https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:34:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-and-work-and-struggling#post-1434173 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:13:00 +0000 Jumpingjacks 1434173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: Thank you. I'm going to write that down and put it on my wall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-and-work-and-struggling#post-1433830 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 13:48:44 +0000 Corduroy 1433830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hugs - it gets easier. </p> <p>My new mantra is that I will give my best and ONLY my best. I cannot and will not expect more than my best. Some days my best is not that great. Some days it's down right crappy. Other people might be doing a better job at work than I am but nobody is being a better mother/wife/worker/me. Be the best you that you can be today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-and-work-and-struggling#post-1433691 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:52:59 +0000 Jumpingjacks 1433691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was extremely lucky to have a full year off with my LO. It was an amazing time. I've now been back at work for six weeks and I'm struggling. I miss her so much. I feel like I'm missing out on her developments. I love her daycare and really see that there are great benefits to her for being there. But, her daycare caregivers seem to see her more than I do. I'm so depressed about it. </p> <p>At first going back to work was hard, but it was also a novelty. It was fun to jump back into things, solve problems, think in different ways than I had when at home. But now the novelty is wearing off. I went for coffee with a work-colleague-mom and she vented about the pressures on her at work, working 10 days straight, 10 hour days, having a childless boss who's a workaholic and doesn't understand. I'm afraid of being in that situation. There is no way I could handle it. I just feel depressed. </p> <p>When I talk to DH about how I feel he get's really down and blames himself, thinking he should earn more money, so I feel badly talking to him about it. </p> <p>Does anyone have any tips for handling the sadness, guilt and just missing her? Does it get easier? What are your coping strategies? </p>