Husband staying home when I'm sick
My husband is the only one working currently. His employer cut everyone's vacation time in half when I was pregnant. Meaning my husband only had a week of vacation. They told him he could still take time off for baby but that he would be in the negative for vacation.
We had our third baby. Days later he was told via text he wasn't going to be allowed to go negative just without pay. My loving husband decided to work part time at night then to be home with the older kids during the day. I had an extremely difficult pregnancy and labor and I couldn't hardly walk two weeks after birth.
Then I had to have surgery. So we scheduled it for Thanksgiving week so my husband only missed two days of work as employees got Thanksgiving and Black Friday off.
Days after my kids all got the flu. I took care of everyone. Husband missed a day because he has the flu. On the third day I get it. I'm less than a week out from surgery it's extremely dangerous for me. This morning I asked him to stay home as I almost dropped the baby. His work is upset he is home today. I have never asked my husband to stay home from something like the flu but with a newborn two sick kids and me I'm not even supposed to be lifting or bending and it's not safe for the children. I just kept thinking what it the baby gets sick and how would I know when I was so out of it this morning.
My husband wouldn't even be in this situation if they had given him his time off. I get in less then two months he's had some days off but we can't plan an early high risk birth of baby, surgery, and flu. By the way my husband is still sick with a fever and they want him in at work by this afternoon.
Is this wrong? I'm curious what other stay at home moms do when everyone is sick, the mom has surgery, and theirs a birth of a new baby.
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