Going to college with a newborn?

I actually was a college student the old-fashioned way when my second baby was born. He was due Sept. 9. My cles started Sept. 8. He didn't come until Sept. 20. I went off to cles (3 of them) full-term on the 8th with an understanding with my professors that at some point in time I was going to miss a few days of cles. He was born on a Sunday, I took a week off school, then returned to cles with him in a sling. We sat at the back of the room and listened to lectures together while I nursed him. My oldest was 2 years 4 months and she stayed with a wonderful woman about 5 miles from campus. When my son was a bit bigger or on days that I had labs (I had a science minor, so 2 of my cles were science cles) he stayed with his big sister. It was a challenge and required me to be very organized and my husband and I to be in close communication, but it worked out OK. Internet classes weren't an option back when he was born, but I can see how that would make it so much more doable. You can do your class work and study when your baby sleeps or even with him in your arms. I think it will work out just fine. If you have a relative close by or a good friend who could come over sometimes to help out while you study that would be wonderful, but if that isn't an option to you I still think it is very reasonable to be able to take classes and be mom to a newborn. It is very helpful if you can lower your expectations of housecleaning and hopefully your husband will go along with that or step up to help out. Clean floors and washed dishes are great, but sometimes those things have to take a back seat. It will probably be hard and exhausting, but I think you can do it.