Anyone enrolled FT with a newborn baby?

[mag426, ADN, BSN]

My application for the full-time FNP program is currently being reviewed. If I get accepted into the fall semester. I will have just had my son a few months prior. He is due May 1st and I will be a first time mom. Just wondering if I'm crazy to start in the fall or should I postpone until next year Spring. Is there anyone else in this similar situation :) I'm a hard worker so I know I can do it! But question is whether I should just enjoy the first few months of being a mom. Oh I also work full-time as a school nurse so most of my assignments if not all can be completed there due to all the down time I have.

[ICU2NP]

I don't have a newborn, but when I started had a 2, 5, & 7 year old - and work 12 hr shifts in the ICU on weekends (no homework done there!), & am in school full time. If I've learned anything, it's that you can do anything you put your mind to. Seriously. Heck, I think having a newborn would be way easier (loads more time to do homework while they're sleeping/nursing/playing on the floor). Trust me, everything only gets harder as they get older & you add more kids. Plus, you won't have the mommy guilt from them complaining how much homework you do ("mom you're always on your computer!"), & your baby will never remember a time when you were in school & preoccupied. Good luck!! :)

[mag426, ADN, BSN]

@ICU2NP Thank you! I figured it would probably be better to get into it while he's younger versus once he gets older. I've literally been in school forever, at least it feels like it lol From trying to get into the nursing program, to actually getting in, then RN-BSN now I want to start the FNP program but I suppose it's a lot easier to transition when you have the momentum already going. Well fingers crossed I get in then I will see what my options are for start time.