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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent with older kids, one hundred percent disagree that they need you more when they are older.  The only people who say this are those justifying  not being around much  in the early years or those justifying remaining at home.

Op try to find a way to get more kid time once your contact is complete.  You can't turn back time and the preschhol years are when you are the center of their universe.[/quote]

This.  Those really early years are foundational in so many ways. [/quote]

Look - kids need you all the time. That's how it works.

But if you can choose to crush it at work and be home more once the kid is 2, then that seems way better than being home for 5 years and being gone a lot as the kid ages.

Spend as much quality time as you can now. The breakfast thing is a good idea. Leaving notes or photos could be a cute reminder that you are always there. Then in however many months, return to normal. You can do anything for a few months; think about deployed parents who are gone a lot throughout a whole childhood. That's not even you.

You'll be relieved to have the biggest financial hurdle behind you, and you'll still be able to be flexible and create memories with your very young child when you're done. Would you have enjoyed being home more the whole time? Sure. But that's not what you're doing, so just get through it. [/quote]

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