Santiago Enrique, the first child of the "Desperate Women" actress and her husband, businessman Pepe Batón, was born on June 19.
Two months after being a mother, Eva Longoria has not wanted to separate from her baby for a moment and has gone with him to the first script reading of the next series in which she will work.
Surely when you see the photo of the moment in social networks, Many recent mothers will be envious of the possibility of going to work with their babies. Others, however, prefer to stay at home for at least the first months to take care of it exclusively and then recover their pre-pregnancy work rhythm. All options are legitimate.
Eva Longoria, a working mother
"The first day of work and see who my assistant director is! He has a desk and everything!", Eva Longoria has written on Instagram, while taking her son Santiago's foot.
In the image that the actress shared on her Instagram account you can see the baby sitting on a seesaw, surrounded by toys, on her mother's desk.
First day back to work and look who is my assistant director Has a desk and everything #WorkingMama #BabyBaston
In addition to the Spanish series Gran Hotel, which he attended with his son, it is already confirmed that he will be a mother in the movie 'Dora the Explorer', so little Santiago will have to get used to working with his mother.
Because it is not the first time that the actress goes to work with her little one. Not a month had elapsed since her birth, when Eva went with her baby to a photo shoot, as she posted on Instagram. According to your comments, could experience how difficult it is to combine working life with caring for a baby:
"My first photo session after pregnancy. I am not going to lie, this has been difficult, trying to breastfeed and organize according to the schedules of Santiago."
Behind the scenes with sleepy Santi and I #BabyBaston (@bernardodoral for @usahola)
Luckily, the boy behaved like a real professional in the spotlight.
Extended maternity leave
Our colleague Lucy Ortega wrote an article about the need to value maternity leave more, which perfectly explains how a woman feels after being a mother and all those emotions that gather in your head: the imperative obligation (sometimes only in the head ) that you feel for returning to work as soon as possible and at the same time, the guilt and disappointment of separating from your baby for the first time:
"Currently, many women choose to work outside the home, some of their own conviction and others because they feel that if they do not, they are committing high treason to feminism and the rights for which our predecessors fought so much."
Anyway, the truth is that many times we are forced to return to our jobs too soon. The options when this happens include: leaving our babies in a nursery with strange people or with grandparents or a family member (if we are lucky).
Hence, many women continue to struggle to extend maternity leave of the current 16 weeks in Spain at six months, time that the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends among other things, to ensure exclusive breastfeeding during this period. This was defended by Ariadna Artiles, when he had to return to work.
And, as Lucy commented, women need more time to recover and learn to combine their new obligations.
To the office with the baby
Eva Longoria is only a visible example of the possibility that some mothers have to go to work with their children. In April, the United States Senate passed a rule that allowed women to go to the Chamber with their baby, following the request of Senator Tammy Duckworth, who had recently been a mother.
It is clear that they are privileged and that the possibility of going to the office to work with your child is impossible for most women, although it should not be so far fetched, depending, yes, on the profession. But, as we have warned you on other occasions, wearing it is not a panacea either: it has its good and bad points.
In order not to separate from their children and to reconcile work and personal life, some companies offer the possibility of teleworking (here in Spain the subject is still very slow) or nurseries in the companies themselves. In fact, there are two possibilities pointed out by the CEOE in its report "Business perspective on the reconciliation of work and family life", although he admits that they are difficult to carry out by Spanish SMEs.
But as Magnet Xataka explains:
* "In Spain, only 7% of employees exercise it and only 13% of companies offer it, according to a study by Eurofound and the International Labor Organization (ILO)".
And that, taking into account that "a recent study published by Nicholas Bloom of Stanford University analyzes how a Chinese company made more profits thanks to sending its workers home. In short, he observed that the people who teleworked were happier, more productive and also made their companies earn more money. "*
Another alternative, when the profession allows it, is to leave the position in a company and start working on your own, from home. Although what a priori It may seem the best solution, it's not always that simple when you're surrounded by young children.
"Yes I want to work again"
It is an option desired by some mothers (enough). If you are one of them you don't have to feel guilty for wanting it, much less. Wanting to recover the labor and feminine role does not mean being a worse mother than those who quit their job to dedicate themselves exclusively to raising their children. Each person has their priorities and must be respected.
In fact, Eva Longoria is not the only actress who has decided to go to work with her son. A few months ago Jessica Alba went with her newborn Hayes to a meeting and shared a photo in which she breastfed her little one. And he recognized that:
* "I'm not going to lie to you, it's impossible for me to disconnect completely from work. And I've felt good coming back (if only for half a day)." *
Since then, he has not stopped publishing images of her breastfeeding her baby in the office as a real "working mom", which is what she likes to call herself.
Went into my @honest office today for a board meeting, although Im still technically on mat leave. Not gonna lie, its impossible for me to completely unplug from work… and it felt nice being back -even though it was just a half day. Baby boy came to visitat at lunch. Felt very productive today. #workingmom #entrepreneurlife #breastfeedingmama
A reality that the actress shares with other mothers with a career before becoming pregnant. Returning to work means a strange mixture of sensations, which oscillate between the bitterness of separating from your baby after several inseparable months and the illusion of feeling again that there is more life outside the diapers.
Perhaps it was the responsibility of their positions, but our Spanish policies return to work "too soon." It was the case of the disappeared Carme Chacón, whose maternity leave only lasted 42 days, when she was Minister of Defense or until recently Vice President of the Government, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, who dealt with the transfer of powers of the new government having given birth to his son just 11 days before.
What is clear is that there are examples for all tastes and that it is the personal, work and economic situation of each mother that determines how she will reconcile her work with motherhood. A difficult task, although we always find a way to take care of our children, come with us to work or stay in the care of other people until our return.
Photos | Eva Longoria Instagram
