Any Canadian Mamas Going Back to Work Soon?

khill86 · May 2013

I go back to work Monday. I'm only going back part-time. When DS was about three months old I knew there was no way I could handle going back full-time and at the same time one of my employers called and asked if I would be interested in a parttime position. I jumped at it.

DS is at his last trial day at daycare right now. The anticipation is killing me! I know i'm so lucky that things have worked out the way the have (PT, we have a home daycare provider that I know personally, I have a varied work schedule so I still get most days or the majority of the day with DS), but it hasn't made it any easier and I hoped it would!

I've been looking up ways to help make the transition easier on me, but everything I find is about helping baby. What about mamas?! Any suggestions?

I am so not ready for this!

alizabethanne · May 2013

I am a Canadian mama. I go back July 2. I am freaking out about it already. A year is a long time to be away from a job.... I go back full time but I am hoping after a couple months I can ask for flex hours and take no lunch break and get every other friday off. But I am not counting on that! It would be wonderful though.

I dont know how to transition back into it! My current plan will be to cry in the bathroom at work. My dept is all men too so that well be great to have NO ONE who gets how intimidating this is!

I am lucky DH works from home so he will work and watch DD and his mom will take her in the afternoon so he can focus on work.

khill86 · May 2013

alizabethanne:
I am a Canadian mama. I go back July 2. I am freaking out about it already. A year is a long time to be away from a job.... I go back full time but I am hoping after a couple months I can ask for flex hours and take no lunch break and get every other friday off. But I am not counting on that! It would be wonderful though.I dont know how to transition back into it! My current plan will be to cry in the bathroom at work. My dept is all men too so that well be great to have NO ONE who gets how intimidating this is!I am lucky DH works from home so he will work and watch DD and his mom will take her in the afternoon so he can focus on work.nbsp;

Ha! I love that your plan is to cry in the bathroom. That's my plan, too! I'm a crisis worker and had no problem separating myself from the things I heard, but I wonder if in my temporarily "fragile" state, if everything will weight a little more heavily on me. I feel like I'll just be going through the motions on Monday!

alizabethanne · May 2013

khill86:
alizabethanne:
I am a Canadian mama. I go back July 2. I am freaking out about it already. A year is a long time to be away from a job.... I go back full time but I am hoping after a couple months I can ask for flex hours and take no lunch break and get every other friday off. But I am not counting on that! It would be wonderful though.I dont know how to transition back into it! My current plan will be to cry in the bathroom at work. My dept is all men too so that well be great to have NO ONE who gets how intimidating this is!I am lucky DH works from home so he will work and watch DD and his mom will take her in the afternoon so he can focus on work.nbsp;
Ha! I love that your plan is to cry in the bathroom. That's my plan, too! I'm a crisis worker and had no problem separating myself from the things I heard, but I wonder if in my temporarily "fragile" state, if everything will weight a little more heavily on me. I feel like I'll just be going through the motions on Monday!

I think I will just be going through the motions as well. I will be a huge clock watcher now too. I cant even begin to think about being away from DD for 8 hours! Good luck on Monday! Keep me posted how it goes and what its like going back. I keep telling myself that most people don't get a whole year, but thats not making it easier!

EmmyPumpkin · May 2013

Canadian as well, and I go back on June 10. I'm so not looking forward to it

No suggestions, sorry. Just commiserating.

khill86 · May 2013

June 10 would have been my return date if I was going back to my full-time job. instead, I'm going back to a part-time job at a place I hadn't actually intended on returning to because I worked on-call there. I used vacation time to have a couple weeks off before my due date from my full-time job, but left the on-call one a month early. Now I'm kicking myself for it!

I'll let you ladies know how it goes and if I have any suggestions to make it easier!

alizabethanne · May 2013

June 10 would have been mine too. I was taken off work early so I took a 3 weeks vacation to get me to my due date. I am really happy there there are a couple more June moms to commiserate with! Maybe it wont be so bad :P

DawnLilly · May 2013

DisneyPeanut:
I went back to work early and gave DH 10 weeks of parental leave. That means that I went back late February. I know I'm probably in the minority, but it was a lot easier than I anticipated. Every time I come back from work DD is super HAPPY to see me, and for the one hour or so before dinner we enjoy playing together with very little fussiness. I love her to death, but sometimes the fussiness over meals/naps was getting to me, and it's nice to be away from it and come back fresh.  I find that even though I spend less hours with her, the time I do spend with her I'm more WITH her, interacting, enjoying her. She's been waking up earlier, so I do get to spend some time playing with her before work as well.
 
Sorry, no real advice, just letting you know how I experienced it.

This. I'm a Michigan mama so I didn't get the time off you did but I went from full-time down to three days a week at a business that pays better. I cherish my time with DS more and worry less about getting household chores accomplished. I am more "with him" than before I found a new job and went back to work.

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