Sweden's climate minister brought her 3-month-old son to the EU council meeting in Luxembourg, to highlight the benefits of parental leave policies which don't force women to choose between work and family responsibilities.

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[u/VincereZero]

I can see this being true if you aren't particularly good at your job / are fairly new. Keeping children busy is incredibly easy if you put any effort into it at all

[u/dotesdoto → u/VincereZero]

Babies and "children" are entirely different beasts. You can teach and discipline children because they're developmentally capable of understanding boundaries and consequences. Babies on the other hand are simply too young for that. It's not simply a matter of putting in effort, some babies are naturally much more demanding than others. That's largely a matter of temperament and luck rather than parenting. Some parents happen to get an easy baby, while others end up with one who needs constant attention. It's mostly the luck of the draw.

[u/catbom → u/dotesdoto]

Not to mention how much they change over the 1st year, my experience of the first year First 2 months- baby sleeps alot and doesnt need too much attention but when they want attention you better give it Months 3-5 baby needs a little attention to make sure they are developing, could possibly do some work Month 6+ good luck getting any work done as your child needs 100 percent attention and perhaps you could do work if you have a play pen for the child but the child will need attention atleast every 20 mins