Any full time mummys?

Can you do a compressed working week or a nine day fortnight? I do the latter so I have every other Friday off. It can be tough being a full time working mum but you have to do what’s right for you. I love seeing my LO after nursery, we have an evening meal together and hang out for a bit, and we really make the most of our Fridays and weekends together as well x

I work full time and I’ve got a 5yr old and a 19 month old! If I’m honest, it was hard at first finding that balance but now it’s fine! I’ve got my balance, eldest loves school and my youngest goes to the childminder! Like you, I’m career led and I want to do well and push myself! I don’t personally feel ‘mum guilt’ as I’m happy, and the kids are happy and we have the weekends together x

I can’t do compressed working or anything like that unfortunately my option atm is work part time for the lower wage or full time for the higher (3pm Friday finish though) Thank you, I just feel so selfish for not wanting to spend my days with them while they’re little, being a stay at home mum isn’t for the faint hearted it’s the harder option that’s for sure imo! But on the other hand, happy mum happy babies right? 🙈 You’ve made me feel a bit better about it thank you!

I work full time and went back to work when my little boy was 10 months. But I'm a teacher so in 4 days time I'll be getting to spend 6 weeks full time with him bar the odd day at the childminders for my sanity! Term time is busy busy and has been stressful at times but I love picking him up after work and seeing his little face light up when he sees me 🥰

I am a twin mom and work full time! I am such a better mom since I got back to work. I am exhausted all the time but I would be if I stayed at home anyway 😅 I love my job and although I am not a career lead person per say, I love to challenge myself mentally.

@Hannah do you mind if I ask, I was looking into doing a SCIIT course to train to be a primary school teacher in September. However when I looked into it further, there was a forum online where all the teachers had responded and advised not to go into teaching as they spend all their evenings and weekends lesson planning and marking, and never had any free time with their family and it totally put me off! Do you find that this is the case? X

I work full time and have done so since my little one was a year. It's hard to leave them but my little one loves nursery and learns so much there. It's tiring juggling it all but you figure out a rhythm pretty quickly. Meal prepping helps a lot for both my little one and for us. Mentally it's been great for me to also focus on my career. It also depends on how supportive your partner is at home with chores/ pets

@Amy I am extremely lucky my partner it a brilliant hands on dad and he does all the cooking in our house, as well as the washing and ironing (I do pull my weight as well promise haha) so would you say your little one benefits from nursery? Mine are already in one day but we will be going up to 3 days if I go full time, I’m worried they’ll feel the strain from it as it’s not what they’re use to

@Alexandra Well yes initially during your training year and probably 2 ECT years you would be spending a hell of a lot of time working...I'm in my 13th year so it's a lot easier now (in some ways) as I have a whole load of previous lessons I have taught and can adapt where necessary to new classes. And I'm lucky that my school are not too bothered about marking for marking's sake, I mark assessments and extended writing and that's about it. Can't speak for primary teaching though.

Honestly my little girl loves nursery. Every day is filled with activities and learning and they do so much more than I could possibly do at home. She makes friends with other children and they learn from each other. I work 5 days a week in a corporate role and luckily wfh 3 days a week so when I'm quiet I fetch her a bit earlier but honestly she loves it so much. There are days when she is a bit clingy and doesn't want me to leave her which makes my heart break but W the moment I leave and look back she's already playing with the other kids and whenever I fetch her she's full of energy and excited to see me. Wfh also does allow you to do food prep or washing at your lunch break when things are quieter so when you fetch your little one you can fully invest in dinner, playtime and bathtime

@Hannah got you. Thank you that’s really helpful x