Live Leonardo da Vinci in our time, then the picture "Madonna and Child" certainly would have figured a laptop, mobile and a heap of documents. Modern reality is so dynamic that only people with superpowers can exist in its rhythm. After all, soon after childbirth, they learned to do everything within 24 hours: both to stay with the child and work to do. The secret is that they will not spend a single minute of their life in vain.
In search of a deputy
If you also decided to become a working mom, then the first question that you have to decide: with whom to leave the baby, while you are in the service? There are many options. Choose the optimal one.
Grandma Grandfather
Such relatives and lovers, they are ready to spend with a crumb all the time. Yes, and the experience of your parents with a colossal, after all, they brought you up! If you decide to trust your treasure with them, tell us about your own views on upbringing, the introduction of complementary foods, the regime. Explain that you do not need to give the baby any juice (even frash and even apples collected in your own garden). Calm: diapers do not harm if they are changed every three hours. Believe me, you will not offend your mother or your mother-in-law! Just decisions about the baby should only be taken by you with your husband and no one else.
NANNY
Excellent recommendations and sufficient experience - not the entire list of requirements for a nanny. The main thing is that she treats the child with a soul, she knew how to find an approach to it. The work of women with the child should be based on mutual understanding, and not only on the performance of their current duties. Look closely at how well a new person's crumbs take. Do they get along wonderfully in your presence? Then leave them for an hour and a half. If this test is positive, then you have found the right person.
With a break for lunch
You can work and breast-feed. You just have to think through the system. So, you're decanting milk before you leave for work. And the baby drinks it ... with a spoon (or from a bottle, where instead of a nipple - a spoon).
However, there is another option. At lunch time, go to the crumb feed him and talk with him. Is there no such possibility? Then, get a job at work and pass a sealed bag of milk home. In extreme cases, ask the nanny or grandmother to bring the baby to the office. And most importantly: while on leave to care for a child, do not cancel night feedings. They are useful for both of you. Not to mention how pleasant!
The joy of every meeting
Mom goes to work, the baby in the arms of a nanny or grandmother waving goodbye. The picture is beautiful ... But unreal. For the first time, maybe it will. But then everything will change. The child will cry, seeing you off. And to go away secretly, on tiptoe so that he does not see, or disappear, while he sleeps, is not a way out. On the contrary, such actions will only aggravate the problem. A crumb simply will not want to let you go. It will be afraid that someday my mother will disappear forever.
"The best thing you can do is explain to the little one why and where you're going." And repeat several times that you will definitely return. Let the baby not understand the words, but the confidence in your voice will convince him that everything will be okay.
- Tell your older child a time when you will return home. Always keep a word given to your son or daughter.
- Yes, it's hard to part. But do not show it to a crumb, do not cry, do not sigh. Think about the fact that the day will fly by quickly. In the evening you will meet and firmly embrace each other.
Within the law
Now you are not just an employee - you are also a mother. And management must take this circumstance into account. At work, a woman on parental leave is entitled to certain benefits. For example, in some companies a woman is allocated to the woman's disposal so that she can go home to feed the child. But even if your organization does not provide such benefits, you as a young mother have special rights defined by law. You are allowed to take a half-hour break every three hours (if the children are two, then a sentry). Office next to the house? Then feed the baby on first request. The shortened working day is also your right. You can leave work earlier: half an hour - every day or two and a half hours - on Fridays (or any other day).