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"Kid's at people's desks is a terrible idea" I really, really hope those are just terrible stock photos.
by st3v3r 10y ago
"Kid's at people's desks is a terrible idea"
I really, really hope those are just terrible stock photos.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoYeah. I stayed home from work a few weeks ago to take care of our six month old, as her daycare was closed. I told work that I would be OOO, but would work if possible. Not possible. Kids require a lot of attention, and a lot of care. Maybe when she's older, and can entertain herself, but there is zero chance of me getting work done if I'm also taking care of her, and maybe a 10% chance if other peoples' kids running around.
- soperj 10y ago6 months old, should have had time during naps?
- pavel_lishin 10y agoWhich ones? Her first 30 minute one, her second hour-long one, or her third 30 minute one? I suppose, if I didn't need to do things like make and eat lunch, or use the bathroom.
- dougk16 10y agoStrictly speaking yes you typically have several hours of "free" time each day while your child naps. The issue (assuming a creative job like a developer) is you have no idea how long you have, or how well they'll sleep, so basically it's very hard to get into the zone with the randomly timed ticking time bomb sleeping in the next room. :)
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoFurther, if you don't sleep when the child is sleeping, then when will you sleep? The best thing to do when the child is napping, is to nap.
- dougk16 10y agoHa yes I was stupid for a long time (as a stay-at-home/starting-a-company dad) and actually tried to work during the kids' naps. Napping myself would have been a much more effective use of my time. Took me a while to realize though.
- pavel_lishin 10y ago> a stay-at-home/starting-a-company dad I truly cannot comprehend how you can do both. Just doing the stay-at-home dad thing for a week was taxing.
- dougk16 10y agolol I failed big time! Well at least at the starting-a-company thing. Kids are great so far though!
- pavel_lishin 10y agoI will say this about my kid, she's usually pretty good about sleeping at night at six months old. I only typically feel like I need a nap on the weekend. (Naturally she'll be a nightmare tonight, now that I've praised her ability to sleep.)
- mason240 10y agoI have a 1 and 3 year old. Their naps never align.
- soperj 10y agoAs do i. 3 year old doesn't nap any more, so he just goes for quiet time at the same time as the 1 year old naps. I give him some books, and 1 toy, and it seems to work for the most part.
- mason240 10y agoI have a 1 and 3 year old. Their naps never align.
- protomyth 10y agoI hope so too. I've had to work next to a fussy baby in a office, and it is the pits. I've even taken a baby and did some walking to try to get the kid to nap. We were a child care program so I guess it did come with the territory sometimes, much like being called by a head teacher to go to a site and act as a substitute when it seemed liked the plague had arrived. I'm pretty sure none of that would fly in a normal office setting.