I've just done a few KIT days and so now I'm feeling down about it all... 
Basically, I have to return to a job which requires a long commute, so I'll be out of the house about 10.5 hours a day, and get home with anywhere from half an hour to an hour before DD (8mo) goes to bed. There's not really any option but to go back to my old job as I work in a sector that has been royally fucked during the recession so just having a job is a good thing, I spent a lot of time and money qualifying for this career so it would be a massive decision to give it up, and at the moment there are no jobs in my sector in my local area. We moved out of London so we could buy an actual house with a garden in a nice town, not a flat in a rough area, but this means the long commute for me.
DP works shifts so he will look after DD a lot, we have found a wonderful CM who DD loves and who is being really flexible with our strange childcare hours, and we have GPs reasonably near so they can look after her for a day if we think she is going to be in childcare all week. DD is an independent little soul anyway and so I think she will thrive. So everything is sorted as well as it could be... its just that me, Mum, will see her for half an hour in the morning, and maybe an hour in the evening. Which obviously is making me sad.
Now seen as there is very little I can do about this situation bar jacking in my qualifications and getting a local job (obviously I am keeping my eye out for something better but there is no guarantee) - tell me nice things about returning to work to make me feel a bit more positive about this!