Baby starting nursery in January

My baby starts nursery full time in January, and I'll be going back to work on a phased return, I wanted to be available if she wasn't adjusting to nursery in the first month. However, I am no longer worried after our little settling session this week. She immediately was the loudest, most confident child in the room, wasn't interested in me in the slightest, and was perfectly happy to go to any of the nursery workers 🤣 I am sad that the last few weeks left with just the 2 of us is kind of overrun with the Christmas/new year rush.

Im going back part time so only doing two and half days. Although, I’m absolutely full with mum guilt. I just hate that I won’t be with my lil man as much as I used to be, from spending everyday with him to now leaving him with different people feels horrible. He’s got his settle in sessions next week so I’m hoping i feel a bit better after. Just gonna miss him loads🥲

I’m going back for 2 shifts a week, my contract is part time (got the job while at uni and my contracted hours haven’t changed so I’ll only be doing those hours) but my son is in for two full days so I have time to travel from nursery to work etc

I'm going back 3 days a week, I already worked this before I had baby as I have a toddler too. It's sad to think this is my last maternity and baby is young but got to do it to pay the bills unfortunately. Annoying they don't get their free hours until April!

I’m using my kit days 1 a week 6th Jan -March then I’ve still got two weeks annual leave to take so I’ll be back 3 days a week from April

Jan 7th - starting a new job / so have new jobs nerves on top of everything else. I feel sentimental too tbh - however also spent years in education to do my role so also don’t want to just be singing nursery rhymes and going on mum dates to occupy my days. I’m only doing 3 days a week. Starting off with 2. Nanna will have baby.

I’m back 3days. 2 wfh and 1 in office. Then the other 2days off (using my accrued AL) I’m not sure agin why I’ve chosen to go back in January 🥲 hope I don’t regret it.

Back tomorrow full time. At least I had longer this time than I did with my eldest. Baby starts nursery at the start of Jan. He’ll do 3 days there and 2 with his dad.

I'm phasing in too through January with annual leave 2 then 3 , 4 then 5 days. Love my job but its very high pressure at times, feels like I'm a kid going into my first day at school again, everything hard is all flooding back , keep having sort of nightmares 😅 keep thinking though lifes different now, I've got my wonderful baby to look forward to seeing whenever times get hard .

I've been back full time since mid October. I do 4 long days and get Fridays off. My husband does the same and gets Wednesdays off, so our boy does 3 days at nursery