Napril 2026 Discussion/Obs

[MJO812]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

Pretty smart of him to plan his baby in mid-winter. The model graphics at home are better than in the cruiser.

Tracking the blizzard while feeding my kid and staying up all night was awesome. I showed him all the models .

[dendrite]

2 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

My wife is already thinking about another kid

Wait until April 2027 for conceiving. Next winter is shot.

[Brian5671]

1 minute ago, psv88 said:

It’s actually 2/3 of your pay, up to a cap. A great benefit for new parents, my wife took advantage of it, but I only took a week off for each kid

wish they had that 17 yrs ago when mine were born...it's now law in CT for paternity leave up to 12 weeks

[MJO812]

Just now, psv88 said:

It’s actually 2/3 of your pay, up to a cap. A great benefit for new parents, my wife took advantage of it, but I only took a week off for each kid

You are correct 

Alot of my co workers only took a week or two because they didnt have alot of time. I didnt want my wife to do all the work. Also she had a rough pregnancy.  30 hours in labor and then emergency C section with her and the baby heart rate dropping . I still have to give her injections for low iron and low blood because of blood loss during pregnancy.

[Brewbeer]

5 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

New York 

 

being a govt employee in a pinko commie state has advantages 

[MJO812]

5 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Wait until April 2027 for conceiving. Next winter is shot.

Thats what we are doing 

[Brewbeer]

8 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

I had 750 hours of PTO 

Damn, there's only 2080 hours in an entire work year.  

750 hours is more than 90 days.  I'm not allowed to carry more than 20 days of PTO before I lose it.

[SnoSki14]

13 minutes ago, psv88 said:

No. New York has paid family leave, it’s fully paid. FMLA is unpaid. Good for him to live in a state with such generous benefits for new parents. 

This country is so cooked when it comes to family leave. In Europe it's like months, all paid for both parents, I think some countries give the mother a year 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

1 minute ago, SnoSki14 said:

This country is so cooked when it comes to family leave. In Europe it's like months, all paid for both parents, I think some countries give the mother a year 

I had to stay at home parent for two years because my wife earns more and my working part-time was cheaper than paying for child care.  

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

14 minutes ago, psv88 said:

It’s actually 2/3 of your pay, up to a cap. A great benefit for new parents, my wife took advantage of it, but I only took a week off for each kid

Ma has pfml which pays a portion of your salary and I can use accrued PTO to top it off for a full paycheck. Obviously baby is 6 weeks early so going to take some time to sort that out

[SnoSki14]

1 minute ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

I had to stay at home parent for two years because my wife earns more and my working part-time was cheaper than paying for child care.  

Yup that's very common now. Daycare is more expensive than many full time jobs. Count yourself lucky if you have family available to watch your kids.

[MJO812]

6 minutes ago, Brewbeer said:

Damn, there's only 2080 hours in an entire work year.  

750 hours is more than 90 days.  I'm not allowed to carry more than 20 days of PTO before I lose it.

For the first 5 years , I took alot of my overtime in time . Now I usually just take cash or split the overtime. 

6 minutes ago, SnoSki14 said:

This country is so cooked when it comes to family leave. In Europe it's like months, all paid for both parents, I think some countries give the mother a year 

It should be months, not weeks.  Its not easy raising a baby with a full time job.

2 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

I had to stay at home parent for two years because my wife earns more and my working part-time was cheaper than paying for child care.  

My wife told me to quit my job to be a stay home dad. ( I think she was joking )

[MJO812]

Just now, SnoSki14 said:

Yup that's very common now. Daycare is more expensive than many full time jobs. Count yourself lucky if you have family available to watch your kids.

When we both return to work , my mom , her parents and her brothers all live in Brooklyn about 20 minutes away.  Thank god we have them near us because like you said , day care is expensive and I dont trust them.

[powderfreak]

Snowing… this weather is crazy.

70F and shorts yesterday… wind blown snow today.

[powderfreak]

Ha, BTV down to 1/2 mile moderate snow.

KBTV 191523Z 35006KT 1/2SM R15/3500V5500FT SN FG SCT005 OVC009 01/00

[CoastalWx]

33 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

When we both return to work , my mom , her parents and her brothers all live in Brooklyn about 20 minutes away.  Thank god we have them near us because like you said , day care is expensive and I dont trust them.

Daycare is fine. You can easily find a place that works well

for you. It’s just expensive. 

[dendrite]

44° +RAGS

Just had some small hail. What a day.