5 Reasons It’s Easier to Go To Work Than Look after Babies
So my maternity leave ended five months ago but, for a number of reasons, I haven’t returned to work.
I have been thinking lately though about how, apart from the leaving your baby aspect, it can be easier going back to work.
Here are my top five reasons.
1.You get a lunch break. For me, it was a whole hour looking around the shops in Manchester. I could get Christmas shopping done, buy treats for Boo and generally find out what was actually in fashion.
2.Hot drinks. I got to drink them. Hot. Oh the luxury. Even the cheap instant coffee available was better than cold coffee. I have considered just making iced coffee so it would be supposed to be cold to begin with. I haven’t though.
3.You get to eat lunch. No interruptions, no sharing. You could even choose soup if you fancied it with no worried of it getting grabbed and scalding your child.
4.Adult conversation. There are many times I pick Boo up from school and get so excited about speaking to another adult that I either interrupt everything they say or speak so fast that even I can’t understand what I am saying. I suppose I am luckier than most because Hubster works where we live but if he is very busy, sometimes I don’t see him all day and I may have only spoken to the baby or the dogs. Oops.
5.Paid sick leave. If I was ill, I could ring up work and take time off. Now if I feel under the weather, I have to some how pull it together until nap time or, failing that, resort to CBeebies. On loop.
I am actually glad that I get this time with my baby as we all know how fast it goes but I do think about things, like soup, from time to time.
The school playground thing made me chuckle. I’m the mum that speaks to absolutely everyone, probably because of the same reason. It’s lovely being home with kids but that adult company is ohhh so lovely too!
I worked part time when my oldest was a baby and I so appreciated the breaks and the hot drinks! I’ve been a stay at home Mum for a few years now after I was made redundant and I really miss the adult conversations, often I’ve only talked to the children or my husband and I end up keeping him awake chatting away into the night because I’ve had no-one to talk to all day!
haha that’s so funny. There are many occasions when Hubster has said ‘night’ 11 times before I get the hint 😉
I agree sometimes it seems way easier to go back to work, although I’m only on month 2 of mat leave. At least no one there screams at you and you can go to the toilet alone! #maternitymondays
There are definitely some advantages to going back to work, although sadly I don’t get a lunch hour- just 30 minutes during a ten hour day 🙁 But I’m still so excited that I get to go on maternity leave again this year!
Aww I would love some adult conversation sometimes and as for eating my own breakfast or lunch, its a rareity! I love being a stay at home mum but occasionally I can see the pull of going to work and I have been told my friends who work that they love the break it gives them and to actually miss their child is nice 🙂
Aww I would love some adult conversation sometimes and as for eating my own breakfast or lunch, its a rareity! I love being a stay at home mum but occasionally I can see the pull of going to work and I have been told my friends who work that they love the break it gives them and to actually miss their child is nice 🙂
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haha, when I saw the title of this post, the first thing I thought was ‘hot drinks’! God, I miss those!
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I had almost forgot about actual lunch breaks and hot cuppas and sick days, I have clearly spent far to long at home. As for adult conversation, I think I have forgotten how to have a proper one as I never see any adults, other then the nursery staff who you can’t really speak to as I always think they are going to break out into a song or something xx
I always say to hubby it would be easier if I went back to work. Just doing whatever you want to do, when you want to do it. Going to the toilet alone would also be a bonus for me! 😉 xxx