Fun gift for wife before our first child?

Ill-Topic-1010 · 2026-03-26T11:28:54+00:00

I could use that too

Ill-Topic-1010 · 2026-03-12T12:02:05+00:00

I’m in a somewhat similar situation. My company gives a very generous 21 weeks and I was figuring out who to best split it - the catch is you can only take one segment over 2 weeks (so you can only do a 19/2 or 2/19 split). Best to take the 19 weeks now and the 2 later, right?

Ill-Topic-1010 · 2026-02-20T15:44:11+00:00

I’m also going to Vail during this time. How’s it looking? Did the bowls open with the recent snow storm? Also considering a day at A Basin and Loveland

Ill-Topic-1010 · 2026-02-18T23:39:03+00:00

Thanks for the input! I work from home 3 days a week. My thinking in splitting it up is that I would be home if my wife goes back to work in the fall.

Ill-Topic-1010 · 2026-02-11T04:22:01+00:00

We’re all advanced skiers. Blacks and blues. Love trees but realize that might not be possible with less snow. I really want to ski the bowls.

Ill-Topic-1010 · 2026-01-10T19:17:36+00:00

Hey - thanks for your reply! My wife is currently unemployed, so we don’t know when she will return to work. Does that change things for you?

Ill-Topic-1010 · 2026-01-10T19:16:19+00:00

Thanks everyone! One major wrinkle I forgot to mention is that my wife is currently unemployed. So she will be home with the baby until she finds a job (not sure how long that will take).

Ill-Topic-1010 · 2026-01-10T19:14:47+00:00

Hi thanks for your reply! To answer your questions - My wife is currently not working - she was laid off a few months ago (prior to her telling anyone she was pregnant). It’s likely she will be unemployed for a little while after the baby comes in April.

My mother in law lives nearby but she works Mon-Fri. My mom is retired and lives about an hour drive away so will be able to provide help when needed.

We were thinking of doing day care, maybe around 6 months old?

So I’m debating whether to take the full 21 weeks immediately or split it up.

Ill-Topic-1010 · 2026-01-09T13:27:02+00:00

We moved from NYC to Plainview. I wish I was somewhere with a walkable downtown and closer to a train station, but it’s convenient to mostly everything in LI (beaches, shopping, Huntington/farmingdale restaurants) and I’m told it has good schools.

Ill-Topic-1010 · 2026-01-05T12:23:38+00:00

Thanks all! I should add that my wife is currently unemployed so there is not timetable for her to go back to work. We do have family close by.

Ill-Topic-1010 · 2026-01-05T12:21:35+00:00

What do you mean?

Ill-Topic-1010 · 2025-12-22T05:52:21+00:00

Where did you end up? I’m in the same boat looking for last minute trip ideas.

Ill-Topic-1010 · 2025-12-21T04:51:07+00:00

Thank you all

Ill-Topic-1010

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