Returning to work!

How old is your LO? I'm going back to work in 10 days and we'll start nursery after tomorrow. My baby is 4mo.

He is 8 months 6 corrected. He will be with MIL but i just struggling myself. How are you feeling?x

What are you most afraid of?
Is there anything that could help you? Maybe if your MIL sends you pictures during the day? 😊

I think my concerns are probably very different than yours. The nursery I found never took care of babies as young as my son so they don't have baby beds etc. They don't give the bottle either so I'll have to go there every two hours to breastfeed. And I'm overtired since I feed every two hours at night too so I'm not sure how I'm supposed to work on top of that. 😅

I went back to work when my little girl was 9 months, she started nursery at 8 months and it was quite hard. I’m lucky I work majority time from home and I also had a phased return to work and used some built up annual leave to stretch out so extra days at home and HONESTLY it was sooo needed to ease me into working and just adjusting back from maternity leave.
My only advice is , take it day by day and don’t be too hard on yourself. It’s not easy working and juggling motherhood at the same time so you’ve gotta give yourself some grace. If your are able to do a phased return , or use some annual leave then deffo do.

I went back to school when my youngest was 8 months. My mother was the child care giver and he didn't miss me at all. I however was a mess on day one and less so on day two. I had a camera set up in his nursery that I could access over the internet, so I may have had his camera up on my computer when I knew he was napping cause I was such a hot mess... :)

yeah im going to ask for photos. I think seperation is the key thing for me. Oh gosh i work in nurseries day care and we take from 3 months. They should provide the care!!

Oh lovely. Thats a huge adaption!! X

yeah i agree to taking day by day. I just feel how on earth are you meant to keep on top of everything without comments from people .. I love your attitude it sounds so positive!!

this is a good idea so i can check the feed to see how he is doing! How are you now?☆▪︎

Oh by the end of the first week, I felt more like my own person and I loved being back in school.

Now my kids are 8 and 10 years old, and I still struggle with every milestone of giving my kids more freedom, but I try really hard to not hold them back and so far I haven't destroyed my kids' childhood!

i am hoping the freedom for me and social aspect will change my mindset. Thank you lovely xx