Anyone take baby to work

chudek

I work in a SMALL office of 5 people including myself and the owner who is rarely around, but whom i have a great relationship with.  He has offered me the oppurtunity to bring baby to work when he is born.  My boss just told me as long as my work gets done and i put in my hours I will be fine.  Plus he has a part time nanny that comes in from Noon to 5 to watch his 2 kids.

Anyone else bring baby to work and how do you handle it - i have so many questions?

RoxyLynn

I'll be honest with you, I've never seen this work. At DH's old office the owner's wife "worked" there and brought the baby.  The entire office smelled like poo and there were toys all over the place - most of the staff quit.  As DH said, "How can I talk someone into spending $250k when there's Fisher Price under the conference table and wailing in the back office?"

Also - how will your co-workers not be bothered by a baby crying and fussing?  Will you really be able to get any work done at all while changing diapers, feeding, etc.?

Taylor44

I tried it a few times after doctor's appts and such.  It didn't work for me.  I didn't get anything done.  There are too many things in an office that are not baby friendly.  Plus how often is the carpet cleaned?  From my experience, unfortunately, I don't think it is a good idea.

katie277s

I wouldn't do it.  Babies require a lot of attention.  It may be okay at first, but once they are mobile, you will need a lot of toys, books, things to do to keep him/her occupied.  I think you would be better off taking them to daycare or hiring a nanny if you can not SAH.

joelle&joseph

I did this once when DS was 5 months old and he was sick, I only stayed for 4 hours and he slept most of the time.  I tried again when DS was 12 months and I could only stay for an hour because he was all over the place and didn't want to play in his PNP.

I am however going to try to bring #2 with me to work for a few months.  But now I work in a office with just one other person and he's upstairs so a crying baby wouldn't bother him. 

There was an article in Working Mother's Magazine about this and how there are some companies who let employees take their children to work with them for the first 4-6 months.  I thik you can get the article on their website too. 

Geb

It sucks, I did it with #1 for about a month when I had to run in once a week, because I had resigned then they asked me back to WAH. By the time they asked me back I didn't have time to line up childcare, so until my nanny started I ran in with him and it was horrid for him/me/office

Feb3

I don't see how it would be possible to get any work done.  Just like the above post about WAH, you have to have childcare.  Also, are you expecting your boss' nanny to care for your child too?  It sounds like a very generous offer, but one that's not likely to work out well for anyone.

ILoveLarry

I'm a little late with the reply, but I take my DS to work, and it's working out fine for me.  We have 3 women in the office.  I do have him in a Mother's Day Out program 2 days a week, but he is at the office with me 2 days (I work 4 10 hour days).  We also don't have clients in the office or anything like that, and rarely have meetings.  In that situation, I just get a babysitter and take him home before the meeting.

Let me know if you have more questions.  I hope it can work out for you!

MrsSledge

We had a woman in our office bring her baby in for a few months.  It was alright until the baby was about 3 months, just sleeping and eating.  Once she got a little older it was much more of a distraction for everyone.

I had to take DD in when she was 17 mos (dc prob, boss told me to bring her) and it was AWFUL.  She was into everything and threw a highlighter at our auditor.  Fun times.  I took her in again last Friday for a half day since she was sick and there were things that just had to get done.  It was alright, but I remembered the portable DVD player.  Not something I would want her to do everyday though,.

mrsnewlywed2005

i had to take dd into the office a couple of times when she was sent home from dc.  even though i had my own office, it was very disruptive.  it took me twice as long to get work done.  dd was into everything.  an office really isn't a child-friendly environment and i could tell she was just as miserable as i was.