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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We don't do it evenly, we do it based on what we have going on that day.  If we both can make it work, then we switch off, but I end up taking more days just by the fact that I travel less.  It would seem your husband would want you to have more leave so you can take a vacation at some point, maybe ask if he can take the lead until you have at least 5 vacation days?  I think its unreasonable for him to take all of them. [/quote]

[b]+1  Whoever can more easily stay home, stays home.[/b]  Whether it's because one parent has an urgent meeting they can't miss in the office or the other one is low on sick leave, all factors into the "easier."[/quote]

And that's largely going to be your DH because he actually has leave to use. What does he not understand about this?

Remind him that you need to save your sick time for the days when you are so sick that you can't work--because you and he will both get sick too. I remember the lovely few days I spent at home with my baby and I both having HFM, for instance.

Mothers largely bear the physical, emotional, and professional cost of having children. In this case, he has a workplace that allows him to help bear that cost. He'd darn well better do it.[/quote]

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