More and more companies are opening their arms to new moms, saying bring your newborn to work and work alongside your baby.
But is it a good idea?
IMAGINE DEALING WITH THIS AT WORK.
"Not a good idea."
"It's silly."
BUT IT IS HAPPENING.
"I get my baby fix in and I go right back to work."
NEARLY A HUNDRED COMPANIES NATIONWIDE ALLOW NEW MOTHERS BACK FROM MATERNITY LEAVE, TO BRING THEIR BABIES TO WORK AS OFTEN AS THEY WANT.
"I get to enjoy him longer. I get to be with him. I don't suffer the separation anxiety that a lot of working mothers do."
"Luckily, they don't expect 100% out of us. They pretty much know that we're going to give as much as we can but that's going to be about 75-80 percent."
JENNA PEREGOY'S (PAIR-A-GOY) BOSS SAYS THAT'S FINE. IT'S GOOD FOR BUSINESS.
"I've got paralegals that have been with me 25 years, how many businesses can talk about that?"
BILL TUCKER, WHO RUNS THIS LAW FIRM IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, CALLS THE PROGRAM A NO-BRAINER.
IT COSTS NEXT TO NOTHING TO LAUNCH AND SAVES THEM IN THE LONG RUN.
CENSUS BUREAU STATISTICS SHOW ABOUT HALF OF ALL NEW MOTHERS DO NOT RETURN TO WORK AFTER GIVING BIRTH.
BY BRINGING THEIR BABIES TO THE JOB, MOMS SAVE ON DAY CARE AND BOND WITH THEIR CHILD.
"It does something for him, too, you know, it helps him continue his bond with me."
NOT SURPRISINGLY, THERE ARE PLENTY OF CRITICS.
SOME SAY BABIES, BY NATURE, ARE DISTRACTING AND HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING IN THE OFFICE.
"Stay at home, make up your mind, no one can have everything."
"I have enough problems with them on airplanes. I couldn't stand working with them, it's true. (laughs)."
MOMS SAY PEACE AND QUIET ON THE JOB IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR PEACE OF MIND.
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