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Old 02-11-2009, 11:03 PM   #35
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Originally Posted by marsupial View Post
This is not something I would do, but I know working women who have made this same decision. Their reasoning has something to do with saving their spot in a good daycare and the belief that keeping a routine with the older child will help the child adjust to life with the new one. Also, getting additional alone time with the new baby probably plays in, as well as it gives the mom additional time to rest and recover from the delivery.
Those would definitely be some reasons to do that.

But there many more reasons not to.
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