Rough second day back to work: xp to April 2012

laf10

Yesterday was great. He was happy, napped well, slept amazingly last night, but today wasn't so good. He is bf but has had bottles since just a few weeks old and never had any issue. He refused a bottle all morning, screamed for an hour straight then finally napped. He ate a little when he woke up, but then refused to eat again for several hours until the end of the day when he ate a little more. He ate a total of about 5 oz all day. The good news is he was happy other than that hour of crying,but it was really stressful for me. He goes to a babysitter, so I am able to text her all day, which is great, but then I stress about things like this during the day. Im really hoping he'll adjust because I don't want to quit bfing yet. I also read about reverse cycling and I'm hoping that's not what we're doing because I don't know when I'll have time to sleep and how i'll function at work without sleep. I'm so overwhelmed just getting our routine set up and now this whole bottle issue is sending me over the edge! This is just a vent but I'm definitely open to advice! 

kitkat145

I'm sorry you're going through this. There is definitely an adjustment period when going back. My daughter did reverse cycle for several months after I started working again. The only way I got any sleep was by bed sharing. You'll get into a routine soon and things will get easier for both of you!

MommaJB

I've been back to work for five weeks, but today was my second day back in the office.  I had the same experience with DS yesterday.  He only ate 6 oz (he usually eats 12 when someone watches him for 8/9 hours).  Today he took 9 oz. so I was relieved to see some improvement. 

LO could just be adjusting and getting used to daycare.  I think that is what is going on with us.  No advice since we are kind of going through the same thing but just wanted to give you some hope that tomorrow could be better.

I totally understand about stressing about it all day - it was all I could think about today.  Everyone is always asking me about baby and I felt like I was going to break down in tears everytime they brought him up.  But, now that things went a little better I'm hoping it will be less stressful tomorrow.