Look honestly I think it all depends on your baby as well. Matilda had severe reflux, she was screaming 6-8 hours a day and only slept for short periods. Also I had to recover from a c/s.

BUT having said that, when she was 8 weeks old, I started to bring her to work for short periods. I did the pays/banking type thing with her in the sling & would stop to feed her & then keep moving.

With Jovie, I went back to work for 4 hours on Mondays when she was 1 week old. She was in a sling & I would do pays/banking/feeding... etc with her. I wasn't up to doing full days for a while. She was okay until she hit 16 weeks and then I had to put her in the pram, which didn't work so well and then I tried to set up a port-a-cot for her, which didn't work well either. So I kept for 4 hours one day a week until she was 9 months and then she went to family day care for 1 day a week.

I think you will find working a full day with a baby will be enough for a full week. They need more attention and you need time to get to know whats best for your baby.

How long were you planning on taking off? In the early weeks, as long as you are able to regain some energy it shouldn't be too hard to do that, but as time goes on it will become more complicated.