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Believe it? Babies of working moms get just as many cuddles as those with stay-at-home moms

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Although it may seem like we're always saying goodbye as we head off to work, it just might be those goodbyes kisses (and welcome-home hugs!) that keep working moms on par with stay-at-homes in the snuggle department.

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Seems working moms become efficient about creating time to spend with their babies and good-old dad seems to stepping up the plate more.

“When mothers work full time, they spend 83 minutes less per day with their child compared to a stay-at-home mother, but the child spends an average of 81 minutes more a day with their father,” the report’s co-author, Jennifer Baxter, told the Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph.

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