I've done on parental leave twice as a founder. Each time was very different and it was dependent upon the size and stage of the company. The first time was w

I've done on parental leave twice as a founder. Each time was very different and it was dependent upon the size and stage of the company. The first time was when the company has 8 employees, and I was handling all sales/customer relationships. I took 2 days prior to my wife giving birth and then 4 days afterwards. The team was prepared and handled it well. I was then part-time for the next month or so. I did all nighttime feedings and then handed off our little girl to my parents at 7am (who come to our house during the day) and sleep until around 12 noon and then went to work on site until 5/6pm. This was pre-pandemic of course. The second time around the company has grown to 100 employees and we have raised a few rounds of financing and we have a well developed management team. This time I am taking 12 weeks fully off. It is quite nice to know that the company is now scalable. I am currently 3 weeks into the 12 weeks.