https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:19:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-wohm-tipsadvice#post-1011325 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:15:10 +0000 looch 1011325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My tip is have back up child care in place and/or have an alternating schedule of when you and your spouse will take sick days. Have your ped on speed dial and find out if they have walk on hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-wohm-tipsadvice#post-1011322 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:12:05 +0000 Sammyfab 1011322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went back to work FT when my LO was 14.5 months. I was sooo worried about how to manage our routines but everything ran really smoothly off the bat. It helped that he was weaned and on whole milk by then (no bottles, pumping, etc. I just stocked up on cups so we weren't constantly washing them).</p> <p>My biggest tip is to meal plan and buy meat/protein in bulk that you can freeze then defrost the night before. When I was on mat leave dinner was always a last-minute decision because I could easily run to the grocery store. Now, if I don't plan ahead we don't eat until after LO is in bed and it's usually take out :/.</p> <p>Re: illnesses, we have only dealt with a constant runny nose and the occasional cough in the past 3.5 months. Our snotsucker is in constant use! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-wohm-tipsadvice#post-1011273 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:46:22 +0000 BKCaribBaby 1011273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Subscribing. This will be me, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-wohm-tipsadvice#post-1011252 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:40:22 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1011252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The biggest thing for us was creating an after-work routine. We scheduled it around F's bedtime and it goes: play, start dinner/take the dog on a walk, feed F while making dinner dinner, give F a bath/wash pump parts &amp; bottles, nurse F/clean up dinner prep stuff, get F to sleep/do household chores, eat dinner together &amp; clean up together, take turns showering/watching TV/prepping bottles &amp; lunches for the next day. If there's a / it's because we're both doing something.</p> <p>Having F's stuff and our lunches made is a life saver in the mornings! We're also lucky that we both get home by 5pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-wohm-tipsadvice#post-1011230 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:29:58 +0000 googly-eyes 1011230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It looks like within a month I will be going from SAHM to WOHM just as lo makes a year. She will be going to daycare. </p> <p>Do you have tips about routines? How do you deal with the frequent illnesses in the beginning? (Lo has never been sick..) Any other useful tips?</p> <p>I'm excited! :) </p>