Paternity Leave

My husband has decided, about a month and a half ago, to take his paternity leave. He can be off until January 2025 if he so chooses. He started his paternity leave yesterday, May 3rd.

There were a number of reasons he has decided to take the time off, but here are just a few:

• I’m not doing well; by that I mean my recovery has been a bit up and down, my body has gone through so major changes that is effecting me more than I’d like and I’m constantly tired.
• Working all day and taking night time duty is taking it’s toll on him. I’ve offered to take night time duty as well or at least share, but he insists on taking it on. I know it can be rough some nights, but I generally am partially awake in case I need to step in and give him a break. It’s a lot for him.
• We both agreed that we wanted to be outside more with Valeria, spend time with family and take Valeria on little “adventures”. We’re hoping to explore more of what Ontario has to offer in terms of tourism, especially geared toward kids. We may even get to hike to a waterfall, who knows!
• We have a lot happening in terms of family events including planning for Valeria’s Baptism. We wanted to be able to enjoy those experiences without worrying about us getting back home so he could work.

Those are the major points, plus I’ll be honest, I miss him. I know he works from home and sometimes went into the office, but I tried not to be a bother to him while he’s working. He tries to spend time with Valeria during the day, but he’s busy with work and sometimes he has meetings all day long. It will be nice to be able to wake up with no alarms, just naturally and just get going for the day. Doing whatever we have planned or maybe even spontaneous, I’m up for both honestly.

I’m just really looking forward to it and I want to get him a cigar to celebrate his paternity leave. He deserves it.

I just hope he doesn’t regret being home with me and Valeria 24/7. Guess we’ll find out!

Ciao!