My wife thought about staying home after our son was born, but ended up working again after less than 3 months. She really liked her line of work and felt the need to be other adults on a regular basis, as well as wanting to financially contribute to the family. I left the decision totally up to her, and told her I would support whichever she chose.
Being a parent can be lonely without a group of friends who wither have kids or are unusually child friendly.
We found that joining a church was the best way to meet other parents we became friends with.
Ok bxgrl, but how many answers do you think Gem would get when she was inquiring about what to do when her newborn won’t sleep on his back? or about nursing or diaper leaks etc, etc.? Lots from psp, not so many here! Or at least not so many that would help.
“I think am worried as I won’t be staying at home and will most likely try to return to the workforce 2-3 months after the baby is born -so am worried most women in park slope stay home with their kids early on….â€
All but one of the mom’s in my cousin’s Boing Boing group went back to work shortly after giving birth.
Rf – that makes sense but it stinks! You’d think the mommies would buy stuff there out of a courtesy to the storeowner for hosting them. I guess not.
OK, you’ve really got my juices flowing. I finally figured out the discrepancy in our calaculation:
Here is what you wrote regarding the roll of the die:
“The cumulative probability of there NOT being a 1 rolled is 33.49%. So the inverse of that, which is the cumulative probabiliy that there IS at least one 1 rolled, is 66.51%.”
Please note that this is not the problem that I postulated. Here is what I wrote:
“If I roll the die 6 times, what are the odds that a single number (let’s say the number 1) will appear one time”
We were calculating the probability of different events. I was calculating the probability of “1” only appearing once (and my calculation for that event was correct) and you were calculating the probability of “1” appearing at least once (and your calculation for that event was correct).
My point about probability and statistical distribtions was correct, but no way to prove that here.
Gem – All the new moms I know went back to work at 2 to 3 months. It was both wrenching & good: they didn’t like leaving their babies but felt good being functional adults again.
Oh, was actually talking about this last night – at what age did you potty train your kids? How old is too old for diapers?
My wife thought about staying home after our son was born, but ended up working again after less than 3 months. She really liked her line of work and felt the need to be other adults on a regular basis, as well as wanting to financially contribute to the family. I left the decision totally up to her, and told her I would support whichever she chose.
Being a parent can be lonely without a group of friends who wither have kids or are unusually child friendly.
We found that joining a church was the best way to meet other parents we became friends with.
“we just put up with a zillion posts about probabilities and distributions. ”
You weren’t impressed with my dissertation??
🙁
Ok bxgrl, but how many answers do you think Gem would get when she was inquiring about what to do when her newborn won’t sleep on his back? or about nursing or diaper leaks etc, etc.? Lots from psp, not so many here! Or at least not so many that would help.
Hahaha!
“The OT only goes so far–the OT wouldn’t put up with a zillion posts about new parenting.”
RF- we just put up with a zillion posts about probabilities and distributions. What were the chances of that happening 😉
“I think am worried as I won’t be staying at home and will most likely try to return to the workforce 2-3 months after the baby is born -so am worried most women in park slope stay home with their kids early on….â€
All but one of the mom’s in my cousin’s Boing Boing group went back to work shortly after giving birth.
Rf – that makes sense but it stinks! You’d think the mommies would buy stuff there out of a courtesy to the storeowner for hosting them. I guess not.
Lech;
OK, you’ve really got my juices flowing. I finally figured out the discrepancy in our calaculation:
Here is what you wrote regarding the roll of the die:
“The cumulative probability of there NOT being a 1 rolled is 33.49%. So the inverse of that, which is the cumulative probabiliy that there IS at least one 1 rolled, is 66.51%.”
Please note that this is not the problem that I postulated. Here is what I wrote:
“If I roll the die 6 times, what are the odds that a single number (let’s say the number 1) will appear one time”
We were calculating the probability of different events. I was calculating the probability of “1” only appearing once (and my calculation for that event was correct) and you were calculating the probability of “1” appearing at least once (and your calculation for that event was correct).
My point about probability and statistical distribtions was correct, but no way to prove that here.
Gem – All the new moms I know went back to work at 2 to 3 months. It was both wrenching & good: they didn’t like leaving their babies but felt good being functional adults again.