Going back to work tomorrow.... reassurance needed!!!

[mickyndan]

Thanks all so much for your thoughts and stories.. I thought I would give you all an update.

I dropped both my boys off and gave my day care mum the run down, didn't want to hand him over. I cried and cried as I was walking out the door with my daycare mum apologising.... I didn't let my 2.5 yr old see me crying, I cried all the way to my sisters house for a coffee before I went to work. I rang my daycare mum twice during the day and each time he was sleeping, she said he took a bottle fine and haven't heard a peep from him, he was having a blast watching all the other kids...

Expressing went well - I managed to express twice during the day each time getting a full bottle (so 2 feeds).... So I am confident that I can actually do this. They have a conference room that is never used during the day so I get to use that so it is private, clean and I can relax and it only takes me about 15 minutes...

So even though it is only the first day I am sure that things will only go forward from here.
Thanks again for all of your kind words and support... it means the world.

xxoo Micky xxoo

[shellbell3]

yay good on you, at least with the expressing now you've seen how well that went that will be one thing off your mind.

And knowing the boys went well also, things will get easier as you start to feel more comfortable dropping them off there.

[Liviam]

Fantastic effort Micky
Going back to work is so much harder for us mums than our kids. I was an absolute wreck at the thought of leaving Livvy in someone else's care before no-one can look after your kids like mum does.
Olivia absolutely loves her childcare. As we walk down the hallway to the nursery she claps and waves to everyone when we walk in the room. She then pushes off me and squeals until I put her on the floor and off she crawls. I don't even get a look over the shoulder. When we go and pick her up she is always doing something and playing. We get a smile when she sees us but then she keeps on playing. Your boys will adjust beautifully and so will you. Great effort with your expressing too. What you said is exactly right "YOU CAN DO THIS".
Best of luck.