LO is 4 months old and I'm working part time. DH works third shift, so he's with his dad during my 3-11pm shift. Problem is, he often gets inconsolable when I'm gone. If he gets fussy while I'm there, I can always get him to calm down or distract him or if he's just overly tired get him to sleep. We do a lot of comfort nursing and nursing to sleep, but not every time, and I think he wants that when I'm not there, but y'know...

I'm absolutely struggling with being back at work still. Like it's an everyday battle to talk myself into leaving and not quitting because we will be homeless if I do, lol. And so when DH calls me and LO is hysterical in the background or he talks about how "he's been crying since you left" I can hardly bear it. He does all the same things to comfort him plus other things and they just don't work. And here I sit at work crying because I know my baby is home miserable when I could just pick him up and stop it if I were home and my poor husband who has barely slept at all after getting off of work in the morning is miserable, too. Like he seriously will be bawling and bawling and the moment I walk in the door and he sees me, he's as right as rain.

Any advice on what to tell him to do? At this point LO just gets hysterical to the point of cry-it-out and falling asleep after awhile.

ETA: Thought I'd change the OP title.