Paternity Leave - The best February ever!!!
It's February, and time for yet another blog to fulfill the 2020's resolution of 'one blog a month'. This time around, I have decided to share a personal experience, something which I endearingly miss whenever I reflect on cherishing the moments. Last year, in early 2019, I took my 12 weeks paternity leave to take care of my five-month-old son. My wife was going back to work after her maternity leave, and my mother was going back to India after helping us out in the initial parenting months. All this meant that I would be all alone at home with my son, to take care of him, play with him, and, more importantly, bond with him. So why the best February ever? As part of the twelve weeks paternity leave, I had three weeks in January, four each in February and March, and one in April. Due to a significant snowstorm, my wife worked from home for a few weeks, and my mother was coming back for a second-visit in mid-March. Between both these events, I was left with the wh