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working moms

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What did you do to try to get yourself ready to go back to work? I go back to work in  a month and have only been away from DS once.
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Re: working moms

  • asnowracerasnowracer

    if your LO isn't on a bottle, get that well established. have others feed him from a bottle as well as yourself.

    do a practice day (or morning, or afternoon) at daycare. Get all your tears out then rather than the first day back to work.

    On that day, drop off all the "stuff". Bibs, burpcloths, wipes, mylicon, anything needed at daycare. you dont want to worry about that on the big day back to work.

    Get some freezer meals prepared. These came in handy went I went back to work WAY more than they did when we brought him home as a newborn.

    Leaving the house the first day was so stressful, I really psyched myself out for being paranoid about forgetting something whether it was breastmilk, my pump, my lunch, workbag, etc. Find a place for all your junk and keep it all together so you dont forget anything. Make lists if you have to.Practice the "getting ready" routine a few days before so you know how much time it will actually take you from the time you and baby wake up, till you walk out the door. The first few days took a lot longer than i though! But get as much done the night before as you can (pack lunch and daycare bags, etc.)

     

    GL!

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    if your LO isn't on a bottle, get that well established. have others feed him from a bottle as well as yourself.

    do a practice day (or morning, or afternoon) at daycare. Get all your tears out then rather than the first day back to work.

    On that day, drop off all the "stuff". Bibs, burpcloths, wipes, mylicon, anything needed at daycare. you dont want to worry about that on the big day back to work.

    Get some freezer meals prepared. These came in handy went I went back to work WAY more than they did when we brought him home as a newborn.

    Leaving the house the first day was so stressful, I really psyched myself out for being paranoid about forgetting something whether it was breastmilk, my pump, my lunch, workbag, etc. Find a place for all your junk and keep it all together so you dont forget anything. Make lists if you have to.Practice the "getting ready" routine a few days before so you know how much time it will actually take you from the time you and baby wake up, till you walk out the door. The first few days took a lot longer than i though! But get as much done the night before as you can (pack lunch and daycare bags, etc.)

     

    GL!

     Yes, this!  I wish I had that when I went back to work, nicely done! 

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