I should begin this entry by stating that my wife didn’t have much time off work after our boy was born, not in the true sense of the phrase anyway. She had a month or so where she didn’t work, but after that she began checking work emails, making follow-up calls and then pretty soon she was doing a day a week. She never planned to do the whole ‘year off’ thing afterward anyway, so it wasn’t a great surprise.

She’s just returned to full-time work recently. Leo is 4 months old now, and is booked in to daycare from 6 months. In the interim, he gets to spend some time with his Nan! She’s taken 7 weeks long service leave and will mind Leo 3-4 days a week while his Mum goes to work.