my husband had two weeks of paid parental leave, which his union won in their newest contract right before our son was born. he works in construction, obviously a very male dominated industry, so going from 0 to even 2 weeks was huge. we're done having children but i remember how freaked out i was when he went back to work and i had to take care of this teeny tiny human all by myself. i'm grateful times are changing but it's still so slow and so rough.
my husband had two weeks of paid parental leave, which his union won in their newest contract right before our son was born. he works in construction, obviously a very male dominated industry, so going from 0 to even 2 weeks was huge. we're done having children but i remember how freaked out i was when he went back to work and i had to take care of this teeny tiny human all by myself. i'm grateful times are changing but it's still so slow and so rough.
going from zero to two weeks is HUGE - but you are totally right that it's not enough. Hang in there....