How much maternity leave should I take?

Because stimulation is so important for brain development (and because of obvious bonding reasons), I recommend that you try to spend as much time with your child as possible in the weeks immediately after birth. If you can take 6 weeks (the average paid maternity leave allowed by law) and another two weeks through vacation, sick, or personal time, your child will benefit greatly from that motherly stimulation. The typical working woman in America takes 10 weeks, so try to shoot for at least eight weeks as a fair and reasonable goal.

One of the great challenges if you do go back to work is to try to avoid playing catch-up with housework and bills when you're at home. Make a plan to dedicate after-work time to bonding with your baby, and come up with a plan to divide the household responsibilities or handle them when he's dreaming away.

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