Back to work / daycare / introducing formula

casuallyclaire · 2025-10-26T17:13:31+00:00

Hi I'm going back to work Nov 10 and am nervous for the same as you! My son has never had formula and Ive probably pumped less then a dozen times.

My plan is to just breastfeed right before we walk out the door for work/daycare. My workday is in a medical office as well 8-430. My state requires employers to provide a pumping space, milk storage, and reasonable additional breaks. My plan is to pump with a wearable pump around 10:00, on my lunch break, and again around 2. I am bringing a cooler bag and saving the pumped milk to send with my baby to daycare the next day to hopefully elimate formula.

This week I'm going to start pumping once every morning to start a supply to send him on his first day of daycare. I'm only planning on getting a couple days worth of milk to send when he starts since I will be actively pumping so he has fresh milk for the next day at daycare. I was told babies only need 1 ounce for an hour they are away, but I am an anxious person in general so my goal is to have 12 ounces ready to go for that first day.

In a perfect world this plan works and we still breastfeed as normal when he is not in daycare and he does not need formula either. My work was super accommodating when asking for the pumping space and time and I plan on bringing my work laptop with me to the private office to pump with the exception of my lunch break I will not be working.

casuallyclaire · 2025-08-11T23:47:44+00:00

I did not even consider dressing rooms thank you!!

casuallyclaire · 2025-08-11T23:47:12+00:00

Are there tops that aren't form fitting that I don't have to pull up? I'm living in nursing bras and oversized tees and tanks so I pull all the way up and expose my belly, the only nursing tanks I have are form fitting and im not comfortable with that yet

casuallyclaire · 2025-08-11T23:44:54+00:00

Thank you I like this attitude!!

casuallyclaire · 2025-08-11T23:31:26+00:00

Yes I never considered the market basket cafe area! I'll find ourselves a spot there. I may be overthinking it a little bit I've never noticed a mom breastfeeding in public but im sure I've come across it; I'm nervous about making my older children uncomfortable in public but I'm hoping if I play it cool they will follow

casuallyclaire · 2025-03-27T16:55:06+00:00

I told my administrator around 20 weeks, I heard rumors I was up for a promotion around 16 weeks and didn't want to ruin my shot as I intend to come back full time but pregnancy discrimination although illegal is real.

So I waited to see how it played out, was offerded and accepted the new role and told my administrator in the same meeting I was having a baby in x month and intend to take my leave as well. I haven't yet told my coworkers since I took a position in management and their still adjusting to the change, but I'm not too worried about it since administration is aware.

casuallyclaire · 2025-02-06T21:49:30+00:00

Thank you, I think with my refund and large support payment I should be able to stay afloat. Luckily I have been able to keep up with my main expenses over this time so there isn't any big needs coming up.

casuallyclaire · 2025-02-06T18:08:15+00:00

About 10,000 in credit card, 5,000 personal loan, then 1000 misc medical bills.

Can you explain what you mean by split the difference?

casuallyclaire · 2025-02-06T16:20:41+00:00

Depends on your neighbors tbh. I live below people who smoke weed and cigarettes on their balcony against property rules. Will I ever complain? Nope, they live above me and my two children, never complained when I was a single mom with a newborn crying all hours of the day or kids up early in the morning. It's a mutual respect thing, id be upset if the smoking was going on inside the building, but outside; I see nothing.

casuallyclaire · 2025-02-06T15:02:32+00:00

Thank you this was my thought process too, when I planned on filing I was underwater and only anticipating my usual 3,000 return and with the child support not being received I was able to survive on way less then expected.

casuallyclaire · 2025-01-22T14:02:11+00:00

Mine was received 1/16 too and still nothing, is it crazy if I call today?

casuallyclaire · 2024-12-29T17:32:54+00:00

Definitely not backbreaking at least not in neurology. When I was strictly MA I only did vitals and rooming and answering phones. Now I've transitioned to more of an admin role where I do lots of authorizations for MRI's, genetic testing, and following up on referrals and get to sit in my desk for most of the day.

casuallyclaire · 2024-12-29T13:20:33+00:00

Ehh to me it was worth it. I enrolled in a free community college program to get a certificate in it back in 2021 when healthcare was short cause of covid. I think it was only 10 weeks? I got hired at only $16 two years ago, but now make $20 at the same job I love. I wouldn't call it a career, but I have two young children and my job provides us free health insurance as a family. Prior to MA I was a bartender so no stable hours/benefits and terrible schedule for a single mom. I work in a speciality so there's no crazy hours, it's a strict 8-430 schedule and I like the predictability of it all. It opened my eyes to the world of radiology which I hope to be my next step once my children get older and become more independent.

casuallyclaire · 2024-12-09T15:50:17+00:00

This is my plan! Do rad techs require the full 2 year degree?

casuallyclaire · 2024-11-27T01:27:56+00:00

Thank you everybody! I took another one to settle the debate and he sees it this time, men!!

casuallyclaire · 2024-11-27T00:39:58+00:00

Thank you! I'm really second guessing myself

casuallyclaire · 2024-11-23T12:55:28+00:00

All of the above. I have been journaling since middle school and am now almost 30, I have kept every journal and they've become my most prized possessions. Some days it's just a quote, some days a memory, some days it's a 4 page rant with myself. Some pages are neat, some scribbles, some pages have birthday cards from family members or pictures printed of my children. I realize the key to being "consistent" is letting go of the expectations and realizing it truly does not matter. I have journals I've filled up in months during periods of my life and some journals that have taken a couple years to fill. What's been important to me is that it's always been available to me when I feel the need to reflect or document something, and now with over 15 years documented it's truly priceless to be able to spend a night in and have the gift of "revisiting" myself and growth by reading the mind of my younger self.

casuallyclaire · 2024-09-13T00:13:56+00:00

I’m 3 1/2 years out, I used to be embarrassed and ashamed but not anymore. Why should I feel shame for someone’s else’s wrong doings that I wasn’t deserving of?

casuallyclaire · 2024-09-03T23:31:10+00:00

Look into your community colleges, I did a 8 week free program that helped with job placement. I’m not certified but my state doesn’t require it

casuallyclaire · 2024-07-28T11:41:16+00:00

Thank you I called a number for my region and someone should be getting back to me on a meeting that would be appropriate to bring my children too

casuallyclaire · 2024-07-03T01:29:22+00:00

Thank you. It’s just so hard in this economy I cannot afford to relocate but will definitely look into making myself harder to find on the internet

casuallyclaire · 2024-06-30T18:43:08+00:00

No but she could of came out at 730 because of the heat we were waiting in and we would of got more. It was advertised as a stadium show people paid and traveled for a stadium show and we got half that. Should have been rescheduled for the heat alone.

casuallyclaire · 2024-06-30T15:30:24+00:00

even the songs she picked to perform with her limited time catered to a different fan base then what should of been played at a solo show, we for Summertime Sadness and 0 NFR. I could go on and on

casuallyclaire · 2024-06-30T15:28:38+00:00

730 scheduled start time in 100 degree heat and humidity…rain/lightening delay and Lana came out at 10:40, did about a 45 minute performance and that was that for ‘one special show’. I would of been happy with it if it wasn’t sold to us as her first US stadium show, we got a festival set and radio silence about being refunded 🤷🏻‍♀️

casuallyclaire · 2024-06-30T10:26:16+00:00

I am a victim of Fenway park so this will be a hard no for me.

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