Anyone go to work super early? What's your schedule in the morning with a LO?
I'm going back to work Monday after 8 weeks off. My shift is 6 am - 2:30, and I'm trying to figure out how everything will work! I'll have to pump in the morning since LO doesn't wake up until 6 am. DH doesn't go to work until 7:30, so he'll do childcare dropoffs, and I'll do pickups.
It's just all so overwhelming! Yikes! Any advice?
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
ld wake up 30 mins earlier to pump. The earlyness will suck but it will be easier since You dont have to worry about getting LO ready.
After you pump, stick all the parts in a freezer bag woth a cooler. As long as they stay cold you dont need to wash them until end of day
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
@AmandaB8: I don't work as early as you, but I do leave before LO wakes up. I do as much as I can the night before (pack my lunch, assemble all my pump parts, pick out what I'm going to wear to work the next day). I also lay out an outfit for LO (my DH takes her to daycare). If you don't have a hands-free pumping bra you should definitely get one. I pump while I eat breakfast...it's all about multi-tasking. Then I do what @DillonLion: suggested--I throw my pump parts into a ziploc bag and put them in the cooler bag so that I don't have to wash them before leaving for work.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Schedules stress me out, so I do very little in the morning. I am either at my desk or on the train at 7, so I leave my house by 6:25 am.
I shower and dry my hair at night. I do minimal makeup and hair straightening and I pick all outfits the weekend before. I even pack the car at night.
clementine / 849 posts
Thankfully I don't dress up for my job - it's literally just slacks and one of like 7 polos 
And I've worked this shift (and earlier) before, so my makeup routine is a breeze!
Hopefully DH will be able to do this dropoff thing pretty well!
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