Advice for paternity leave
My wife is due beginning of August and we are trying to decide how I should best approach my parental leave. Officially, my organization offers 4 weeks paid leave. Unofficially, my supervisor will allow me to use that however I’d like, e.g., spend some of those weeks working half-time to “extend” the leave.
Of course, I want to use as much time as possible to enjoy the time with baby and wife, and help manage the transition, take care of household things, etc. But wondering if it makes sense to do maybe 3 weeks fully on leave, and then work half-time for 2 more weeks to make it more gentle transition back to work? But I could also do 2 weeks off, then 4 weeks half-time..
I know the first while with the baby is gonna be a lot of sleeping, so my wife and I just aren’t quite sure what the most strategic and helpful approach for using my leave would be. Any thoughts from those who’ve been through it would be appreciated!!
(I’ll also add that I work 99% remote, so even when I’m back to work I’m still around the house, just much less available.)