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Working Mommy Wednesday – Advice for Going Back to Work

Posted on by Sarah Marshall

So, you’ve had some time at home with the new baby.  But unfortunately, in the US mothers don’t get much time to bond with baby before its time to get back to work.  Below are my tips to make it a little easier to make that transition.

If possible, do a dry run. Take the kiddo to daycare once or twice before you actually have to go back.  Hopefully by the time you really do have to go back, you’ve reduced the intensity of sobbing and can actually hold an intelligent  conversation. *wink, wink*

Get as much done at night as you can. The new morning routine will probably be pretty hectic so the best thing you can do is leave as little for morning as possible.  Pack up bottles, pumps, your lunch, Baby’s daycare bag, etc., pick out everyone’s clothes, set out breakfast items…anything that can be done a night-do it!  (I really should still be taking this advice!)

If you’ll be pumping, have an idea of what your pumping schedule will be and triple-check that you have all your parts.  Maybe even buy a couple extra set or two to have at work just in case.  My first day back I hadn’t gotten in touch with the lady who had the key to the Mommy Room so I ended up almost literally bursting and had to resort to using a conference room (with windows-eek!) when I finally couldn’t wait anymore.

Don’t feel bad calling to check on little one a couple times while you’re still getting used to it. Your daycare provider has seen lots of moms say good-bye to their little munchkins for the first time.  They will be more than happy to assure you that everything is fine and make sure you feel comfortable with Baby in her care.

Enlist Daddy to be your housework helper for awhile. I know that when I was having a hard time with leaving Brooke at school, it helped me immensely that Keith did the bulk of the housework so I could spend time nursing & cuddling before it was time to put Brooke to bed.

Know that it will get better. Before you know it, your kiddo will run off before you can even say good-bye.

Mommies who have been there, done that – any other advice you’d like to share?

This post is linked to Working Mommy Wednesday.

Why Put Off Until Tomorrow…

Posted on by Sarah Marshall

…when you can keep putting it off…

When I saw this prompt for Working Mommy Wednesday, I was actually brave enough to ask Keith for his input and he was brave enough to give me an honest answer. Silly man!!

I procrastnate. So much so that its 10:24pm Wednesday night and I’m writing my post for Working Mommy Wednesday.

And you know what happens when you wait until the last minute? You end up with blog posts like this.

 

 

What are we doing out here Mom?

Posted on by Sarah Marshall

The meal plan for the week has long flew out the window.  In my defense, it was not for lacking of trying!  Monday I had not anticpated a stop at CVS for a prescription to take close to an hour.  After trying to keep Brooke occupied there that long, there was no time or energy for dinner preparations.  Daddy brought home Wendy’s.  Fast forward to last night when I had planned to just slide Monday’s dinner of Spaghetti and Meatballs into Tuesday’s slot.  That was until I turned the faucet to get Brooke a drink of water and realized the City was still working outside on a water pipe issue and our water was turned off.  So much for making pasta!  My confession is I probably could have come up with an alternative but at that point, I gave up!!  Last night became pizza! pizza! night at our house and Keith picked up Little Ceasar’s on the way home. 

My favorite quote is by John Lennon…”Life is what happens to while you’re busy making other plans”.  I’m going to keep meal planning but when things don’t work out according to plan, I just gotta go with it!

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Now, on to Working Mommy Wednesday!!!

 We had a choice of writing about our favorite or most annoying celebrity or write from our child’s perspective of a time when they had to wonder what the heck her Mom was thinking.  I chose the latter.

Last February in an act of homesick desparation, Brooke and I made the trip back to my hometown in Michigan to visit family & friends.  The February before that I swore that I would NOT be visiting February again.  I like my Texas winters for a reason!!  As mentioned earlier though, I was really homesick so off we went!!

Now Brooke is a native Texan and this would be her first encounter with a Michigan winter.  So of course everyone was excited to see her reaction to the cold and most importantly, snow!! 

One of the last nights of our trip we got Brooke all bundled up and plopped her down on the snow.  I wanted to get pictures so my dad helped her stand up in the snow which was that really crunchy kind that doesn’t really give under your feet.  Standing wasn’t really working too well so we sat her down and I’m sure her butt must have instantly frozen!!  She looked at me with this pitiful face and after a couple more pictures (I’ll admit it!) we headed back inside.  I can only imagine what she must have been thinking and I know she had to wonder what I was thinking…

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