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Re: Aaaargh- should I return to work or be a stay-at-home-mum?

Thank you SO much for sharing your experience, i'macowboy - it's hugely reassuring to hear from a parent of another 'high need' baby. My daughter's anxiety around anyone except me is without doubt the most worrying aspect of returning to work. Like you, I am a back-broken sling wearer due to her lov...
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by worriedmum
Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:14 pm

Re: Aaaargh- should I return to work or be a stay-at-home-mum?

THANK YOU everyone for your massively helpful advice and insights, which have helped me enormously in making a decision. I have agonised and agonised - and of course remain rather panicked! - but have decided to go back to work. A number of posters commented on my evident enthusiasm for my job and I...
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by worriedmum
Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:44 am

Re: Aaaargh- should I return to work or be a stay-at-home-mum?

You"ve just described my relationship too! Tracksuit bottoms and no make-up in my case (wouldn't have been seen dead without make-up pre-baby!). Not sure going back to work will necessarily help in my case as I fear we will bicker about who will sort out baby breakfast, get back to relieve the ...
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by worriedmum
Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:08 pm

Re: Aaaargh- should I return to work or be a stay-at-home-mum?

Thanks again, everyone, for taking the time to share your experiences. It's certainly good to know that there are stay-at-home-mums & things to do out there. I wondered also about doing a part-time degree (a couple of evenings a week) if I stayed at home, as a way of trying to keep my brain in g...
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by worriedmum
Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:51 am

Re: Aaaargh- should I return to work or be a stay-at-home-mum?

Wow, thanks, everyone - it's so interesting reading your replies (keep 'em coming!). Certainly my job is one where a career break is v feasible - it would just be such a shame to leave my current job, which is at a school I love (and, having taught at a fair few, I'm aware how special that is), and ...
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by worriedmum
Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:00 pm

Re: Aaaargh- should I return to work or be a stay-at-home-mum?

Thanks for such speedy responses! I would try the 'return to work & quit if it doesn't work out' route were it not for the fact that I've secured 3 days by successfully pitching a jobshare (which I had to really argue for as my employer has never permitted one before and is deeply suspicious of ...
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Topic: Aaaargh- should I return to work or be a stay-at-home-mum?
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by worriedmum
Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:59 pm

Aaaargh- should I return to work or be a stay-at-home-mum?

I REALLY need some advice! My (first) baby is currently 6 months old and I am supposed to be going back to work in November. I love my job and really miss the intellectual stimulation & sense of professional identity that it provides, but I am having AGONIES about leaving my baby. I have managed...
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by worriedmum
Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:27 pm