So I have recently returned to working FT after working 2 days/week for the past 6 months. And I am finding it so, so difficult to get out of the house in the morning.
I cosleep with DD (almost 14 months). DH sleeps in his own room and my in-laws, who are on an extended stay and currently providing our daytime childcare, sleep in their own room.
The optimal scenario is I sneak out of bed, baby stays asleep (along with everyone else in the house), and when she wakes up MIL or DH will get her and everything is fine.
Of course that only happens like 10% of the time. Usually the baby realizes within 5-20 min that I am no longer in the bed, wakes up, and cries. She will only be consoled by boob. If baby is awake when I leave there will inevitably be a scene with lots of tears. So I try to boob her back down to sleep so I can get out the door. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but it can take up to half an hour and it sure does make me late for work a lot.
How do you get out of the house in the morning with your heart and your sanity intact? Advice needed please!
I cosleep with DD (almost 14 months). DH sleeps in his own room and my in-laws, who are on an extended stay and currently providing our daytime childcare, sleep in their own room.
The optimal scenario is I sneak out of bed, baby stays asleep (along with everyone else in the house), and when she wakes up MIL or DH will get her and everything is fine.
Of course that only happens like 10% of the time. Usually the baby realizes within 5-20 min that I am no longer in the bed, wakes up, and cries. She will only be consoled by boob. If baby is awake when I leave there will inevitably be a scene with lots of tears. So I try to boob her back down to sleep so I can get out the door. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but it can take up to half an hour and it sure does make me late for work a lot.
How do you get out of the house in the morning with your heart and your sanity intact? Advice needed please!
