I’m new here so please be gentle. Second baby is 7 months old and I’m returning to work - she is EBF and won’t take a bottle so we are going down the reverse cycling route. I also have a 4 year old who is great but my my he is a lot of work. I will be returning four days a week and my job takes a big mental effort - i wfh mostly coupled with site visits and a day in London. Frankly I’m just very sad about the whole thing. I love my children but also love my work and it didn’t feel like this last time.
Im exhausted already, hugely overwhelmed, about to build an extension (renovated the house whilst pregnant) and I’m just sad. Nothing seems exciting and everything seems daunting.
Posting here as I’m such a ‘onwards and upwards’ kind of person and have never wallowed at all but right now I feel the need to sit on the sofa for about a week doing nothing and pretending the world doesn’t exist. However that isn’t really an option! Any words of encouragement gratefully received!