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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
sassy beth and carryl
how are you new mommies handling being back at work? I still have my moments when I get really upset about it, but he LOVES his teachers, he has such big smiles for Miss Gina!!
Sassy - is your mom still able to watch Connor a bit or did you figure something else out?
Carryl how was your first week back, or has it been two?
Just wanted to say hooray and offer support for the newer working mommas! I know its not easy!
sending love to the SAHMs who will probably read this too!
Chrissy
Re: sassy beth and carryl
I can't imagine having to leave my little guy. ?Kudos and BIG HUGS to all you gals who have to or choose to work outside the home, as I know it must not be easy!!!
Chrissy- how is pumping on the road going for you? ?I haaaate pumping. ?Well, it's not the pumping so much as it is the storing and all the clean up etc... Do you get to come home during the day at all to nurse?
once in a while I get to go home and nurse, but most often its on the road. I am getting bad and when I pick him up at 1:30 on Fridays I don't even pump, I just ask them not to try to hold off on a bottle close to when I get there. I usually pump just once a day now and only get 3-4 ounces, I will either combine 2 days worth into 1 bottle for daycare or just use it in his purees. But when we are home together, he doesn't get much formula, today, I only gave him 2 oz!
I call him my hybrid baby since he gets a good mix of formula and BM and when he was little even juice for his constipation!
Thanks for asking. Truth be told its hard, very hard. I am still who I am at work, over excelling always the top of my game go to manager going 150 mph plus I am on a business network committee which I was just appointed to last week and then i come home to my little man. I have been feeling like I am pulled in 40 different directions all day and that I am disappointing everyone! I finally had a breakdown on my 20 min ride home the other day b/c I think I just needed the tension release. I am sure it will get easier. My boss has given me a ton of projects but its only b/c she says I can do the job and Jeff assures me that I am not letting Connor down. But the bright side is that it is getting easier.
My mom is still doing well for the most part. She is watching Connor a few hours one day a week. He is great for her and we are getting some photos of the two of them!! She will probably be showing more symptoms as time goes on but for now I love that she comes up and he gets to spend time with Nana!
Thanks so much for asking and sending some love and J thanks to you too!! It means a lot!
Sometimes you just need to let it out, B. ?And I know you and how you tend to keep things inside like that. ?Don't you for one second think you are letting Connor down. ?You are doing what is best for your family and he will be proud to have such an awesome Mama! ?
PS- Ahem, I'd really like to see a new pic of him!! ?(I also would like to see you guys soon!!)?
Thanks for the love
I have been back for two weeks now. Like sassy, it is hard but getting easier as I adjust. I am pumping at work but I'm so busy with meetings that it is hard to schedule and sometimes I miss a session. I get about 2.5oz a pumping so it is enough for one bottle to send to daycare. I pump at night and before I leave in the morning for another bottle she has when she gets up. I have to supplement with formula the rest of the day. I think the most important thing was getting a schedule down.
I cry most days with guilt for leaving her but John does a great job with her. He gets her up, feed and to daycare and picks her up at night. I'm so lucky to have Jody watching her during the day. They are wonderful there and I can tell how much she loves it. On the weekends I spend every minute with her, she is growing up so fast I don't want to miss anything.