Mommies returning to Work

O wow Sarah, amazing! What work do you do?

Hi ladies, hope you're all doing OK back at work. I start on Tuesday, but am lucky enough to be able to take my little one with me.

Hi ladies

just wanted to see how everyone is copingbeing back at work, is it getting easier ?

Yaz, I see you had to stop breasfeeding, how is Lily doing ?

I am back at work tomorrow ... at least its only one day and then a weekend

Hi Ladies

One more month till I go back... Dreading it. never mind will enjoy my little girl as much as possible over the next month, which is a bit difficult as she is being a bot difficult at the moment with feeding and sleeping, sure it will pass.

Yaz, thanks for the advice, will look at the nanny diary. Paige has started taking a bittle from my mom now with minimum fuss, I have been leaving her with my mom a few hours every week so we can all ease into things. I think I will also try the sippy cup if she refuses the bottle again. Hope you start feeling a bit better, and not crying every day, I am sure Lily will start enjoiing creche, its just heartbreaking to see your child cry when you leave them

Charneney , I think it does make it easier if our Moms are watching our babies you know they with someone that loves them as much as we do. and is great you mom comes to you, I am so not a morning person either so we will see how our routine unfolds ...

Kganya , glad you are happy with your Nanny, how have the first few days been ?

Have a good week mommies- balancing work and babies

Hi Moms’

I returned to work on Jan 24 .Tho’ will be turning 5months on Sunday.It has been a long and restful months bonding with him and his 5yr old brother. I was also not looking forward to coming back and having to adjust to working hours,The day was long on Monday and I couldn’t wait to rush home to him.His fulltime nanny came in, a week before I returned to work.I also try not to check up on him a lot incase I hear him cry in the background.
Otherwise she takes good care of him from feeding,bathing,washing his clothes etc.I leave at 6:15 and he’s already awake.I try breastfeeding him b4 I leave and he would start smiling thinking that it’s playtime.I do not express milk for him for during the day as I prefer him taking formula.When I return @ 5:30 he is fed,bathed and his last bottle is ready incase I run late.

Otherwise you moms are all great Moms.

Enjoy your motherhood

Hey ladies - I've been back at work since 4 Jan and it wasn't that bad. My mom is looking after Emily at my house so I don't have to pack anything and I also luckily don't have to wake her to get done and leave. I am sooooo not a morning person and stay in bed until the last minute, so I am really greatful that I don't need to get both of us done in the morning, I can hardly get myself done in time!!

As I said, it wasn't that bad leaving her because I knew she was in good hands, but today I am missing her soooooooooo much I just feel like packing my bags and going home to hold her Really counting the hours today and can't wait to go home.

Hi Niki,

I'm back at work since last week Monday and the first day was really horrible like the other ladies said Both Lilly and I bawled our eyes out. It's still bad dropping her off at creche every morning as she is still crying when she sees me leaving - I feel like the worst mom on earth for abandoning my crying child to be honest. Unfortunately, we don't have a choice and her teacher has been reassuring me that she is content during the day and hardly cries. It has been getting a bit easier for me during the day, it also helps when you are very busy at work.

It's only been a bit more than a week, so we are still trying to find our routine. What Jems said is definitely true: try and get everything ready the previous evening and leave the essentials at your mom's place. It's awesome that your mom will look after her - what a relief!

We also have a little book for Lilly (www.thenannynotebook.com), it's very nice to see what she gets up to during the day in addition to the chats with her teacher when I fetch her. I so wish I could be a fly on the wall to see what she is doing the whole day :)

I am still breastfeeding at night, sometimes in the morning too when she is hungry. My boobies are still adjusting to the new situation, I am usually engorged by 3 p.m. I really struggled to get her off the boob during the day and last weekend was a battle. She will still only occasionally take the bottle from her teacher, but it's slowly getting better. I had her on two formula bottles a day in addition to her breastfeeds for about two months, she only ever took the bottle from me, nobody else. But when she realised I wanted to stop BFing during the day the week before I returned to work she went on bottle strike and started reverse cycling - joy oh joy! I was super stressed! So what I can recommend: if you can let your mom give her the bottle as much as she can before you have to go back so Paige gets used to taking it from her. Oh and also introduce a sippy cup if you like as a contingency plan - Lilly has been happily drinking her milk from it because she can hold it herself and is 'in control' (she is already known at creche as "the baby with the strong will" ).

Zulu, I love the way you did it - a very smooth transition for your baba and you have peace of mind!