August 18, 2003
How I spent my summer vacation
I'm at home on infant care leave for a month. For most people, this is just an excuse for an extra month of vacation (to balance the next 20 years of work each child represents). I thought I'd kick around the house, do the usual guy stuff fixing the place up. Instead, I've become Mr. Mom. My wife just returned from the hospital after emergency gall bladder surgery. I'm now taking care of her, my 3 year old daughter and our 8 month old son. Never again will I question the difficulty of being an at-home Mom and never again will I question why she can't find time to indulge her own interests. Raising kids (correctly, i.e. putting time in with them) is really harder than it looks. Working Dads - try reversing rolls with your wife sometime.