planning is good...
May. 14th, 2006 03:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fleaSo, we have a tentative plan for my maternity leave and our child care situation going forward. It goes like this:
Baby born ca. July 20 (a Thursday).
Vacation/sick time: 3 weeks
Paid parental leave: 3 weeks (can't be first 3 weeks of a parental leave!)
Unpaid leave: 2 weeks (may have some time paid depending on how fast I accrue time between now and then, but almost certainly not even a full week, so half-pay or less).
That takes us to Sept. 14 and an 8-week old baby.
flea return to work:
2 weeks at 10 hours at work (probably 8-10 am) and 10 hours at home (probably financial catch-up and web work).
That's two weeks at half pay; takes us to end of September.
Child care for the baby during these weeks would be mr. flea. (With Casper continuing in school).
2 weeks at 20 hours at work and 10 hours at home.
Two weeks at 3/4 pay.
By this time we'd hope to be starting with part-time student child care (probably); if we hadn't got something fixed up yet, mr. flea could cover.
This takes us to Oct. 10th, at which point FMLA runs out.
Back to work for reals:
flea 30 hours at work (7:30-1:30/2) and 10 hours at home.
Child care: mr. flea mornings (until 9:30 or 10, which is generally not productive time for him anyway); student(s) 20 hours, 10-2ish.
We'd carry on this schedule through the fall semester. Child care costs would be $200/week for the baby, plus $600/month for Casper.
We'll put the baby on the wait list for the Day Care for Jan. 1 or so; that way if mr. flea finishes fast and gets a job we can skip it, but if things drag on we can use it and maybe avoid rejuggling student caregivers for spring semester. It's $75 to wait list, but I think it's worth it, and our odds of getting a space by Jan. 1 are okay, and by next summer very good indeed. Except let's not let it drag on that long, please!
Baby born ca. July 20 (a Thursday).
Vacation/sick time: 3 weeks
Paid parental leave: 3 weeks (can't be first 3 weeks of a parental leave!)
Unpaid leave: 2 weeks (may have some time paid depending on how fast I accrue time between now and then, but almost certainly not even a full week, so half-pay or less).
That takes us to Sept. 14 and an 8-week old baby.
flea return to work:
2 weeks at 10 hours at work (probably 8-10 am) and 10 hours at home (probably financial catch-up and web work).
That's two weeks at half pay; takes us to end of September.
Child care for the baby during these weeks would be mr. flea. (With Casper continuing in school).
2 weeks at 20 hours at work and 10 hours at home.
Two weeks at 3/4 pay.
By this time we'd hope to be starting with part-time student child care (probably); if we hadn't got something fixed up yet, mr. flea could cover.
This takes us to Oct. 10th, at which point FMLA runs out.
Back to work for reals:
flea 30 hours at work (7:30-1:30/2) and 10 hours at home.
Child care: mr. flea mornings (until 9:30 or 10, which is generally not productive time for him anyway); student(s) 20 hours, 10-2ish.
We'd carry on this schedule through the fall semester. Child care costs would be $200/week for the baby, plus $600/month for Casper.
We'll put the baby on the wait list for the Day Care for Jan. 1 or so; that way if mr. flea finishes fast and gets a job we can skip it, but if things drag on we can use it and maybe avoid rejuggling student caregivers for spring semester. It's $75 to wait list, but I think it's worth it, and our odds of getting a space by Jan. 1 are okay, and by next summer very good indeed. Except let's not let it drag on that long, please!