Working moms, help! What’s your daily routine look like??

Question

I’m going back to work next week and am trying trouble figuring out a routine that sounds feasible and sustainable 😫 I’ve tried a few practice runs like getting up an hour before my daughter (14 weeks) wakes up to get ready but something always seems to pop up. I guess I should expect that huh? So I’d like to see what works for other working moms!

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My life is constantly chaotic lol. No matter what time you wake up something will happen. Half the time I’m running late because my daughter is being cute smiling at me and I just want to stare at her and make her laugh. Before I know it 20 minutes goes by and I’m late. 
Good luck, momma! You will figure it out!

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I wake up about an hour before I need to leave for work. I nurse first thing then change her, get her ready and pack up anything that she'll need for daycare as well as my pump parts. She usually takes about 30-40 minutes and I get ready in the remaining 20-30.

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I work shift work rotating days and overnights 12 hour shifts its hard but u really get into the swing of things.. just go with the flow sometimes baby like today wakes up at three am and won't go back to bed when you have to work 7am to 7pm caffeine fixes all!

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I usually wake up an hour earlier than I need to. Give myself some form of wiggle room for the "unexpected" to happen. If LO is still sleeping I'll let him sleep and start to get myself ready. Shower, hair, get dressed. Then I start packing up everything he needs for daycare like his bottles and extra clothes. Then I put everything in the car. Purse. Diaper bag. Phone. Everything but baby. Then I start getting him ready. I'll wake him up if he's still sleeping and feed him. Burp him and then change him. We'll have some play time and then off we go. If he wakes up with me then I just adapt my schedule. I'll feed him first then strip him to a fresh diaper. Then I'll take him into the bathroom with me and place him in his bouncy while I get ready. He enjoys it and talks (baby jibberish) to me the entire time. Sometimes he'll even fall back to sleep. Some nights if I'm exhausted and want to sleep in. I'll do my routine at night instead. I'll make all of his bottles for daycare so that way I can just grab them out of the fridge in the morning and go. I pick out his outfits for the week (along with backups in case he spits up before we leave) and pack up his diaper bag with the essentials as well. Have my outfit planned and will shower at night so that way in the morning i just need to do the basics and go. Hope this helps. You'll find your  routine in due time. It's all about trial and error.

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I’ve been back to work since about a month now. My son will be 4 months on the 19th this month. He tends to usually wake up around 5-5:30AM so I will nurse him then put him back to bed and try to get out of bed 6:15-6:30. Some days he sleeps through and other times he’ll wake up right when I try to get ready but I always nurse him sometime that morning. I either pump before I leave or on my way to work and can get 3-4oz depending on how long ago he nursed and I leave my house around 7:20. I’m a dental hygienist so I schedule a morning pump break anywhere from 9:30-10:30 then in the afternoon from 1:30-2. I can usually pump about 10-12 oz for him that day. I’m usually home from work by 5 if not earlier and nurse him if he’s awake when I get home. I don’t wake up to pump at night because he’s been sleeping good since he was 5-6 weeks old so my supply is use to that. I have to pump on my days off to keep up with him. The other day he ate 20oz while I was gone. I think he’s being over fed so gonna try to do pace feeding 😣. I’m hoping to start him on some cereal next month and maybe that’ll help keep him a little fuller!

Working moms, help! What’s your daily routine look like??

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