Chapter 107: Is it possible to juggle children and work?
In the blink of an eye, Yao Zhiyue's son Chen Muyun has been six months, and Yao Zhiyue has already finished her maternity leave. Only then did she have to face her own troubles, choosing between children and work, or how to balance the two.
After coaxing Yunyun to sleep on weekdays, Yao Zhiyue can fall asleep with a pillow. This night, Yunyun finally fell asleep, but Yao Zhiyue couldn't sleep at all, and her heart was a mess, which made her so irritable that she couldn't sleep.
In the middle of the night, Yunyun woke up crying, and Yao Zhiyue became more and more anxious, for fear that she would not be able to take the child the next day if she didn't rest well. She sighed heavily, then quickly got out of bed and went to the crib to pick up her son and nurse him.
I don't know if it's because Yao Zhiyue's irritability infected the child, Yunyun still kept crying after drinking the milk, and no matter how Yao Zhiyue coaxed, she couldn't stop crying.
Chen Yiming followed the crying to the living room, and asked sleepily, "Why did you run to the living room?" What's wrong with the child? ”
"I'm afraid I'll wake you up and carry you to the living room. Hey, I don't know, usually Yunyun will continue to sleep after drinking milk, I don't know what's going on tonight? ”
Chen Yiming stretched out his hand to take the child, but the child cried even louder. Yao Zhiyue was helpless, gritted her teeth and hugged the child over.
Chen Yiming was a little at a loss, and the child's crying made him gradually lose patience, "I think it's better to let the nanny live at home, and it will be easier to have one more person to help you take care of the child at night." ”
Yao Zhiyue gradually lost her patience, but she still said patiently: "The nanny is only willing to be responsible for housework, and I let her watch the children for a while during the day. Not only does the house not help, but many outsiders are uncomfortable. ”
"Then why don't you hire a nursery?"
"Where is it so easy to find a nursery? I've asked someone to look for it. ”
Chen Yiming suddenly didn't know what to say, and stood in place with a frown, Yao Zhiyue was angry, and said angrily: "You go to sleep first." ”
"If you don't sleep, where can I sleep?"
"Is it because I don't want to sleep? You're trying to find a way to calm down your little ancestor. ”
Chen Yiming had already sensed Yao Zhiyue's impetuousness during this time, knowing that she was working hard with the child, and she didn't want to block her anymore, so he forcibly hugged the child from Yao Zhiyue's hands and said, "Just let him cry for a while, you go to sleep first." ”
Yao Zhiyue was not at ease, but she couldn't bear Chen Yiming's repeated urging, so she returned to the bedroom with a hard heart. She lay on the bed without a hint of sleepiness, and it was not until the crying of Yunyun outside the living room subsided that she gradually became sleepy
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When I woke up the next morning, I saw Chen Yiming staring at the two obvious dark circles under his eyes, and felt distressed, I didn't want to tell him about my plans, but the moment he went out to work, I couldn't help but say to him: "Yiming, my maternity leave is over, it's time to go to work." ”
Chen Yiming was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and was silent for a while and asked, "What about the child?" ”
Yao Zhiyue blurted out: "I've already thought about it, hire a personal nanny, and let her bring the child by my side when I go to work, so that I can feed the child at any time." When Yunyun is a little older, just send him to the nursery. ”
Chen Yiming didn't agree with Yao Zhiyue's words, but he was in a hurry to go to the company at this time, and he didn't want to have a verbal dispute early in the morning, so he just said euphemistically: "Let's see if there is a better solution to this matter." ”
Hearing Chen Yiming say this, Yao Zhiyue became more and more unconfident, and her voice was lowered, "Okay, then you pay attention to safety." ”
Not long after Chen Yiming left on his front foot, the nanny arrived behind him. She waited for the nanny to finish the housework, and when she finished lunch, took care of the child for her temporarily, and allowed her to eat a hot meal, she asked tentatively: "Xiao Lu, if I give you a salary increase, would you like to take Yunyun to work with me?" During the day, you are in the office, you are only responsible for taking care of the children, and at night you can go home as usual. ”
Xiao Lu held Yunyun in his hand and said bluntly: "Sister, I didn't pour cold water on you." Children are not always more comfortable and quiet outside than at home, and there are many people in and out of the company, which is not safe for children. Besides, sister, your family's conditions are not inferior to your salary, isn't it? ”
Yao Zhiyue's heart sank suddenly, knowing that although Xiao Lu's words were rough, the reason was not rough, so he laughed, "I just asked casually." ”
When Yunyun was taking a nap, Jiang Luyan came over with a bunch of children's clothes. As soon as Yao Zhiyue saw Jiang Luyan, her heart burst into flames, and she said eagerly: "Luyan, why do you have time to come?" ”
"You've been out of touch with society for so long that you don't even have the concept of time, and it's the weekend. By the way, what about my godson? ”
The loneliness in Yao Zhiyue's eyes was fleeting, and she pretended to be brisk and said, "Yunyun is asleep." You buy him new clothes twice in three days, and the child will be older in the blink of an eye, and many new clothes will not be worn before they have time to wear, don't waste them. ”
Xiao Lu brought tea and fruit to the living room, and then went out to buy ingredients. Seeing the nanny leaving, Jiang Luyan was envious: "You young grandmother should be comfortable." ”
Yao Zhiyue smiled bitterly and said, "You didn't see the scene when I breastfed Yunyun in the middle of the night, and you don't know the countless moments when I was broken down by my child." Although Yunyun is my treasure, I love him very much. However, like you said, I am now revolving around my children and husband every day, and I have been out of touch with society for too long. ”
"That's not good, women must not forget the time to themselves. Didn't you hire a nanny, the studio is not 9 to 5, you can still work with the baby in your left hand and your right hand when you allocate time, and be a cool mommy. ”
The hope in Yao Zhiyue's heart rose again, she was not afraid of hard work, she was more afraid of stagnation than hard work, "But it is not easy to find a nanny who can reassure herself." ”
"It's easy to talk about the babysitter. Let me ask you, do you support the idea of re-entering the workplace? ”
Yao Zhiyue took a sip of warm water, looked away, and said uncertainly, "I think he will respect my decision." ”
"That's going to be easy. Let me tell you, a friend I know runs a housekeeping company, so I'll ask him to help you find a reliable babysitter. ”
"Really? Luyan, I knew you had a lot of skills. ”
After Yao Zhiyue made up her mind to re-enter the workplace, her irritable heart gradually calmed down, and the number of times Yunyun cried at night was surprisingly reduced, and sometimes she could sleep until dawn as long as she had two night breasts.
Chen Yiming's mood gradually became clearer, it was a weekend, he tried his best to put off socializing and adjusting the meeting, and deliberately set aside time to spend with his wife and children.
Yao Zhiyue held Yunyun in his hand to tease him, and gently rubbed his little feet with his forehead from time to time, Chen Yi looked at the warm scene contentedly, and said with a smile: "You have been in a good state recently." ”
Yao Zhiyue saw that Chen Yiming was also in a good mood today, and taking advantage of the harmonious and happy atmosphere, she said: "I told Jiang Xinghe that I would go to work in another week." ”
The smile on Chen Yiming's face gradually retracted, Yao Zhiyue was anxious, and blurted out: "Luyan has a reliable friend who is a housekeeper, she said that the new nanny will be able to work in two days, and then she can take Yunyun to work with me." ”
Chen Yiming just looked at Yao Zhiyue silently, not knowing how to answer her. He knew that his wife was also an enterprising person, and asking her to give up her career was tantamount to making her make a huge sacrifice.
He originally thought that when Yunyun went to kindergarten, it would not be too late for her to re-enter the workplace, but he didn't expect Yao Zhiyue to be unable to wait for even a year.
Yao Zhiyue looked at Chen Yiming's hesitant appearance, and the loss between her eyebrows and eyes couldn't hide it, with a pitiful look, "I love Yunyun very much, and I will take good care of him, but I gradually feel that my world is withering, and Yunyun also feels the uneasiness in my heart, so he will keep crying." I want to give it a try and change the status quo. ”
After being silent for a while, just when Yao Zhiyue was not hopeful, Chen Yiming asked solemnly: "Do you think you have to take care of the children and work again?" ”
Yao Zhiyue's eyes suddenly bloomed, and she said excitedly: "I can!" ”
Seeing Yao Zhiyue's hopeful appearance, Chen Yiming really couldn't bear to extinguish her hope, although he was not at ease, he still encouraged: "Then let's try it for a while, if it doesn't work, I will wronged you to persist for another year or two, and wait for Yunyun to grow up, do you think it's okay?" ”
Yao Zhiyue nodded, her eyes turned red, and she said, "Yiming, thank you." ”
Time passed, and finally the day Yao Zhiyue went to work. She has obviously been away from the workplace for less than a year, but she seems to have been away for a long time and is already unfamiliar, and she is a little uneasy.
Yao Zhiyue stopped the car, took a deep breath and opened the car door, she held Yunyun in her hand, and followed the new nanny Hongxia behind her, carrying a large bag of things in her hand, and followed behind Yao Zhiyue without saying a word.
When she came to the office, Xiao Li, who greeted her, teased Yunyun for a while, and said with a smile: "Sister Yue, are you planning to move your family to the company?" ”
"No way, having a child is just a lot of work."
"But you're just in time, the studio recently came to a new mother-to-be, with postpartum depression symptoms, you are also a mother-to-be now, and you take your child to work, it's very inspirational." I'm sure she has a lot of trust in you, and the healing will go well. ”
Before the words fell, the door of the company was pushed open, and a woman with a somewhat bloated figure and blank eyes came in, who looked to be in her early thirties.
Xiao Li whispered in Yao Zhiyue's ear, "Cao Cao will arrive when Cao Cao arrives, this is the expectant mother with depression I just said." ”
Before Yao Zhiyue could speak, the woman's gaze suddenly fell on Yunyun, and then suddenly let out a scream, which made Yunyun cry in fright.