One reason is that your wife objects! You have to consider the whole picture. Your daughter needs her parents to be happy together. Also, if you work from home, you still need to work - if you actually spend time with your baby, your productivity will suffer. You have a financial responsibility to your family - unless, of course, your family doesn't depend so much on your income. Having said all that, perhaps you could bring your wife on board. Maybe she is concerned that the baby will love you more than she loves her mommy; maybe you can find ways to address that insecurity. For instance, you can make dinner and relieve your wife of her domestic duties so that when she gets home, she could have two hours of uninterrupted time with Alexa. Or you could give her blocks of mommy-baby time on the weekend, while you catch up on office work or do some household chores. If you work together, I'm sure you can come up with practical solutions to an insecurity issue. Of course, her issue may be something else altogether. Have a good talk about this - with a professional counselor if necessary. A third party can help you clarify the issues fully and work toward solutions you'll both be pleased with. Whatever you do - do it together!   Sarah Chana

You need to find out why she objects so much.  Right now you don't seem to have that information.  It may be that she holds to the idea that the only person who has the right to stay home is the mom.  She may be worried that you'll have a better bond than she does.  The OP is right in that working from home is just that:  Work.  You won't have nearly the free time for baby that you think you will.  BUT, I think you need to dig deeper here with your wife as to what the real problem is.