Back to work in a couple of weeks.

[Emmamoo89]

Maternity leave is coming to an end and got mixed feeling ATM. Like I can't wait to go back to work to get money and just have some adult time but at the same time I'm dreading it. I know the reality is so much worse. I'm just going to miss him so much 😭

I just want to know people's experiences and if anyone else is in the same boat x

This was me. Cried at the thought of it.

And honestly, first week was hard. I hated walking out the door and leaving him. But it got easier and I actually class work as my break now 😅
You just need some time to settle into your new routine.

I know I'm definitely going to cry 😅
Yeah I think I'll be fine after the first week. I'll probably class it as my break too 🤣 once I'm in a routine I'll be fine.

Anyone else?

Totally normal to feel like this. The first month or so can be a real transition for both of you.

I cried in the toilets a few times.

For me the key was having a good conversation with DH first about how we were going to split things including drop offs, sick days and household chores.

It does get easier. Then it got harder again when I got pregnant again lol

I know the reality is so much worse

I found the complete opposite. As soon as we were in a routine (which didn’t take long) and I was back in the swing of using my brain and being needed, it was actually much, much better than I expected. DS took to nursery pretty well as a baby and, after the initial bumps with short naps, was completely fine. I was 70% at the time (now 80%) so had 1.5 days off a week with DS, which made the transition fine. Good luck.

The reality will actually be much better than you are imagining. Both of you will settle in and you'll start to really appreciate the time away from parenting as well as the time with your DC.

I cried for the first week but my DS was delighted to go to the childminders, he pretty much crawled away from me to play with the other kids, a few months later he practically skips in!

It's OK to feel upset. It's a massive adjustment sorting out pick ups, drop offs, sick days, packing lunches, feeding dinner quickly, getting ready for bed etc. It took us a while to workout a way of doing all of this that worked for us.

Good luck and I hope it goes well!x

Thank you for your replies. I do feel a bit better 😊 I meant to have put my mind will be worse than the reality. Luckily when I go back the first I'll be back just 3 days. I'm going to be doing 30 hours. Work for my family and really want to do that over 4 days but I'll probably get made to do 5 but wouldn't be too bad as it'll just be 6 hour days. I wasn't supposed to go back till end of Feb. Not always great to work for family 🙄 but I do love my job x

1st feb*

And I'll be starting at 10am working till 4 so least I would have the evenings too x

Bumping it again x