I can't wait!

[LaDiDaDi]

I'm going back to work in January and I just can't wait. I will have been off for 8 months and I would actually go back tomorrow if it wasn't that I want Christmas off. I'm sick of the drudgery of being at home. I love dd dearly and she is without doubt the best thing that ever happened to me but she is also the hardest work. I get fed up of every little thing taking absolutely ages to do, of having to time activities so that she is not too hungry or too tired and don't get me started on weaning!

I'm looking forward to adult conversation, having significant responsiblity, being able to delegate tasks to others, feeling valued for my skills etc.

Am I a bad mother? Do others feel like me?

I couldn't wait either - am back two days a week, three after Christmas and I LOVE it.

i work from home but have been 'back at work' since dd was 6 weeks old. i think my head would have exploded if i hadn't been. my boss, bless him, never asks after the baby, in fact i think he doesn't remember half the time. i love it.

I'm going back in Jan and and if it wasn't for the fact that its four days rather than the 3 I wanted (sorry for all those who have heard this moan before)I'd go back next week.

I had an training day last week and apart from the strange way of talking, it was all good, plus in the dull bits I was sitting there thinking I'm earning £X for the time it takes this person to make their point, how bad can that be.

I love rookiebaby to bits and he is an easy baby but the weathers bad now so less walking, I'm fed up with the organised activities and he is crawling so its loads more work.

I'm glad I gave myself the extra time as I was originally going to go back in October. I think its much healthier to get to a stage where I want to go back rather than am forced to for the money.

I remember going back part time when my ds1 was only 3 months old and had been diagnosed with cerebral palsy & it was the best thing I could do.
A week before, my dh asked me what I'd done that day and I said, rearranged ds's drawers and cleaned the windows.
The day I went back to work he asked and I told him I'd talked someone out of suicide.
Being a SAHM is very worthwhile and I would never criticise anyone who chose that path but ime it doesn't give anywhere near the fulfillment of an interesting career.

I think that you're so right about going back when you really want to go back rather than because of finances. We couldn't really afford for me to have any longer off without eating a huge whole in our savings as I'm the main earner but this hasn't really been an issue as I'm so keen to go back anyway.

I too wouldn't criticise anyone who wanted to be a SAHM because I know that for me that would be the much harder path to take and I suspect that it would have a seriously negative impact on my mental health. I do get some fulfillment from being at home with dd but I need the buzz of work too.

I'm pleased to hear from others who seem to feel the same way that I do.