I agree with giving her whatever time she needs but giving the kids some info. Can you hire a babysitter to help with some of the kid duties, or someone to clean the house for the next 2 weeks, etc - people to do some of the stuff your wife normally does?

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
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disclaimer: PhD not MD