Returning to work & Creche
I’m a FTM and my baby is due to start Creche in 3 months’ time when he will be 11 months. Now that it is getting closer I am feeling so sad and anxious about it. I guess the main points are:
- I feel so sad that I will never have so much time with him again. And I hate the thought that I will only spend time with him in the mornings, evenings and weekends. It doesn’t feel like enough
- He is exclusively breastfed and doesn’t take a bottle or formula, so I don’t even know what to think about how he will get by without the breast. He also breastfeeds a lot for comfort. I don’t want to end our breastfeeding because he is starting Creche
- He is a very light sleeper and a complete contact napper. At night he feeds to sleep and during the day he only naps in the carrier. I’m worried he’ll go to Creche and just not eat or sleep
- I hate the thought of him crying and not being there to comfort him. How do I know the Creche won’t leave him to cry it out until he is so exhausted that he only then falls asleep
I know we are lucky to have a Creche spot, but paying so much for something when really I just want to look after my baby myself feels so hard. Stopping work is not an option because I need to hold on to my career for the long term, particularly when he starts school