Juggling working full time and being a Mummy.

I have found it very hard going back to work full time but being a Teacher I try to think of the positives…plenty of holidays to spend with Oscar. Sometimes I think to myself will Oscar not love me the same because he hardly sees me during term time? Will he know that I’m his Mummy? I felt very low about all this just before we broke up for the summer holidays as Oscar was going through what people told me was ‘a very independent stage.’ I would turn up to pick him up from our amazing childminder and he would see me, smile and then continue to play. Before this he would normally race right over for a cuddle. However, I had to think, I would prefer him like this than to be distraught.

A few days into the holidays all Oscar says is ‘mam, mam, mammmmma.’ Yes he definitely loves me and I look back and think silly me why did I doubt it.

Have any of you every felt like this?

Going back to work full time is VERY hard, especially when our families live away. Lots of people have asked me how do we manage….the answer is we just do. I’m very lucky to have an amazing husband…..together we make sure everything is done. I thought I might list a few things that have helped us along our way:

1. Take it in turns over the weekend to get up to make sure each of you are getting a lie in once a week.
2.  Clothes washing and ironing mid-week if you have any energy left after the little one has gone to bed…this helps save more time at the weekend for family time.
3. My Husband does our food shop on his way home from work, again to try and not make it a chore. (sometimes we do it online that also helps massively)
4.  Cleaning the house - tends to be on a Friday. We’ve started doing this and then getting a take away delivered which then means the house is sorted for the weekend and not much washing up from tea. This is the point a glass of rose is definitely needed.
5. When one of us if bathing Oscar and ‘sorting’ upstairs the other one makes the sandwiches for the next day and sorts the kitchen from tea. (We were only discussing the difference this makes yesterday)

I hope some of these ideas help. If you have any ideas that would also help please comment below.

So back to the positives of being a Teacher and being on my summer hols, Oscar, Daddy and I have been loving our ‘water themed week’ we are really excited to share it with you very soon. Here’s a couple of pictures to show you a snapshot of what we have been up to so far…..