Shellbell - it's not selfish to want to spend time with your baby. Take off as much time as you can/want to.

BTW, I wasn't sure how I would go. I'm very easily bored and thought there was a possibility I might want to hotfoot it back to work. Instead, I'm thinking I might resume my career when DD is well, about 15! I've told DP that if we can't afford for me to take as much time off as I would like, he'll have to get a second job. I'm joking (I think) but my point is that they're only little once so treasure every moment.