucking it’s thumb.....just like his/her mum
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