Bringing baby to work?

MrsTinMKE · December 2014

Its been a hot minute since I have posted! But still lurking often

Tomorrow I go back to work, and jokingly I sent a pic to my HR Director of DD sleeping on my chest asking if I could just being her with me tomororw. She said she is sure no one would mind. She may have been kidding, but got me thinking, what if I could bring her to work? My office is fairly progressive, small, and very much about work/life balance. So did some web searching and found this articel from Forbes supporting such thing. I would only want to do this 1-2 days a week. I have my own office and think I could manage ok.

What do you all think, ya or neh? Curious to see what others think about something like this. H doesnt seem to be a fan! Refernece article below

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gaygaddis/2013/06/27/babies-at-work-works/

victoria+james · December 2014

Hells yes! If I could take LO to work I'd actually be planning on returning!

pnwlover12 · December 2014

It's a big fat no for me. Only because I know I would get little to no work done. It's not like our babies are 8 year olds that can be entertained with coloring books and movies. I could never do this.

lrobi13 · December 2014

I don't think I could focus on work. I'm sure you could find a way that it works for you if your office is progressive enough.

I know I sound like a notch but I enjoy being at work and #feelingnormal

MrsTinMKE · December 2014

lrobi13 said:
I don't think I could focus on work. I'm sure you could find a way that it works for you if your office is progressive enough.
I know I sound like a notch but I enjoy being at work and #feelingnormal

Dont sound like a notch at all! Why I am asking what people think. Maybe because I havnt been back yet, I just dont know how I will feel once I am there.

mariek312 · December 2014

I can't do this but if it was a possibility I might consider it. I know someone who did a few days per week for the first few months and loved it.

Saragoeswest · December 2014

I think it depends on you, your baby and your job. I am going to try to bring DD to some tutoring sessions. She'll be in the sling and if it doesn't go well then I'll just discount the session or not charge the student.

jenndub · December 2014

I get about 60% less done at work with a baby there. I took DD2 to work with me one day a week from when she was 3 months to 9 months.

AppleGrapeMSTK · December 2014

I was able to bring my baby with me to my last job during certain hours. I was my least productive when I had the baby with me. I used it only for emergencies (like DH had to work an extra shift and couldn't watch the kids), but other moms there did it on occasion, too, and it worked fine for them, although their babes were older than mine.

DreadGamerWife · December 2014

I currently work from home for a few hours each day. It is hard to focus on work when you are constantly interrupted by you LO needing you. I can't imagine trying to do it full time or for an extended length of time.

Lindseyione · December 2014

It's not possible for me to take LO to work with me because I work in a restaurant and even if I had a job that allowed for me to take her with me, I wouldn't be able to because of her personality. She is a fussy baby and would be too much of a distraction for me.

golfingdarwinfish · December 2014

I have an office, but I can't imagine dragging him to all of my meetings and presentations. I couldn't leave him in my office and ask my admin to keep an eye on him, that's not her responsibility, and a video monitor wouldn't work either because if he was crying it would disrupt the workplace for others, and I would likely be distracted looking at the monitor and going to him when necessary. That's not fair to my employer or colleagues.

I would also worry that he was being neglected and not properly stimulated if he just sat in my office all day. Frankly, there are better uses of his time.

LightBright515 · December 2014

My mom did that with me until she could get me into daycare. For maybe a month or so?

I don't have that kind of job. I work in a hospital, so no thanks. And my kid is pretty demanding for an 8 week old baby. Office or not, it ain't happening. I look forward to work as some me time.

AmandaJean12 · December 2014

I work from home with my baby, which is what I am planning to do for at least a year, and I'll be the first to admit it's really hard. And because of the time I need to spend tending to her, my "work" time stretches from when I get up to when I go to bed (or, sometimes way past when I SHOULD have been in bed). I can't imagine you will be able to manage your normal workflow, during your normal hours with a baby there. Something has to give, so you'd need a lot of flexibility.

staryb · December 2014

My boss told me I could bring LO in with me and "just put her in a swing" while I work. While I really appreciate the offer a lot it just wouldn't work. She demands too much attention, I'm lucky if I can put her in her swing long enough to eat lunch! Plus she pretty much lives on my boob all day, and that would not go over well. I'd be very unproductive.

I also worry about having her around my coworkers who are always getting sick in the winter.

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angeltennis3 · December 2014

It definitely depends on your situation.

I am in the club that is kind of looking forward to being kid free during the day. I work in a very busy environment and often collaborate in teams in conference rooms, frequent phone calls, and meetings with clients. It would be completely unrealistic for me to take LO to work with me.

I am in a position that if on occasion I had to work from home because child care plans fell through, I would be able to, which is nice. However I would expect that to happen 2-3 times a year.

HappyCianci · December 2014

I love the idea of this. I think it would involve some adjusted expectations regarding productivity at work, but could that be a good thing?

MrsTinMKE · December 2014

I agree, I think this would be difficult to concentrate on, and I think it would definitely require flexibility, where I would have to work hours into the evening to make up for any missed time to take care of DD. I will admit, my first day back and nice to have a little peace and quite.

beachbumsc · December 2014

My family owns a small business- I am taking DD to work with me for at least six months. She's definitely a distraction, but I work with my two sisters so we take turns holding/entertaining her when needed. She has a swing and playmat in my office and is a good napper during the day so it hasn't been too bad for productivity so far. I will admit having a couple of hours without having her need me would be nice, but not paying for daycare for a while wins.

slsl509 · December 2014

Not with my job. Small distractions can seriously hurt or kill someone. My friend did this with her DD1 but not with DD2 because it was just too hard.

miocourt · December 2014

I take my little man to work with me 3 days a week. However we own a family business so if I am busy I have my mom and grandma to grab him and help out. It works really well for the situation I have. I think you should try it for a week you will know if it works for you or not by the end of that.

MrsTinMKE · December 2014

miocourt said:

I take my little man to work with me 3 days a week. However we own a family business so if I am busy I have my mom and grandma to grab him and help out. It works really well for the situation I have. I think you should try it for a week you will know if it works for you or not by the end of that.

That would be awesome to have the family around to help at the same time. I am giving it some time back in the office before I think of discussing with my boss and trying it. I will be honest, I am 2 days in and I am feeling grateful for some quite time and it is nice to concentrate without the baby here. Also I know she is in good hands with my MIL. I will just see how things go.

miocourt said:

I take my little man to work with me 3 days a week. However we own a family business so if I am busy I have my mom and grandma to grab him and help out. It works really well for the situation I have. I think you should try it for a week you will know if it works for you or not by the end of that.

MuffinMom14 · December 2014

I think if someone did this in my office, I'd be pissed. There would be no way they would get as much work done as someone without a kid. This is why I get angry when people are all "I need to find a work from home job so I don't need daycare." No. Watching a kid is a job in itself. If they let me work from home, it wouldn't be fair to those who go in or those who don't have distractions.

It sucks, and I would love to do it, because I will miss her and don't want to pay for daycare, but it's really not fair to my coworkers.

lrobi13 · December 2014

I will say that I am toying with bringing him to the office on Christmas Eve because a) I don't have childcare, b) it sucks to have to work on Christmas Eve, c) we are only going to be open until 3pm, and d) None of my bosses will be here so I won't be super busy anyway.

MrsTinMKE · December 2014

SPurp13 said:

I think if someone did this in my office, I'd be pissed. There would be no way they would get as much work done as someone without a kid. This is why I get angry when people are all "I need to find a work from home job so I don't need daycare." No. Watching a kid is a job in itself. If they let me work from home, it wouldn't be fair to those who go in or those who don't have distractions. It sucks, and I would love to do it, because I will miss her and don't want to pay for daycare, but it's really not fair to my coworkers.

Purp - this is something I considered as well, I wouldn't want to piss off my co-workers. If I did this it would be times when our office is rather empty - Most of our office travels consistently and sometimes there maybe two of us in the office. I agree with your point here.

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