Originally Posted by
maxjet
No you are not, just a realist. If there is not a medical or child care reason to not be home get the heck out. What you should do is be there 24 hours a day when you are home. When home you get up and take care of the baby. You clean the house, make the meals and do the laundry etc. AND make time to take your wife out on a date. You cannot do all that if you take FMLA and are stuck in the baby vortice. You will be just as tired and miserable as mama.
I disagree. The science has shown that early baby bonding is important, even if YOU don't think you're getting much out of it, rest assured the child is. My personal experience checks with that. I was there for the youngest, very good kid, very close relationship with me from the beginning. Mama took max leave too.