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It's hard. A positioned opened up in my field that is hard to get into. My husband works 4 days and is off for 5. It takes time.
I went back to work full time when my daughter was 3 months old. It was extremely hard and I cried for the first 2 weeks. I was afraid she would love her daycare teachers more than me. But then we got into a rhythm; she’s now 3 and I know she has a ton of fun and likes daycare (they send me many pics and videos all day long) but she is soooo excited when I pick her up and I know I’m her favorite person in the world (makes my husband jealous lol) granted, I have a pretty flexible schedule so I take off work for all school events and pick her up to go shopping or to the children’s museum or playground at least once a week.
I got a new job full time when my daughter was 7 months old. Luckily my schedule was alternating weeks of 4 and 3 days but working 12 hours/day. My husband is a stay at home dad. I was extremely jealous but he installed cameras all over the place so that I don’t feel like I’m missing out! I also continued breastfeeding on demand and pumping at work which helped us in my opinion. She always loved her daddy tons, even when I was home every day but goes through attachment phases. It is not easy but I find comfort in knowing we can still have wonderful time together on days off and evenings when I get home from work, and also that she is so loved, safe and well taken care of by her dad as well as that I can provide them a this right now :) You got this mama!!!
I went back full time when my daughter was 14 months & it’s almost been a year since then. My situation is very much the same my other half works from home and spends more time with our daughter than me. Personally, I would rather be home to spend these years before school with my daughter & because of that it’s been a rough year. It’s hard to sacrifice your time & run a house at the same time too. As days off you have washing, cleaning etc to catch up on and that effects the time you spend with your child too. My relationship isn’t any different with my daughter though & we are still very close. Everyone is obviously different and I don’t think you’ll know if it’ll work / you’re ok with it, until you’re doing it.