Feeling completely overwhelmed and not confident coming back from parental leave. Anyone have advice for not feeling overwhelmed?

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I was on mat leave for 6 months. I eased in until I ramped to full. Honestly, I didn’t hit my stride until 4/5 months back.

One day at a time OP!

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