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any mums work shifts?
hi ladies
my ds is 4.5 months old and when he's 8 months i have to go back to working 3 shifts a week
my mum is helping with some childcare and have visited a couple of nurseries to try and sort out leaving him for a couple of half days there, with mum having him the rest of the time to break it up for him and her (and his dad having him on a weekend day). However, both the nurseries have said i have to pay for a permanent slot and they have limited stuff available for april i do not have the kind of job (in healthcare) that can be rigid like this. Am now considering a childminder but wonder if there are any that would commit to so few hours on changeable days?
surely i cant be the only mummy in this boat!
Before i had DS 8 months sounded such a long time to have with him. Now he's here i feel awful about going back and am beating myself up that maybe we could have saved up so i could have had the year. 8 months just seems so young, it feels against nature for me to leave him! Also i feel annoyed with myself i didnt work up to my due date to have this precious time now. I feel envious of my mums generation who mainly stayed at home to raise their children. Im lucky only having to work part time i know but these early days are so precious and important.
I hope i feel it will be healthy for me to have work in my life in the long run, i can't say how id feel if there was never any prospect of working (maybe this would be overwhelming too) and i know i still have some time to go yet and LO will change a lot.
Any advice would be gratefully appreciated xx
my ds is 4.5 months old and when he's 8 months i have to go back to working 3 shifts a week
my mum is helping with some childcare and have visited a couple of nurseries to try and sort out leaving him for a couple of half days there, with mum having him the rest of the time to break it up for him and her (and his dad having him on a weekend day). However, both the nurseries have said i have to pay for a permanent slot and they have limited stuff available for april i do not have the kind of job (in healthcare) that can be rigid like this. Am now considering a childminder but wonder if there are any that would commit to so few hours on changeable days?surely i cant be the only mummy in this boat!
Before i had DS 8 months sounded such a long time to have with him. Now he's here i feel awful about going back and am beating myself up that maybe we could have saved up so i could have had the year. 8 months just seems so young, it feels against nature for me to leave him! Also i feel annoyed with myself i didnt work up to my due date to have this precious time now. I feel envious of my mums generation who mainly stayed at home to raise their children. Im lucky only having to work part time i know but these early days are so precious and important.
I hope i feel it will be healthy for me to have work in my life in the long run, i can't say how id feel if there was never any prospect of working (maybe this would be overwhelming too) and i know i still have some time to go yet and LO will change a lot.
Any advice would be gratefully appreciated xx
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