Hi,

It looks like I will be heading back to work fulltime come July
DD will be 9 months old and I've actually already been working 3 days a week since January. There are a couple of reasons for my return to fulltime work. Firstly, (and the main reason) we are not saving a cent atm and I plan to give up working as at 30th June 09 as hopefully I will have a bubba due then and I'm going to be studying midwifery fulltime in 2010. So I figure now is a good chance to get in there and earn as much as I can for 12 months before I'm a fulltime mummy again and student. Secondly, my job really requires me here fulltime - I can't get everything done in 3 days.

I am VERY lucky that my mum will be looking after DD, but I can't help feel very sad about all of the firsts I'm going to miss out on over the next 12 months. What if DD starts thinking that her nanna is her mummy Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get through the sadness and guilt of not being with my bubba during the week??? I just keep telling myself it's only for 12 months max.

thanks for listening