Just got a new job (Yay!) and need to drop some documents into their offices one day next week.
The job is part time. I currently work part time and have my child at home with me on days I'm off (obv). So the day I'm free to drop stuff into new job is also a day I have no childcare. I could organise something but it's a right faff (nearest family half an hour away, in the opposite direction to new job) for what is basically a 5 minute errand.
Would I be mad to take a 1 year old with me? I'm literally handing over some papers, waiting while they copy them and then taking them back. But I will be meeting my future colleague, albeit briefly.
Employer is a well know voluntary sector org with a good rep as an employer. There's no 'customers' in the building. It's not corporate at all.
I've not been a working mum for long no and the politics of all this stuff baffles me! Of course I am a mum AND a professional. Those things aren't mutually exclusive. But I feel I shouldn't be seen as a mum by my new colleagues.
Maybe I'm over thinking it
Please impart your wisdom!