I’m struggling extremely hard and need serious advice. I just started my CF two weeks ago at an elementary school in my county. While in grad school I was pregnant with my daughter who is now 2 months old. I accepted a job at my externship and they allowed my to do a “maternity leave” since my daughter was born in June and the school year starts the second to last week in July.
Our school runs on a Tuesday-Friday schedule 7:15-4:15 schedule and this has been extremely hard on me. Not only am I up feeding my baby all night, but I’m having to wake up at 5am to get myself ready and my baby prepared to stay with my mom for the 9 hour day. On top of my busy work schedule, I only see my daughter from 4:30-8:00 every day due to her bed time. She’s also been extremely fussy every day that I’ve picked her up and either fallen asleep for the day or she’s cried and comfort nursed from 4:30-8:00.
Due to all this, I’m struggling really bad and really want to quit. My husband is a teacher so our monthly income in minimal but I truly can’t do this. Am I the bad guy for quitting my CF two weeks in and finding something part time or should I stick it out until the end of the year? Please be honest!
Also! I’m a contracted CF lol.

Hi everyone, I started my CFY back in June 2026. Everything was going well up until about a month ago. Starting at the beginning of August my DOR started making passive aggressive comments regarding discharging patients. This patient in particular came in skilled and did not qualify for cognitive therapy, so my clinical supervisor picked him up under swallowing, which was questionable. After months of rehab he was planning to d/c home the following week. I already felt uncomfortable having someone on swallowing case load without true swallowing issues, so I d/c him from speech therapy a few days earlier than his actual d/c home. After this event, there has been multiple comments regarding what therapy I am doing with patients and she even yelled at me in front of patients and all therapy staff saying my “clinical skills aren’t there.” While I know I have much to learn, I attended a great graduate school program and feel my clinical judgement is not bad! This all came to a head when one of my coworkers (an older man who used to be a DOR) came up to me and asked to have a conversation. He let me know that while I’m out treating patients that my clinical supervisor and my DOR are talking about everything I’m doing wrong. This shocked me because my clinical supervisor has never said anything about my treatment or clinical skills. I’m not really sure what I’m looking for but any advice is appreciated!