Caring for newborn and running day home

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So my back story is, I have 3 of my own children (8,4,9mths) and my middle was 5mths when I started the daycare, this last time a took 4 weeks off and honestly I felt ready to go back after 2 weeks and was missing my crew. I look back now and think holy crap I made it through the winter with a newborn and a full daycare. You will do it because you choose/have to, you know your daycare children and what they love to do. Just before I had my baby I did a big dollar store trip and bought new colouring books, craft supplies, I made lots of coloured rice/pasta and bought new things to put in it (mini dinosaurs/animals, gems, Pom poms) and new cups/spoons for it. We had such a cold icy winter this year and I had to do a bus run everyday so we spent time on my front yard playing with sand toys while baby slept. Invest in a sling/wrap, I wore my baby ALOT at the beginning because he loved it and it was easier, I put a playpen behind my couch so he had a quiet place or would pull it out if he was awake. He did spend a lot of time on the floor as well while we played and the children loved having access to sit with him. They all call him thier baby. On days that I had a bad night we had a movie in the morning or did lots of stories or went for a walk. You will figure out your balance and it will be wonderful! Best of luck.