Am I being lulled into a false sense of secueiry?

[wibblyjelly]

DS is almost 11 months old, is walking, talking, and generally into everything he shouldn't be
I'm now back at work full time and was worried to start with, as I've heard horror stories of people trying to fit full time work and babies together, and not having enough time.
However, things seem to be going OK. Fair enough, I'm tired and ready for the weekend at the end of the week, but the house is clean, we cook every night, and we enjoy time with ds each night.
Is it all going to go to pot after a few months?

Don't get to comfortable something will happen. DS stopped sleeping at 18mo after almost 6mo of sleeping every night u just never know.

Things change, but it sounds like you have found a system that you are happy with, and if you bare in mind what works now may not always work, and are prepared to change things, there is no need for its all to fall apart - loads of us work full time, and have kids.

Do think about whats going to happen when he gets 2 weeks off nursery due to chicken pox etc!

Are you showing off? Just a bit? Never be smug as a parent.

No, not smug, just genuinely concerned its all going to start going wrong.

I think it's normally like this, with the occasional really stressful crisis thrown in. Chickenpox/gastroenteritis/sudden phone call to collect from nursery etc. Of course the sleep patterns will change and you will be tired sometimes but it's nice mixing your old and new life. Maybe see if you can stretch to a cleaner to ease some of the pressure on your free time?

Just wait until you are pregnant with no. 2 feeling sick and exhausted, and don't even mention when pg with no.3 (I stopped working at that point)

Thanks all, I'll just enjoy this while it lasts, and if it all goes wrong, I'll just deal with it

I assumed that there would be endless sickness bugs as soon as DS started nursery, so I opted not to use my accrued leave at the end of mat leave. We had one bug, which I got too. Nothing else yet (fingers crossed). Now I have to find some way to fit all that leave in before the end of the year!

QTPie are you saying that the "terrible twos" don't last for a whole year? (starts considering second baby)

I went back to work when ds was 10 months old and it was great but then all seemed to go to pot after a while. I had to be super organised and DH and I went through a tough time. It's only in the las six months that it's got better. You may be more organised or nicer than me though.