How much time is your OH taking off work to be home?

[RoxyRoo]

My hubby has just been made redundant from his job of 7 years, so he'll be off until he finds a new job. I'm made up that he'll be at home with me but the lack of money sucks..

We're just going to make the most of spending time together as a new family, we'll never get that time back.

 

[Nickij]

OH is taking 2 weeks, one paid one uppaid (well paternity paid of £120 a week). Then he will be going back to works for a couple of weeks (depending when baby arrives) and then he has 2 weeks off over xmas.

 

[Rebaby]

With Tobias, he hadn't been in his job long enough to qualify for paid paternity leave and we couldn't really afford for him to take a week off with no pay so he booked three weeks of annual leave, starting just after my due date. Then Tobias decided to come two weeks early, so he had to quickly call up his manager and rearrange the leave, but they were really great about moving it forward and made everything really easy for us

This time around, he is back at university studying, but will get two weeks off, we just need to notify them when he intends to take it.

 

[Mummytoosh]

My OH is taking 3 weeks off. Unfortunately he won't get paid as he's self employed. He's working all hours at the moment so we'll have enough to get by while he's home. I'm having a c section so really glad he can be here to look after us all, to take care of the school runs and to take charge of our 1 year old! He's really looking forward to some quality time with us all too x

 

[NDH]

My husband has been unemployed for the last 4 months . So when he gets a job he won't be able to take any time off at all. My mom lives 7 minutes away though and she'll have 4 weeks for sure off work as it's school holidays (she's a teacher) and can probably choose not to take any work for a couple more weeks if I need her help. So she may come take the baby in the middle if the day so I can sleep, or help me with us housework etc if I need it.

 

[aidensxmomma]

My OH will only be able to take about 3 days off from work. He just started working for this company, so he won't even be eligible for FMLA until next September.

However, I think my mom or grandma is going to come stay with us for a couple weeks around my due date to help with our other two kids and to help with the baby and housework and everything once the baby's born. We haven't really worked out the details yet, though.

 

[Belle25]

Think the paternity rules/offers are awful in general. Makes me cross as its a very important time.
My OH is entitled to 2 weeks paternity leave-but the rate of pay for it is so low for standard paternity pay, he is just going to take 2 weeks holiday instead.
xx

 

[Catwiffy]

My hubby works part time for a company and runs his own garden design business from home. Luckily, he gets 2 weeks paid paternity leave from his job and he is also taking 2 weeks leave so will be off for a month. Due to the time of year the business will be slowing down a lot so he won't have to do too much business wise either.

My hubby is also having the rest of my maternity leave when I go back to work. It's called Additional Paternity Leave, only came in from April this year. We can't afford for me to drop to Statutory Maternity pay, as I'm the main earner in our household. But we can afford for my hubby to drop to this rate as it's not much less than his part time earnings. So, I go back to work after 26 weeks, and he has the remaining 13 weeks as paid Additional Paternity Leave. He can do business jobs on the normal days he would do them, as long as it's not on days he would normally be at his other job. As he works from home it's a really good situation for us.

 

[katrina1987]

My hubby doesn't get paternity or parental leave so may only have the birth with me and thats it. He works for an agency and they are asses even though he has been a reliable worker for well over a year now, working more or less 7days a week and reguarly going in on his days off to cover when people are sick at short notice but they don't seem to care. Sorry this turned into a slight rant, im just scared about possibly being on my own with a newborn and DS and not coping but I can't see im the only one who has these worries

 

[hawalkden]

OH is taking two weeks paternity and we're due in December and his workplace close around the 17th December till 5th January.
His hoildays are from april to april so he's saved all his hoilday from this year already.
We're due on the 10th. His work are amazing and he can have anytime off whenever etc they are so family orientated its unreal.
He spoke to his boss and its agreed that when we know if we're being induced etc or when peanut decideds to arrive the two week paternity leave will start and it'll run till prob mid 20s of the month and thats when work is closed so he'll be off for Christmas and then when january comes around hes going back for a week for a good wage (he gets payed weekly) and then taking all of his houldays that he's saved so he wont be going back till the end of feb beginning of march then I only have to wait a few weeks before he can take the odd weeks off again because his april holidays start.
I think it's the most amazing plan and way around it ever. If that was me at my place I'd have no chance haha.
Hes also thinking when I go back to work he's going to have the 12 week paternity off with peanut to bond and have less childcare fees to pay for.
So feeling very lucky on how peanuts arrival time has fallen

 

[Sini]

My OH works from home, so I feel lucky he will be around

 

[BeckyBoo]

My hubby doesn't get paid leave except for holidays. So we've saved up 2 weeks for him to take off as soon as baby is born .

 

[Maman]

i thought every father was entitled to 2 weeks paternity leave at full pay in the uk?

thats what my husband will be taking (if i dont send him back to work before then lol)

tbh i love having him here but he does create a lot of mess and more work for me, but i know its important for him to spend time with baby

 

[BeckyBoo]

My hubby works for comission based job, so if it's not at work, he doesn't earn.

I think there is some pay for paternity leave, but it's alot less than holiday leave. But he gets alot of holiday leave from his work because the basic wage is crap lol.

 

[Mrs_X]

my hubby is taking 2 weeks paternity and 2 weeks annual leave, so a month altogether x

 

[marycotter567]

Mine works in the family business and now is a busy time so he not sure how much he will be ale to take. I have my parents here though so I'm not too worried - my mom will be staying with me for a week or two to cook, clean, etc.

 

[janeybaby]

My hubby gets 3 days full pay and 7 days at £20 a day (far far below his earnings) so 10 days paternity leave (he don't work weekends) then he has saved 2 weeks holiday from this year so he will have 4 weeks plus the xmas holidays and then his new holiday allowence kicks in in the new year so he will take a week from that to so somewhee between 5-6 weeks.

We have set money aside each payday from the start of the pregnancy to cover the downfall in wages from the paternity leave.

 

[highhopes19]

My OH is taking 2 weeks paternity leave and :e has 9 days holiday left which he's taking aswell

How much is paternity pay, is it the same as normal wage or the same as we get for SMP/MA?

Xxx

 

[Tampa]

My OH will have his 2 weeks statutory paternity leave, he has some holiday days saved but will try and spread them out a bit between birth and New Year. I'm dreading him going back to work after those 2 weeks!