How have you dealt with it when your work load is more than you can manage? Especially if you feel you *should* be able to manage it because you used to or because other people do.

I've been with my company 4 years and I have a good reputation. After coming back to work post LO2 I just cannot keep up.

I have more work than I have time and I have no time outside of 7:30-4:30 to get any work done. My co-workers and the woman I supervise are all working later and getting more done. Since I'm not sleeping I'm also making a lot of mistakes which makes me more behind. I feel like I'm dragging the team down and it sucks.

I went through this to a degree with LO1 but now the stakes are higher. For some stupid reason my subordinate cannot get a promotion that she really deserves until I get one so I feel like I'm majorly F-ing things up for her. She needs the money.

I keep telling myself this is a phase. The kids will sleep soon. This horribly managed project I'm working on (no objectives, no timeline, no profit) will move off my plate eventually. I just need to do my best and only my best for now.

But what if my best ruins my reputation in the meantime?

I wish there was some ramp up maternity leave re-entry program. Part time doesn't seem like the right solution because I'd just be paid for fewer hours and working just as much.