From what I know at least in my country you can pick who stays @ home with the baby to take care of the first months. I know men who've done this, and it's not an insignificantly small number.
I honestly think is insignificant outside of the scenario were the mother gets to stay as well, either she was a low paying job that she quits, extremely flexible hours or she was not working to begin with.
The baby in the first few month and up to a year at least, needs the mother. More so if you plan to breastfeed.
From what I know at least in my country you can pick who stays @ home with the baby to take care of the first months. I know men who've done this, and it's not an insignificantly small number.
I honestly think is insignificant outside of the scenario were the mother gets to stay as well, either she was a low paying job that she quits, extremely flexible hours or she was not working to begin with.
The baby in the first few month and up to a year at least, needs the mother. More so if you plan to breastfeed.
Agreed, imho you need both for the bonding experience for the baby and the parents also but sometimes that's not feasible.