The Working Mom by Kay Luna

That first day back was rough. After spending three months of maternity leave with my infant daughter, it was hard to come back to work two weeks ago.

I hated to leave her with anyone else — in fact, I’d only left her alone with my husband once, for 15 minutes, since her birth! And it took me several hours to get us both ready to go that morning, as I struggled to feed her and get us both clothed, etc., under pressure.

But it’s like a lightbulb switched on above both of our heads since then. She has started sleeping through most of the night, waking up just once between 9:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. — (that’s a huge change from wanting to eat every two hours, all day and all night). Our morning schedule is much more relaxed now.

And I’m getting back in the swing of talking to adults. My urge to sing nursery rhymes is slowing down during work hours.

I’m even back to watching the clock, instead of gauging what time it is by which talk show is on television! Oh, but I do miss my Rachael Ray. De-lish!