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June 2012 Moms
aniflower21
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Who is back at work?
aniflower21
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Tomorrow is my first day back and I am so nervous. I'm almost making myself sick about leaving for work. I'm trying not to think about it, but I just keep having waves of sadness 
I am not worried for her happiness or level of care, I trust her day care a lot. I guess its just more of a fear of leaving her at all. Advice? How did you get through your first days back?
I am not worried for her happiness or level of care, I trust her day care a lot. I guess its just more of a fear of leaving her at all. Advice? How did you get through your first days back?
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Re: Who is back at work?
I am! 1st 3 day stretch down. I feel horrible about this- but I kind of enjoy it. I work so little, its a nice break for my brain. I work in a hospital and wear a picture of LO behind my badge, so I get alot of questions about him and get to talk about him all day long.
I miss him, but I look forward to seeing him so much. It cancels out the bad feelings. The one thing I do absolutely HATE is that he cries for my mom alot. I dont know if thats because I catch his needs sooner or if he is just used to me.
I still have a couple more weeks but I am a STM and it does get better. I found leaving her when she was younger was way easier than it is now that she is older. I kept thinking about how much she slept as a baby and when I thought about it she slept over half the time I was at work. I think this time is going to be harder because for the first time in a long time I feel like I am on the same page as my toddler and I have her under control and everything is going to go crazy once I am back at least for a couple of days... she is not great with change. As for the baby he is easy going and I have over 200 ounces of breast milk in the freezer I am just hoping I don't get stuck going on a work trip every month until christmas but considering I know of two in Oct and one in December it is looking that way ugh. I really wish I could have taken off longer than 12 weeks. On the bight side I missed three trips while on leave
I'm back and enjoy being at work. My MIL is home w/ the baby and I get paranoid that she's not attending to her needs enough b/c she frequently gives me reports that my baby is fussy...which she isn't usually until the evening. My MIL is pretty stuck on the feeding schedule so it was work getting her to just feed the baby when she's hungry.
I think making sure you have access to pictures of your baby and find coworkers who want to talk about the baby is what makes it more tolerable at first.
This is week 3 for me. The first week was the hardest. I really didn't want to leave. Now, I'm so glad I'm at work. I missed the routine and communication. Plus, It's nice to know that my husband is at home with the baby. I get pictures and phone calls all day. And as soon as I walk through the door, I'm Mommy again. Every weekend she clings to me and the boob like we're never coming back. It's sweet.
One not so great thing is pumping. I hate pumping. It's going okay, I just hate it. I also hate evenings when LO tries to get a bottle out of me. She tries to refuse the breast and put up a fuss thinking that I'll cave or give her to Daddy who she knows holds the key to the bottle. So far, my patience has won out over her-though a couple of times I've had to go back to the nipple shield. Over all though, she has become a more efficient nurser thanks to the bottles.