What a horrible, horrible thing to say. My boy is in daycare 3 days/week (my husband and I each work from home one day—we’re fortunate to have that option) and has been since he was 3 months old. Some moms want to go back to work; some moms don’t have a choice. Either way, daycare kids grow up fine. I was in daycare…

You may cry (mom of an October 2015 baby, here), but if you do, it’ll probably only be when you drop him off on his first day of daycare. I did not cry, but I got close.

Yes! When my baby was about this old, my husband and I went out together to order lunch and bring it home. We left the baby with my mom and were gone 20-30 minutes, and we jokingly called it a date. But it kind of was! It felt nice to have 20 minutes to actually talk to my husband about something other than “Honey,…

I would say in personal interactions to take the lead from the mother/parent. In impersonal online forums, I think using the medical terms are fine and would not offend most pro-choice people, even if they believe differently.