Sad I have to be away from my LO.

rjeller32

It shocks me. I was itching for a break, and now, I am totally considering just cuddling her and DD1 all weekend while we watch DH pack and move our sh*t.

This is my second kid, I shouldn't be feeling totally anxious and sad to spend 48 hours without her, but man, I am. DD1, she needs some time with her grandparents, but I am NEVER away from DD2.

I am probably going to have to do a "drop off and run" so I don't end up just sitting there with her forever.

Anyone else have a hard time leaving their LO's? 

(I am a SAHM, so maybe that's a huge part of it. Wasn't with DD1 in her first year)

ForeverEverAfter

I haven't been away from LO longer than 2.5h yet (she refuses bottles, so I have to go home when she's hungry). I enjoy a little break of doing shopping by myself, but I will be sad the first night without her, and a little anxious of how she's doing. I think you're normal!

minervacullen

We are going out for our anniversary Saturday and I'm already anxious about being away. Dh wants to go 30min to the city by us, I want to stay in town in case I'm needed. I'm sure she'll be fine, but still. I'm ok with 5 hours, but that's it. I feel needy about it, but oh well.

rjeller32

minervacullen:

We are going out for our anniversary Saturday and I'm already anxious about being away. Dh wants to go 30min to the city by us, I want to stay in town in case I'm needed. I'm sure she'll be fine, but still. I'm ok with 5 hours, but that's it. I feel needy about it, but oh well.

Yeah, see, I would probably be okay with 30 minutes away, but she is going to be 2 hours away. I feel like that is really far, even though it probably isn't compared to other grandparents locations. 

I am glad I can relate  to you both! It puts my mind at ease to know I am not acting crazy about it, even though DH thinks I am

susan10918

I know how you feel, I have to be gone for a week at the end of June for work and I get teary just thinking about leaving her for that long. 

wells2010

I went back to work at 8.5 weeks. DD is 3.5 months now and it is really starting to hit me how much I am missing. I have to leave her for the first time overnight next weekend for a wedding (two nights, actually). I thought I would be ok, but now I'm not sure. 

It will probably always be tough, but you will get used to it. Try to go out for shorter periods of time before you leave your daughter for 48 hrs. I did that before I went back to work and it helped to give me the confidence that she would survive under the care of my husband, IL's, mom, neighbor, etc. 

crash102205

I hear ya!!! I was forced to be away from my little girl back in February. I had to have emergency surgery to remove my appendix! It was 4 weeks after I had her =( I was away from her for 2 nights! It was horrible. She couldn't even come visit me because there was pneumonia on the floor =( Then on May 30th I had to have my gallbladder taken out, so more surgery. I was away from her again for 2 days. I hate it! I usually take one of her clean wipey diapeys(they're cloth diapers....best burp cloths)  to sleep with. They smell like her. I would take something of your little one's. It doesn't fix the problem of missing her like crazy, but it helps a little.