Just thought I would check in and see how Mommies and babies are doing now since you've gone back to work.
Its been a month now and I thought DD would have adjusted a little by now. She stays with my Mom during the day. And its great knowing she is with her instead of stranger. She has always been a horrible napper. But its worse than ever. She usually takes two 15 mins naps and one 30 min nap. Definitely not enough. So by the time we pick her up she is pretty tired. But still a very happy baby. So we have moved her bedtime up 1 hour. She is now going to bed at 730. And its been working great for her. She has been sleep 10 to 11 hours total at night. Most night she only gets up once to eat and other night she doesn't get up at all. I just wish we got more time with her at night. Its makes me sad. We started her on some ceral at night too. Pedi said it would be fine. And I think its really helped her eating during the day. She has been eating much better all the way around.
And work has been going great too. I love my job and I've gotten back into the groove pretty quick. But I love my baby more...I wish I could stay home with her more.
Re: Moms that have gone back to work recently...come on it
I've been back almost a month now, too.. DS is adjusting a little, but still has a ways to go. His nap schedules seem to be all over the place, and like you said, when I go and pick him up he's absolutely exhausted. I have a 30 minute drive home to our house after getting him, so sometimes he'll nap in the car which makes the evening easier.. but, other times he just spends those 30 minutes rambling and then is just exhausted once we get in. We are also doing 7:30 bedtime.. he used to be 8pm, but we've found if we push him past 7:30 he's so overtired that he then sleeps terribly. He does sleep through the night for us (most nights!! we've had a few set backs recently), but we wake him at 6am to take him to my Mom's.
I love my job, also.. but find myself resentful all the time that I have to be at work instead of with my DS. I miss him so much. We are actually looking into other options right now.. I've put in a request to drop to P/T once LO #2 comes, and if they don't approve it, I'll be quitting.
How have things been going with your Mom watching DS? That's been our biggest struggle.. my parents and my parenting styles differ drastically.. they are not at all a fan of routine/schedule for baby, and we very much have been. So, it's been a really tough adjustment!
TTC since 7/10, BFP#1~6/28/11(4wks2d)~EDD 3/4/12, missed m/c(8wks)~8/12/11, D&C~8/16/11
BFP#2~12/15/11~EDD 8/25/12, Hannah born 8/22/12~ 7lbs 10oz & 21 in. long.
BFP#3~1/12/14~EDD 9/23/14, Found out baby is a girl!~4/18/14
Can I just whine for a minute though? I reeeeaaally wish maternity leave could be longer. I think family bonding, breastfeeding, and mother and baby health should be encouraged more in the states. I feel like there's a decent amount of pressure put on mothers to do everything. Wouldn't it be nice to have a longer period of time to focus on just being a mom, and taking care of the home front? I feel like having a baby calls for more than 6 to 12 weeks to reorganize one's life.
I'm obviously not stoked on work right now. I just want to soak up every minute I can with my baby! Thanks for listening!
I am on my 3rd week back and it is going OK. I wish I worked part time though. I just found out my position is going from salary to hourly! and that will get me about 7 more hours home each week, excited about that.
My biggest struggle is pumping. I pump at midnight, 5:30am, 10ish, 12ish, 3ish and 6ish and just make enough to cover the next day BM. I know it wont be the worst thing if I have to add in some formula, I just dont want to.
Audrey is doing pretty good at DC but, like yours, napping isnt great. She moved her bedtime up to 7:00 but I wake her up at 8:30/9 to change her and get another feeding in or she'd be up at 5am. This schedule has her up around 6:30.
BFP #1- 11/7/10 ~EDD 7/20/11 ~M/C (bo) 12/6/10 @ 8wks ~Missing my Little Firework
BFP #2- 9/11/11 ~EDD 5/25/12 ~M/C (mmc10w)11/4/11 @ 11wks ~Missing my May Flower
BFP #3- 02/21/12 ~EDD 11/1/12 Audrey Lee Born 11/4/2012
BFP #4 ~EDD 6/20/14 stick baby stick!