Hi there....I returned to work when Jack was 9 weeks old...only part-time which was 3 days a week, school hours and has now extended to 4 days a week school hours. I am still bf at night and in the mornings and try to bf Jack solely all weekend. He is formula fed while at daycare as he is not too keen on expressed BM and is completely happy with that.

I went back to work purely so I could contribute more to paying off what debts we still have but we seem to be going backward. Ideally, I didn't want to go back until Jack was around 4 months old, but that just wasn't feasible. I don't feel guilty because Jack is very well looked after at daycare and he loves it. I'm also very lucky that I have a wonderful employer who is very flexible. Unfortunately being in a managerial position, I need to start working full-time so I can stay on top of things going on in the workplace and make more of a contribution in it as well.

We're going to be sitting down to do our budget to see if coming back full-time is going to make us any better off. It's hard, I don't want to do it because I love spending my Fridays with Jack and having time to catch up with friends. Jack is now almost 6 months old and looking back, I don't think I would've changed things because he's thriving and I'm feeling good about everything myself.