DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa lawmaker has closed an unusual chapter in her work life: Bringing along her newborn baby to the state Capitol. Rep. Megan Jones, a Republican from the northwest Iowa city of Sioux Rapids, started bringing her daughter, Alma, to the Des Moines statehouse just a few weeks after giving birth on Jan. 24.

Alma was often spotted snoozing on her mother or observing legislative action from the vantage point of a portable bassinet in the Iowa House of Representatives. Jones announced last week that Alma is now headed to her next adventure: day care. Jones, 31, said her decision to bring Alma to work was driven in part by necessity. Her husband is a farmer with an early morning schedule, and Alma wasn’t initially old enough for day care. Jones wanted to represent her constituents during Iowa’s relatively short legislative session, which runs from January until about April.

Experts say as more women run for state and federal office, expectations will shift on how politicians should balance their family lives. In Iowa, more than 95 women are running this year for the Legislature, Congress and statewide office like governor, a new record. House Speaker Linda Upmeyer, the top Republican in the Iowa House, said Jones reached out last year about her pregnancy and presented a game plan for how she would work while bringing her baby to the Capitol.

Upmeyer said legislative leaders saw no reason not to be accommodating. Upmeyer, who became the first woman elected speaker in 2015, noted she raised her children before running for the state Legislature. “When I was in Megan’s stage of life, that would not have been something I would have considered an option,” she said. “And clearly that’s changed, and I’m glad that’s changed.”