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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]6 weeks is ridiculous OP.  You should have planned better. Now, either your baby is in a bad situation.  I suggest you get a nanny so at least your kid won’t be subjected to daycare this young (and I’m a daycare mom). [/quote]

And that should say - either your baby or your boss is in a bad situation [/quote]

Your privilege is showing.  Many of us go back to work after 6 weeks.  My mom and MIL each spent a week with the baby, then baby started daycare at 9 weeks.  Ideal?  No.  Is he fine?  Absolutely.  Healthy and happy and thriving 6 yo now.

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MY privilege is showing? It’s the OP who is “bummed” and making casual decision about whether to quit her job on Monday.  If she can afford to SAH she can afford a few more weeks unpaid leave. She should have resolved it with her workplace beforehand. Six weeks is obscene for mother and baby and she should have considered that before having a child. [/quote]

I only had 6 weeks. I was a teacher, baby was supposed to come in late May and I’d have the rest of summer to be home. Baby came prematurely and I had to go back for 5 more weeks once leave was up. (Luckily DH had paid leave and grandma covered a week).

Planning isn’t perfect. Had I waited until I had enough saved for 12 weeks off, I wouldn’t have had my child until 8 years later, and then you’d be telling me I was negligent for being too old to have a baby.[/quote]

You obviously cannot afford to take unpaid leave.  OP can.  [/quote]

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