Diminishing Returns !
I recently started working again after a looong break of 1 year. Yes the extended maternity break. No it was not easy at all. There was this guilt of leaving my baby in the daycare for 7-8 hours with strangers. My son did not make it easy either. He used to cry a lot and give me this innocent anxious look with tears in his eyes with unsaid words ‘ where are you going mommy …don’t leave me here'. I used to feel sad, guilty and uneasy sending my son to the daycare. Although some part of this was true, I later realized that my son was a big ‘drama queen’. His teacher told me that the moment I was out of his sight he used to instantly stop crying and start playing with the other kids, toys. He really enjoys the daycare now. There are lots of new toys and he is also making new friends there. I have also adjusted to my new work routine. Every day I pick him up at around 4pm and after that we spend around 4 hrs together: playing ball, singing songs, dancing on nursery rhymes, eat