11 weeks old; Kelly's first day back to work

Whoever had the bright idea that a women should have only a six-week maternity leave should be strung up by their toes and tortured. In my experience, you only seem to start to get the hang of motherhood around six weeks. At six weeks, your baby is just barely getting on some sort of routine. At six weeks, you've just begun to get about five or six hours of sleep in a row. At six weeks, your brain is just about returning to functionality. At six weeks, you are in no way, shape or form ready to leave your child. Granted, there are times at six weeks that you might want a short break from your child, but I really don't think six weeks is a good time to go back to work. That being said, my employer was gracious enough to allow me to come back to work when I felt ready. I was certainly missing my paycheck, and I was somewhat getting the urge to want to work again, and I desperately wanted some adult conversation.