Returning to work - Mum Guilt

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The title says it all really.

I'm returning to work four days a week in just less than a month. 8.30 - 4ish. My little girl will be almost 1 year old.

I have two much older kids with my first husband and was fortunate enough to be pretty much a SAHM give or take a few hours of supply teaching here and there with both of them. I feel they massively benefited from it and I loved it - it was particularly good I feel for my August-born who didn't start school ft until he had to at five years old.

But with my daughter (husband two), things are financially very different and I have no choice but to return to work. I know I'm going to find it incredibly hard, especially as we are contact nappers and bedsharers so have pretty much always been together since she was born!

I just can't shake the feeling of guilt and just wondered if this is normal as I've never done this before?

It’s normal. Not bed sharers, daughter independent and thrived before and after me going back to work.

It’s normal but it also is what it is. You can’t afford to not, so why feel guilty if the alternative is debt?

Snap, I go back to work next month for 4 days a week. We'll still have 3 days together and it'll probably be fun for them. We'll all get through it xx

Don’t feel guilty or bad - find the best care you can and be joyful for you and for her that you can be independent and so can she. I had am amazing child minder who is still in our lives many years later - such a blessing and she made all
Of our lives better. Hood luck with it. It’s hard but doable xx

I think mum guilt is there whatever. Feel guilty if they are in childcare, equally guilt if not around other DC. You are doing what you have to do and it will be ok.

I worked with both of mine and it was fine.