Settling in at creche
Not going back to work after having a baby was not an option. We would get by financially but I would resent having to give up my career and be dependent on my partner. Ultimately a happy mother makes a happy baby and we thought my going back to work after 6 months, when Baby has had at least the minimum recommended period when he is exclusively on breast milk, was the sensible thing to do. Having been back at work for almost a month, I can confirm that this is the right decision for me. I have to be super organised to fit everything in, and this is with lots of help from my very understanding partner, but it is worth the effort. In order for me to be able to return to work we needed to find a creche for him during the day. This would be somewhere for him effectively 9 to 5 every week day so it was a priority for us to find somewhere that would be nice for him. The creche at work has an excellent reputation and I put my name down for a place as ...