Rory: Um, yep... it's been 3 years in a row for me now... day in day out... not much difference between weekdays and weekends. You've uncovered the secret that most mothers won't admit to: going to work (no matter what job) is easier than being at home with children. By easier I mean: more mentally stimulating, more supported, more appreciated and less ambiguous... it's the ambiguity of being at home with children that gets to you... you just don't know what's around the corner... is there going to be an accident? Is the child going to sleep? Am I going to be able to do this or that? There's just no way to plan infact a 'good' mum doesn't plan too rigidly everything has to be flexible flexible. It's chaotic....and I don't mean chaos = noise and mess (although you get that too!)... I mean it's a life that you can't really forecast or have a set of solutions for... a lot of the time there is no solution and you just have to wait it out... and that's another thing: patience! OMG you have to be sooooo patient to be a "good" mum. This trait is being bred out of us i think as we more and more expect things to happen instantly at the press of a button. It's the single thing I worry about with DH: his lack of patience with the children... he just doesn't get "child time mode" ie "slowly slowly, whoops a mistake, try again, slowly slooooowly etc" Whereas at work, with most paid jobs it's "quickly quickly, how can we do it more efficiently and faster?" So many children where I worked were so rushed! All the time, it was so sad. Anyhow, DH is home from dropping DD off at a party... better get off here! Back later.

ETA: Rory I don't mean to imply that you're being a bad mum by going back to work It's fantastic that Flynn's dad is able to be at home with him... I'm sure it will all work out fine. Will you get to sleep through at nights? maybe you could express bottles for your DH to give at night... sorry if you have already mentioned that...