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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, your baby is so young and tiny - only two weeks! Don't worry about going to work right now.  When my baby was two weeks, I was a hormonal mess and cried at the thought of returning to work.  Thanks to that lovely hormonal cocktail, you want nothing more than to be attached to your baby all day. Totally normal!

That being said - in a couple months you may feel differently.  By the time my maternity leave was over, I knew that returning to work was the right decision for me.  Also, at your currenet job, people know you - it's easier to go back to your old job, where people presumably already have a good impression of you and will cut you some slack, than to start at a new job when you have to prove yourself at work, and then also deal with that terrible overnight bootcamp that newborns put you through. Go back to work, then think about jobs that can give you flexibility (or see if you can make your current position more flexible), and make a calculated decision based both on your career ambitions, and what you think is best for your family.

I work FT, work remotely two days a week and I think it's a pretty awesome balance. When I work at home, I have child care, but I am spared the commute time and can have breakfast and lunch with DD.  Good luck and congratulations on the new baby![/quote]

I second this.  This is very very good advice.  [/quote]

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