With all 4 of my wife's pregnancies, I got exactly zero paternity time off. My wife got about 4 months paid maternity leave with each. We both worked for the same company (IBM) but paternity leave was not a common benefit back then.
When we had our youngest child, we then had 4 kids under the age of 8 so childcare would have killed us. We ended up where I worked first shift and she worked 2nd shift. That way she was home during the day to watch the kids and I was home in the evening to watch the kids. We didn't see much of each other during the week doing things that way but at least we didn't have to pay for childcare.
When we had our youngest child, we then had 4 kids under the age of 8 so childcare would have killed us. We ended up where I worked first shift and she worked 2nd shift. That way she was home during the day to watch the kids and I was home in the evening to watch the kids. We didn't see much of each other during the week doing things that way but at least we didn't have to pay for childcare.