Returning To Work After Child Birth & Choosing Care
Whether you have had just a couple of weeks off for maternity leave or have been away from work for 6 months, returning to work after child birth is never easy. Apart from the obvious fact that you will miss your child, you have to consider other practical issues such as child care and how your child will deal with being in the hands of a carer while you are at work.
To feel secure in care, your child needs to develop an emotional attachment to the adults who care for him or her. For this reason it is important to try and maintain continuity of care and to avoid changing carers more than once a year. Younger children will benefit from even longer relationships, so try and keep this in mind when you choose your care provider.
The relationship between your child and his or her carer is an important one for ensuring the success of the child care arrangement. Rest assured, however, that quality care is no substitute for the value of your primary parent-child bond and you should not worry about being ‘replaced’. Click here to Read more
a long time to go without work and needless to say, no employer will grant an employee nine months of paid maternity leave. For many women, not working during pregnancy is not an option as they need to keep earning; for others, they simply want to work when pregnant because they cannot bear the thought of sitting at home, doing nothing for nine months. However, just because everyone is doing it, should you do it too? 
