justincase
05-08-2009, 09:20 AM
I return to work on a short term basis in a couple of weeks and can’t stop myself from thinking about this already…
Lots of good/interesting things about my situation:
* I only have to go back for the two weeks left in the school year.
* DH is able to take time off to stay home with DD for most of the two weeks and my parents the rest.
* School is not going to put me back in the classroom with only two weeks to go in the year, so I will be working on “projects” and will have some ability to come and go during the day.
* DD happily takes a bottle and I have a huge freezer stash.
* School is 1 mile from home – the walk to my parked car from my office takes longer than the drive home.
Currently, DD cluster feeds intensely for most of the day, every hour or two. Do I go home to BF at certain times? How many times between 8:00 and 3:00 versus how many bottles? What if she’s sleeping? Or do I have DH try to call me at a good time instead of scheduling? If she’s hungry and I am coming home “soon” how long is it okay for him to hold her off and not give a bottle?
I am trying to plan this so I can come home to BF for enough feedings that I don’t have to pump at work, although I will if I have to. It is only for two weeks and then I’m home with her all summer so I don’t want to disrupt the BF too much for something that is so short term, KWIM? And it seems silly to lug in the pump and deal with all that when I am so close and have been given some freedom to come home. But I can’t seem to think clearly about much right now and feel like I am missing something obvious!
ETA: DD will be 8 weeks old when I go back. And my employer is *very* family friendly and is indeed really happy to have me do whatever works for this period as long as the work is getting done.
Lots of good/interesting things about my situation:
* I only have to go back for the two weeks left in the school year.
* DH is able to take time off to stay home with DD for most of the two weeks and my parents the rest.
* School is not going to put me back in the classroom with only two weeks to go in the year, so I will be working on “projects” and will have some ability to come and go during the day.
* DD happily takes a bottle and I have a huge freezer stash.
* School is 1 mile from home – the walk to my parked car from my office takes longer than the drive home.
Currently, DD cluster feeds intensely for most of the day, every hour or two. Do I go home to BF at certain times? How many times between 8:00 and 3:00 versus how many bottles? What if she’s sleeping? Or do I have DH try to call me at a good time instead of scheduling? If she’s hungry and I am coming home “soon” how long is it okay for him to hold her off and not give a bottle?
I am trying to plan this so I can come home to BF for enough feedings that I don’t have to pump at work, although I will if I have to. It is only for two weeks and then I’m home with her all summer so I don’t want to disrupt the BF too much for something that is so short term, KWIM? And it seems silly to lug in the pump and deal with all that when I am so close and have been given some freedom to come home. But I can’t seem to think clearly about much right now and feel like I am missing something obvious!
ETA: DD will be 8 weeks old when I go back. And my employer is *very* family friendly and is indeed really happy to have me do whatever works for this period as long as the work is getting done.