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Bella_mezzo|1297712469|2851712 said:hahahahaha DD-yes, I plan to take 12 weeks of unpaid mat leave if I am still at my current job and I will try to negotiate 1-2 days per week working from home, but I am really not sure if I can get that to fly.
I am well acquainted with the toddler stages (and really pretty much all stages birth to 6 or so) b/c I babysat extensively for most of my life (age 13 to present) and was a nanny for 5 of those years. With one year of nannying being a full-time live-in nannny for infant twins and their pre-school aged sister and the other 4 years covering birth to age 4 with a family who had 2 children. Then I taught private music classes to children ages 2-6. We are fortunate to have TONS of friends with 2-4 year old boys (I think 6 of them live with-in 5 blocks of us).
DH will also be home most of the time depending on his class schedule (he'll be in school and not working) which will give me some flexibility.
but...I just got called for a second interview for what I think would be my dream job for the next 5 years...(very small for-profit firm, super flexible work from home position, capitalizes on my skill set and strengths, works towards a goal I believe in, and pays better/has better benefits than my current job). If I get offered that position, I will probably take 4-6 weeks of unpaid leave, work part-time in the evenings when B is in bed for the next 6+ weeks(or during the day if DH is home to wrangle him and I can get out of the house), and then find the schedule that works best for our family.
Since "older" adopted kids (and really all adopted kids) need some special TLC to facilitate bonding/attachment/security it would be amazing to work from home. Depending on B's needs and personality I would probably rent an "office" in a nearby apartment or building to have a clear work space and not have him feeling like I'm home but ignoring him...
So, we'll see...if I am still at my current INSANE job, then yes, 12 weeks unpaid leaveIf this new job works out, there might be some interesting flexible options which would be ideal!
Bella_mezzo|1297712469|2851712 said:hahahahaha DD-yes, I plan to take 12 weeks of unpaid mat leave if I am still at my current job and I will try to negotiate 1-2 days per week working from home, but I am really not sure if I can get that to fly.
I am well acquainted with the toddler stages (and really pretty much all stages birth to 6 or so) b/c I babysat extensively for most of my life (age 13 to present) and was a nanny for 5 of those years. With one year of nannying being a full-time live-in nannny for infant twins and their pre-school aged sister and the other 4 years covering birth to age 4 with a family who had 2 children. Then I taught private music classes to children ages 2-6. We are fortunate to have TONS of friends with 2-4 year old boys (I think 6 of them live with-in 5 blocks of us).
Bella_mezzo|1297740123|2852106 said:thanks Ice!!! Your hands are definitely full with something cute, so it's totally understandable
We submitted our I-600A today, and got a giant invoice from our agency for the referral acceptance feesSo happy that this is happening quickly, but ai-yi-yi it's going to be an interesting cash flow situation for the next few months...we need to get our taxes filed so we can get the refund ASAP.